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More potential podcast or other media projects have been undone, be it of my own or others who have been potential clients, by the fear of just getting going. These fears are always disguised as excuses: I don’t know where to begin There’s too much competition I’m just not ready Excuses, being the nails in…
Last week, I visited the Bat Trang (pronounced “bat chang”) area in Hanoi, which is world-renowned for its exquisite and intricately designed pottery and dishware. I wanted to find a memento by which to remember my time living in Vietnam, and since I’m always in the market for a cool looking coffee mug, I figured…
Recently my wife and I were having a discussion with a friend of ours about some of the challenges that we have encountered with her resident visa (which thankfully is finished processing and we’re getting ready to depart Vietnam and relocate to the United States permanently.) We were discussing some of the challenges that have…
Early in my podcasting career, I made a bit of a blunder in a situation that had to do with a guest of my show who was not happy with the decision that I had made on the production end of an episode he was featured in. I will call this disgruntled guest “Unhappy Jazz…
“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” –Rumi How many of us can say that we know exactly what our destination will be when we set out to do something? I have heard so many times the analogy of the airline pilot knowing the destination of where his flight is going.…