It’s kinda cool to see my friends looking back at the end of the year and seeing how much stuff they actually did! They’ve inspired me to do the same. It’s been a wild and fun year, and I’m stronger, wiser, more compassionate, and more loving than I was one year ago. The people I’ve…

This is a continuation of my previous entry about Bangkok. Chiang Mai, my next destination, is known colloquially as the “City of Flowers.” It could just as well be known as the “City of Smiles,” in a country known as the “Land of Smiles.” I seldom saw many flowers while in Chiang Mai, but I…

I originally began writing this post last December (2012). It was about one month into my most recent Asia trip. Unfortunately, after writing for about 4 hours straight, at about 2am, a terrible WordPress crash erased the entire original post. Alley cats howled in anguish. Babies screamed. Tremors of frustration overtook me. As a result,…

Sunset over Penang, Malaysia. Zen-Preneur Success Interview with Business Coach Robert Atkinson In an interesting reversal, I was approached by someone wanting to interview me. In this interview, I share with business executive coach Robert Atkinson from Mt. Shasta, California my entrepreneurial journey over the last several years, designing a lifestyle business up to the…

I’m passing out all kinds of goodies today!!! Hello from Big Bad Bangkok! I’m so excited today! Why? Well, there’s always reasons to feel excited and optimistic… regardless of whatever your current situation. If we prepare ourselves well, and know what we want, new and amazing opportunities for us are always waiting around the corner….

November 13, 2012. The first thing I noticed upon arriving at Bangkok’s airport was how non-descript and unassuming the place was. Unlike Tokyo, Bangkok’s airport could have been any other airport in the world. The culture shock arriving in Thailand’s capital was markedly less than in Japan. Thai culture seem gentler, less forced. It didn’t…

Hey guys, Happy New Years Eve! Just a little note, I’m hosting an intimate dinner party get-together in Bangkok this Sunday (January 6th) at the Long Table for friends and acquaintances and would love to have my friends join us. Details can be found below and on the Facebook Event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/403906596357275/ WHO: Here’s to…

It’s been about two weeks since I’ve left behind my home, my friends, and my life back in the US and set off for parts unknown. I’ve begun another several-month long period of travel, with no particular plan or direction in mind. This is a journey of self-discovery. I am not simply here in Asia…

Thanks to everyone who’s expressed their support and condolences for me and my family. Even though I haven’t responded to all of them, your calls, messages, texts, mean more than words can express. I am so very thankful. At around 12:30PM on Wednesday, 10/10/2012, on my 27th birthday, my father Jim Flood left to be…

Without any real challenges to face, how can we ever grow as a person? We can’t. Therefore, prudence lies not in avoiding challenges, but by taking calculated risks and developing resourcefulness. It is within moments of comfort and security that we must ready ourselves for when the inevitable will occur. Such is the essence of…

Tigre, on the northern edge of BsAs. Photo taken on Christmas Day. You wanted it, so, here it is. A guide to… Rockstar Living in Buenos Aires Having recently returned from Buenos Aires, after living there for over three months there is much advice I could share. This post actually took form in an e-mail…

“Named must your fear be before banish it you can.” -Yoda Whenever I start to become consumed by feelings of self-doubt and negative self-talk, I’ve begun the practice of recording my feelings in a journal. Describing these doubts in writing reduces their impact twofold: First, it’s often the ambiguous nature of self-doubt that hurts the…

2011 was the best year of my life. It wasn’t perfect, it was bumpy at times, but all of the hard work that I’ve been putting in day in and day out is starting to manifest itself in the fruit of my labours. What I really want to strive to develop more is a first-class…

So here’s a list of the “Daily Success Rituals” that I’ve created for myself so far. It’s engineered to help produce a happy, healthy live and accomplish the goals that I (or you, if you should choose to adopt it) set for myself. These rituals are called “daily,” because they should be done every single…

“Here I stand… alone and on my own again.” – Tamra Keenan So it’s been a while since I’ve posted here. The prolific blogger, I am not. Things have been going really well. I honestly feel that I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life. Yes, challenges still rear their head left and right,…