The Confidence To Not Correct Everyone
“I get it, you run a pawn shop on the Internet.” The first time someone told me this, I got a little offended. “Oh, so you’re a middle-man.” Nobody wants their career, dreams and aspirations summed up…
Like Los Angeles, Dubai Is A City Of Dreams
Like Los Angeles, Dubai is a city of dreams. Some are fulfilled, while others shrivel like a raisin in the hot desert sun. For those at the top, dreams have come true. Sheikh Mohammed and his predecessors have…
‘Made In China’ Becoming ‘Made By China’
I met two Chinese men on my journey south from Lalibela (Northern Ethiopia) to the capital city of Addis Ababa. I don’t speak Chinese, but I tried a little, they thought my attempts were funny, and they invited me to…
Everything’s Bigger In China
China isn’t just the USA copy-cat anymore. In many ways, they still are, but they’ve moved beyond this. Their population is bigger, their companies are bigger, their highways and cities are bigger. Their leaders are powerful, their world…