January, sometime in the morning of the early days of 2017, I am sitting by the pool in my home at Ho Chi Minh and I was stricken with the idea of reading The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump. Despite the initial realistic confrontation with the fact that this book is not for everybody, I decided that I…

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The year 2016’s 67th edition was once again won by the ladies (Akagumi) in what I have to call, a very disappointing win. I am traditionally more leaned to the performances of the ladies and while this year the gentlemen did not do great, a win was clearly defined on their side. But, the judges thought otherwise. This time I…

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This year has been great in many respects on the professional side of life, or on the life side of work. Yes, it gets a tiny bit converged to both sides for somebody like me, with no clear distinction or sense of work-life and needless to say, absence of balance. In another 12 months I travelled internationally in average twice…

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