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Is Personal Branding Just Bullshit?
Recent comments about personal branding from one of my favorite podcasters got my questioning my previous writing on the...
Recent comments about personal branding from one of my favorite podcasters got my questioning my previous writing on the...
Remembering a busy afternoon shopping in Tokyo and being introduced to the phenomenon of Jazz Kissa.
Time for some news.
How a simple Japanese practice of being thankful for meals can teach us something about having more gratitude in...
Five years ago I arrived in Tokyo. In those years I've changed, far more than I could ever...
We talk about taking photos, or shooting photos, but should we use this kind of language for the photographs...
The Japan Writers Conference, held over two days, brought together a diverse collection of authors, editors, poets and publishers
Today is Epiphany. The sixth of January marks the end of the Christmas season, 12 days after most of...
Last week I enjoyed a short, relaxing stay in Inawashiro, a beautiful and dramatic area in the mountains north...
Yesterday I took my first Japanese Calligraphy lesson. There I was, the only non-Japanese in a class of five,...
This week I quit discussing identity on social media. Somewhere between the current, vicious election cycles in Australia, the...
A 14th century Japanese writer, Yoshida Kenkō, was a master of observing life and could teach today's bloggers a...
I love skiing for several reasons, perhaps most of all because ski holidays are relatively simple actives that involve...
Water and age felt like my constant companions on the Nakasendo Way. In the days leading up to my...
This week my first book, No Missing Tools: Creativity In An Age Of Abundance, goes on sale through Amazon,...
Although I'm now living in Japan, Chinese New Year still influences how I live.