Why America is Still The Land of Opportunity
#Lifestyle #InvestingDespite America’s suffocating debt levels and (what many consider) its self-defeating government policies, more foreigners than ever are wishing they were American. No, I’m…
Christmas 2012: Cycling the Chiang Mai/Mae Hong Son Loop
#Travel #LifestyleBy the time we were 450 kilometers into our northern Thailand cycling vacation, my wife and I could have summited Everest. The world’s highest peak…
How I triumphed over bone cancer and reshaped my investing strategy
#Lifestyle #InvestingIn May of 2009, when I was 38 years old, I outran 13,000 competitors to win the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge, an annual 5.6-kilometre…
Our Tropical, Mountain Christmas On Wheels
#LifestyleThis Christmas, Pele and I won’t be celebrating around a Christmas tree. Nor will we be basking on a tropical beach. Instead, the two of…
Dale Carnegie 101 - Hope For the U.S. Airline Industry
#LifestyleMy wife is a penny-pincher. I’ve had my hand slapped in the supermarket when reaching for a second basket of organic blueberries. She says no…
Lance Armstrong's Hope
#LifestyleThis article was inspired by one of my students. She urged me to read a book called Half the Sky [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/…
Rich, Smart... But Dumb
#Mindset #LifestyleHaving money in the bank and not being burdened with debts alleviates stress. It can also improve happiness. But a surprising number of people are clueless…
Perks and Perils of Greener Pastures
#LifestyleWhen billionaire Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin relinquished his U.S. citizenship in 2011, the media jumped. Bloomberg news [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-01/wealthy-americans-queue-to-give-up-passports-in-swiss-capital.html]…
My Story: Leaving Canada to Become An Expatriate
#LifestyleToday the Globe and Mail published an article I wrote about leaving Canada, ten years ago, to teach at an international school in Singapore. I’ve…
Socrates and the Next Generation of Wealth
#Children #Mindset #LifestyleTo a teenager, 30 is old, 40 is ancient, and folks over 50 made stone arrowheads. Worse, the gap between older people and younger people has…