Month: October 2011

It’s only recently that I’ve come to appreciate the things I’ve learned simply from being raised in a Japanese family. I’ve found that there are words in the Japanese language that have shaped the way I think, and that some of these words don’t translate into English easily. Ikigai is one of those words. According […]

This is a blog post I wrote for the Hub LA blog regarding our second Founding Member Mixer. This time the magic happened at Caña Rum Bar, in Downtown Los Angeles.  To quote a Hub LA Founding Member in attendance, “…walked into a room with a few dozens strangers, left a few hours later feeling I […]

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition; they somehow know […]