“If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you jump off it too?” As a kid, you may have been scolded by your mom for doing something, and then told her, “Well, everyone else was doing it!” She would then respond with the question above, and if you were a real smartass you would answer […]

I’m running the Athens Marathon in November, so I can’t let a little thing like a business trip get in the way of my training. A recent visit to Singapore, though it was packed full of events, was actually a good thing since there are so many open spaces and it’s pretty easy to find […]

The recent typhoons in Hong Kong, and a colleague’s last-minute event cancellation, reminded me of a similar situation I faced a few years ago that taught me a valuable lesson. I was supposed to fly to Taiwan for my very first visit there. It was a busy work trip, so I did not plan to […]

In London a few years ago, just before the 2012 Olympics, I was looking for an Olympics store to pick up some memorabilia, particularly some pins, ‘cuz you know, if you’re an athlete it’s all about the medals, but if you’re a spectator, it’s all about the pins. I found an online store, but it […]

Running a marathon is an exercise in perseverance. The only way to make it to the finish is to understand in advance that, at some point, this is really going to hurt. It helps to study the route in advance so you know what to expect, and it’s important to set a pace that will […]