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22 Awesome Tips for Travelers

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

A few years back, I came across a useful magazine article that included an incredible list of tips for frequent travelers. Being a little bit of a world traveler myself, I quickly copied over much of the author’s guide onto my laptop for future reference. I couldn’t remember where I had found the list list [...]

Our Journey Through Spain Comes to an End; and a Brief Visit to the Nation’s Capital

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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Last time I wrote my travel journals, I left you with my New Years adventures on Ibiza, the serene little Spanish island in the Mediterranean known for its gorgeous beaches and incredible dance music, which has inspired the global house music scene. We then returned to the mainland, checking in to the five-star Hotel Arts [...]

Balearic Adventure: Spain for the Holidays, Part III

Friday, January 4, 2008

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Sat, Dec 29: After cleaning up the apartment and preparing for our flight to Ibiza all day, we caught up with Meye once more this evening, to give her a piece of climbing equipment that Ryan had left for her as a gift. The four of us wandered a off the beaten path to Granja [...]

Carl Schramm on Entrepreneurship

Friday, January 4, 2008

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I’m still traveling through Spain for the holidays, but I have some useful goal-setting exercises on the way soon! In the meantime, here’s some interesting material to keep your appetite satiated. At the 2007 Entrepreneurship Week USA opening ceremonies at Stanford University in California, Carl Schramm (President and CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation) surprised [...]

ThrillingHeroics.com: The Best Posts of 2007

Sunday, December 30, 2007

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Happy Holidays everybody. I wish you all the best and hope that you get a chance to spend some quality time with family and loved ones. If you haven’t heard yet, I am traveling in Spain for the holidays with some good friends, but I wanted to be sure to share my 2007 year-end wrap-up [...]

Spain for the Holidays, Part II

Saturday, December 29, 2007

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Wed, Dec 26: This morning Tim and Ryan set out to make a local climb, so Paul and I ran a few errands. We paid a visit to a local Barcelona Starbucks for a coffee just off La Rambla (again, the main street in downtown B-town), and discovered that Starbucks uses the same numbers pretty [...]

Perform Year-End Personal Development Review for Continued Success

Friday, December 28, 2007

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The advent of a new year is a great time to reflect on all that you’ve done over the past 12 months and take what you’ve learned, and build a roadmap for the coming year and beyond. Lea Woodward at Freelance Switch wrote a fantastic article to help freelancers apply what you learned in 2007 [...]

Spain for the Holidays, Part I

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

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Sun Dec 23: I flew out of Sacramento International Airport at 6:40AM. Landing in Chicago was VERY choppy as it was both foggy AND snowy at the same time there, delaying our flight by about an hour. I met a nice couple on the flight to D.C. who recommended a few things near Georgetown for [...]