#tt2013

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Status.

Currently in DC and the jet lag is kicking in - so tired..Need to sleep

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Are we going to far?

I don’t mean to be a technology hater; in fact i love technology and the way it has shaped the way we interact over the past 20 years. BUT, are we becoming to addicted to portable devices.... i mean, it appears people cannot go 5 minutes without check FB, emails or various other social platforms these days. Today when i was leaving for lunch i entered the lift with 3 other people and instantaneously everyone whipped out their phones in order to get there 5 minute fix. Are we reaching the point where technology is having a negative impact on our lives? are we too dependent on technology? And, are we losing the ability to physically interact with each other?

All questions which today i am pondering over.

<<Note, this may appear ironic as i am posting this on twitter>>

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This is a problem

I am currently at the Sydney airport and I am hungry. What are my choices:

Sumo Salad - $10.45

Kabab - $10.50

Grilled chicken Sandwich on sourdough bread – $14.50

Asian noodles – $9

Mcdouble - $2

I'm not suggesting at the moment Australia implement a ‘Fat tax,’ but it is shocking how expensive it is to eat healthy these days. We are almost getting to a state where only affluent people can afford to eat out and eat well. If I was a single mom with kids, a place like Mcdonalds is more convenient and cheaper method of eating out than the other alternative – this is a problem..

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Wall of corks!?!? I'm down. #tt2013

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"Truly global leaders don't exploit one community to benefit another. They find solutions that create multidirectional value. They don't see business as a zero sum game but as a mechanism to bring about prosperity to a broader base of people"

Harvard Business Review

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"Anyone can give up, its the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else expects you to fall; that's true strength"

Unknown

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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover"

Mark Twain

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Berlin..

Berlin to me screams freedom. It's a place that stands for equal opportunity, liberalism, and free speech..Here there is a vibrant feel of creativity and entrepreneurship, where people have the ability to express there opinion and views with limited prejudice. This is of course horrifically juxtaposed by the horrendous events that have occurred in this city throughout the past 100 years. I love watching how country's and city's with such troubling pasts can turn themselves around in relatively such a short period of time; née Rwanda & Poland. Going from war torn country's to economy's which are continuity moving from strength to strength, there example gives hope to other country's who may be currently striving for a better world.