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This Thursday begins Holy Week in the Philippines. For detailed info, see the wikipedia article on holy week in the Philippines. For you, it means time off for your VA's. They'll take at least Thursday and Friday off (plus the weekend). They might want to take Wednesday off. Let them know it's ok for them ... |
Having started and run lots of businesses online, here's my advice on starting your own online business. First: The Don'ts Before you go making a bunch of mistakes… Don't Try To Re-invent The Wheel - Lots of other people have started businesses. Lots of them are willing to tell you how they did it. Find a blu... |
One of my GUYS sent this to me because it was funny. I love that: 1. it's from the Philippines 2. it's from 1 billion people Funny. |
I know this post is going to cause controversy...but... This is a common problem: My Filipino employee works, but it's like he's only working 2 hours/day instead of 8.What do I do? First let me say I struggle with this too! Second: This post is not intended at any of my current employees...even though some a... |
Every year there are numerous typhoons in the Philippines. It's always sad. Recently there have been numerous typhoons back to back. It's a good time to check on your GUYS and make sure they're ok. Here's an email I had forwarded to me today. It originated in the Philippines. One of my customers forwarded m... |
After I lost my gmail account then recovered my gmail account I became much more security conscious. Yesterday @Mat Honan lost everything.Please read his story I write this just in hopes that it will save a few people some headache. 7 Simple Ways To Protect Your Digital Life USE DIFFERENT PASSWORDS! - I us... |
Today I got an email from Phil: John, you nailed me, I am doing nothing while trying to learn everything. I can't build an auto-responder, I found out me web-site is a template that I can't change only add. I started a blog and found out it's only a facebook page, I spent a great deal of time advertising on Plenty o... |
At ReplaceMyself, where we teach people to outsource to the Philippines, we just released 2 new trainings: Digital Publishing Training - Teaches your Filipino VA how to publish books to Kindle, Nook, and iBooksContent Curation - Teaches your Filipino VA how and why to curate content onto blogs to generate traffic. ... |
A couple of the products available in this $19 charity WSO, are products we use, and which we paid $97 for. It's a great way to get access to some really good tools to help your local marketing business. |
My team created this trailer video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUSKOasIZHI ;They're pretty amazing.You can get really great video work done. We found this guy at OnlineJobs.ph. Our PR Process At their suggestion, when we get something which is PR worthy our process is: write a press release about th... |
The Philippines has a LOT of "Regular" holidays ("regular" is the word they use for "You have to give us the day off") Here's a color coded list with my experience of days you must give them off, days you should give them off, and days you might give them off, if you're really nice.The reality is, they won't take a... |
I learned an AMAZINGLY powerful lesson in 1991. It changed the way I approach business (and virtually every important aspect of my life). Flash back to the days of Boyz II Men and the original Super Mario Brothers... It was the unbearably painful 3rd hour of church (yes, I go to church for 3 hours every Sunday). ... |
Trying to outsource without knowing how to recruit Filipino employees is like sending your bank account information to that guy in Nigeria who emailed you yesterday to tell you you've inherited your distant cousin's estate. It's a bad idea. Watching this video so you can learn the right way to recruit Filipino e... |
Chances are, you’ve seen this page ---> I see it every time I install a new, $38 ink cartridge into my HP 2610 printer. I’ve had this printer for almost a decade. And without fail, every time I install a new cartridge, it regurgitates one of these things...as if to say, “thank you for feeding me.” ... |
I’ve made tons of materials about how to live a 4, or 17 hour week. I have e-books, videos, presentations, blog posts and webinars on the what’s and how’s of the business. But let’s face it, in the internet, it’s easy to get lazy, or get lost. Recently, I found a way to fix that through Udemy.com. So this site is a... |
Remember back in the day when we used to play video games all day as teens until our parents scolded us? And then when cheat codes became a more common thing, all the more we weren't stopping at 10pm to sleep. My sister used to play Tony Hawk's Pro Skater on Nintendo's Game Boy Color. Just a couple buttons copying ... |
One of my family's favorite hobbies is going out to ride our bikes. We do it daily as a way to also hang out and spend time together.; Earlier today, my daughter, Addie, and I were riding our bikes as usual and came to an area with a broken trail. I went ahead to cross that section but saw my daughter getting off h... |
I get emailed almost every day by people telling me how they got more free time by hiring a virtual assistant from OnlineJobs.PH.Super often they say "I just wish I had done this sooner!" or "Why didn't someone tell me this would be so good!". I tried!!! One notable email and successs story I remember clearly. ... |
My teenage son has a girlfriend, and today my wife and I suggested that he should take his younger brother with them on their date. They were getting smoothies from Roxberry. And his 6-year old brother would love to go with them. Of course, that did not sound amusing to him.; "Why would I do that?" "It's gonn... |
Often people will say to me in the middle of a conversation"Tell us how you really feel"because I'm not one to hold back. ; I'm "passionate" they say. And halloween is one of those things (notice not a capital 'H' - it's NOT a holiday!!!) I know most of you reading this love halloween and that I'm being a gri... |
Typhoons are a part of life in the Philippines.; Every year they get hit by some major storms that wipe out cities. ;It's terrible destruction. Right now Typhoon Goni is bearing down on the northern central part of the Philippines. BBC:;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54759868 Its a good idea to ask yo... |
One of the misconceptions of people when hiring virtual assistants is that either it has to be perfect, or it's gonna be perfect. But that's not always the case. Let me give you an example of how I work with my team: I recently hired a virtual assistant to write emails for me, this email included. She did pretty we... |
Hey - it’s John again. Wherever you are on your outsourcing journey, I’ve been there. In fact, I bet we have a lot in common. I can understand what you may be feeling as you weigh the risks against the possibilities of outsourcing. Whether it’s curiosity, hesitation, desperation or hope that’s brought you to ... |
This is a story about a painful failure, and a different failure, and yet another excruciating failure…you get the idea.;And then, finally, incredible success. I attempted my first online business back in 2003, back when making money on the internet was still a relatively novel affair. I had no idea what I was g... |
Welcome back to my crazy outsourcing origin story. Let me catch you up to speed. At the end of my last email, I - was working as a computer programmer;- was moonlighting as an online entrepreneur- just got double-crossed by my first employee- was desperately struggling to juggle two jobs;-;was attempting to crea... |
One day while attending a local networking meetup I had a conversation with the late John Bresee, the creative mind behind backcountry.com. I was airing out some of my frustrations and failures. As the conversation proceeded he said:When you’re ready to start outsourcing, make sure you go to the Philippines with it.Wh... |
Picking up where I left off -- John Bresee from backcountry.com told me to go to the Philippines with my outsourcing.This was a new idea...at least to me.He referred me to a hiring agency in the Philippines.;They promised to match me with a Filipino VA who met all of my requirements.And they did.To protect his privacy... |
I don't have much time right now to write this, but I've had numerous people ask me how they can help with donating to the relief effort in the Philippines. They estimate over 10,000 deaths after one of the largest typhoons (hurricanes) in recorded history. If you want to donate, please do. ;I'll make a sizeable... |
Yes, absolutely. Because hiring Filipino online workers still makes a lot of business sense. I know with Typhoon Yolanda a lot of people have become hesitant about hiring Filipino workers. The recent disaster raised a lot of questions that nobody wants to bring up because they’re afraid of sounding selfish or un... |
Typhoon Yolanda was a big wake up call for business owners who have virtual assistants in the Philippines. Filipino virtual assistants are great workers but the 20 typhoons that hit their country every year can make anyone nervous. The good news is that most of the Philippines are prepared in dealing with these di... |
Behind the devastating headlines, what most people don’t know about is the silver lining of how jobs outsourced to the Philippines have helped hundreds on online workers in the affected areas rebuild their lives. Tacloban City, one of the most affected places by Typhoon Haiyan, is also home to roughly a thousand ... |
"This story comes from a virtual assistant in the Philippines who used to work in a call center, and now works from home as a VA. When you hire Filipino virtual assistants, it's amazing how both of your lives change." Hi! My name is B and I used to work for a call center. The call center industry is thriving here in... |
You can achieve a lot of things with hard work. Ask anyone successful and they will tell you that one of the foundations of success is hard work. People love this advice because it makes sense; the harder you work, the bigger the reward. There’s a sense of justice to it, when you know that at the end of the day eve... |
Wage is a very hot button topic because of the on-going debate on whether or not the minimum wage should be raised in the United States. And when people hear how I built my business by paying my Filipino workers less than minimum wage, they paint me as some sort of monster. How could I stomach paying these people s... |
A couple of years ago I had a series of blog posts from my Filipino staff. I’ve gotten some flak for that because some people think that the posts are biased. They’re my employees, after all. As my employees, they’re terrified of me and they’re just writing stuff they know I want to hear, things they know would please... |
I was sick. I was completely out of my mind. The swelling in my throat began to sabotage my breath. I blinked back the moisture that threatened my eyes.I grabbed for something stable as the room spun and my vision closed in. There’s a good chance that nobody in the all-white, sterile office noticed what was happening ... |
In my last email, I started telling you about the time I totally abandoned my online business.; My wife was on bedrest with life-threatening pregnancy complications. She needed constant care. There was no way I was going to risk losing her or the baby. So I handed all of the day-to-day operations over to my VAs and... |
Many conventional outsourcing experts will tell you that you can only delegate mindless and repetitive tasks to VAs. My experience proves that Filipino VAs are capable of so much more. After the revelation I had with my first two VAs when I realized just how capable they were (see my last email), I wanted to try an... |
Short and sweet today. Typhoon Vamco just hit the Philippines. https://apnews.com/article/typhoons-philippines-storms-typhoon-goni-manila-fbbcbba92c2f5f6eed8047c6a0ec07c4 Ask your VAs if they're ok. Typhoons hitting the Philippines is normal. ;2 typhoons in one week is not. FYI (because I didn't know th... |
You have to be the CEO of the company - you have to know the what and the why and the how… AND THEN DON’T DO IT.; This is where our stupid culture of over-work and “the grind” is so messed up. You shouldn’t be doing all the work. You should teach someone ELSE how to do it, and manage them. You have to do t... |
I recently spent 6 days in Northern Minnesota boundary waters- the northern border between US and Canada- canoeing. Everyday we would canoe, paddle across the lake, carry our canoe and all our gears to another lake, and canoe... and get out, and another lake. Repeat that for 6 days. Weather was cold.It was hard... |
I have mercury poisoning. ; Tests came back that I was in the 99th percentile of mercury poisoning. Too much tuna. Silly mercury fillings. No wonder I can't remember anything.No wonder I don't concentrate well.No wonder my body is freaking out. I found out about 2 years ago and have made significant changes s... |
Over the past year or so my wife and I have felt more and more frustrated with needing to nag our kids about doing their chores. With Covid-19 in the mix, that became more obvious since the kids are home all the time and the house is messier and messier. I attended a lesson with Russ Fletcher, an expert with Agi... |
The;White Rim Trail;outside Moab, Utah is a good metaphor for life. It's beautiful. It changes unexpectedly. It has high highs and low lows. And sometimes you're on the edge of a cliff where little changes make a big difference. Everyone starts off super excited when you're at mile 1, 6, 17, 29...But... |
As thanksgiving approaches our thoughts turn to gratitude (as they should...more often). Yesterday I texted a post for social media to one of my VAs. ;I don't make any social media posts. ;I send raw photos/videos/text to her and she pretties it up and posts it. As I sent it, I was grateful for her. ;Grateful fo... |
No, seriously...is there anything good that has come out of COVID for you? For me there has.; - My kids have spent a ton of time at home. ;I love it. - We've gotten to go camping together a ton. - We've been able to ride our bikes almost every day.; - Church at home with my family has been awesome! -... |
A couple weeks ago, my wife went out of town. I was left alone managing everything at home, including tending to my 5 kids.; I got the kids to school, did some yoga, and took care of morning chores.At 3pm, I rushed home from the bike shop and started to make dinner because that's the only time I had.;At 4pm I went ... |
Someone asked me today "how much time do you spend riding your bike each week...or, how much time in the sun?" If I had to guess...I'd guess 8-10 hours/week. Last week it was more like 25 hours. Between riding bikes, running, skiing, or maybe things that aren't in the sun like yoga or lifting weights, I'd say ... |
In 2007 when I found the right screen recording software, it changed VAs for me. See, with screen recording software, there are a couple small things which make all the difference on how much you'll use it. 1. It needs to do both video captures and image captures2. It needs to always be open on your computer so ... |
Sometimes a good retail consumer... other times I'm a really bad retail consumer. Once I went to a doctor because I heard he was a good doctor, even though I wasn't feeling anything wrong with me. I wanted to support. Good retail consumer. Recently I bought some bike parts because their marketing pitch was so go... |
I need design or video editing work, there's Elijah or Mark. I need social media posts, there's Julia. I need customer support to attend to concerns, there's Jess or Jocelyn. I need programming, there's Vincent or Nino or Raymond.; I need ads, there's Louis. I need content, there's Jessica. I need he... |
Whenever my kids come home from school, I ask them "How was school?"; My 3 older kids, they're all teens, always say "BORING", while my 2 younger ones in elementary school always answer with "Good" or.... "BORING." It's the same thing every time. Today, my younger ones came home and I had the same conversatio... |
Oh wouldn't it be nice to hire someone and just say "Hey, go do my SEO for me." Generally, that's not how it works. So let me tell you how I usually do this. I've been working on a new project for you. I'm creating SOPs and trainings which you can hand off to your VAs. I create the trainings (VAsMadeEasy.c... |
To complement our family's active cycling lifestyle, we throw in weights workouts twice a week. Today's session was a mix of Bulgarian Split Squats and Russian Twists but there are days where we alternate Turkish Get Ups and Romanian Deadlifts into the sessions. A lot of weight lifting has significant eastern Eu... |
7 years ago my son started selling dirt bikes.; He imports them from china (I helped him initially) and sells them locally. He doesn't do a lot of sales. ;It's small. But last year it wasn't as small. ;Early this year it wasn't as small. But then he got distracted. ;He thought writing a book was a great id... |
When my wife got put on strict bedrest and I was forced into the 1 hour work week I learned that Tim Ferris' 4HWW was reality. ; Since then (~2008), I've worked about 17 hours/week. ;17 because 4 isn't enough to keep me sane. My extended family makes fun of me for it:"Oh, John's way too busy for that...""You're ... |
When I was 1 year old, I learned how not to pee in my pants. When I was 5, I could say when I was hungry or thirsty, and I learned how to eat with a spoon and fork, even though it takes an hour to finish a meal. I had a lot of time on my hands. When I was 15, I discovered video games and played all day until my ... |
My mom was always a stickler for vocabulary.; "It's hhhhwah, not WAT!" (what)"His name is Stephen! Not Steve!""It's ManhaTTan, not Manha'an""Don't say 'moun'en', it's 'mounTain'" She did it all the time. ;So much so that I say a lot of things poorly just because she did it so much.; "FebRUary" isn't one of th... |
I have a VA in the Philippines who writes these emails. ;She does a great job... except the titles were boring and generic. I wanted it bolder, more controversial, more of how I would say it- exactly as what's in my mind at the time. I'd send her topics and include somewhat of a subject and she would dumb it down t... |
When I went to the Philippines in 2010 with my family, it was eye opening. ; It was my first time there.;I had had VAs working for me since 2005. ;Meeting them was AMAZING!But seeing the culture and feeling the warmth of the people was the real win for me. ; People always assume that I travel there all the time.... |
I asked one of my VAs about Christmas and New Years and the work expectations for the holidays. ;Here's what she wrote. ------ You want my honest thoughts? Christmas gives me anxiety.; The never ending obligations to attend one party after another. The stress of braving the crowds to buy presents. The exce... |
If you read my email yesterday you now know that Filipinos consider the time from Christmas Eve to New Years Day "sacred". It's not as sacred as it used to be (thanks in part because you hiring them keeps them from leaving their families and going and working overseas), but it's still really important to them. S... |
"It's not even that slippery!" I said to my girls as we descended the canyon road the other day. Famous last words. 200 yards down the road, going 20mph, the road turned icy and I got stuck in a tractor tire rut which had an icy lip in the middle. I knew I was going to hit the lip. I knew I was going to ... |
I try to make a difference in the community where I live. ; It's not always easy, but when something hits you in the face you help out. The other day I went to meet with the local coordinator of Venezuelan refugees. ;I sat in her house talking with her and her husband about the situation. ;As we got further into... |
“Business! Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!” Jacob Marley yells this at Ebenezer Scrooge in the play "A Christmas Carol".; My wife has seen it every year of her ... |
The Philippines is interesting when looking at it from a western, outsider perspective. They have a lot of asian culture which is different than a lot of western culture.; BUT...they have so much western culture that they make amazing employees. The combination of asian culture + western culture + unique Fili... |
I'm a religious person. ;I go to church every week. ;I read my scriptures every day. I say morning and night prayers.; But when I asked one of my VAs about Christmas traditions I didn't expect to hear about midnight mass for 9 days in a row! Here's what she said: -----Midnight Mass You're probably used to ... |
Winter is in full swing here right now. "And mom and dad can hardly wait for school to start again" isn't exactly how I feel.; Yesterday we had an amazing day skiing together.; I love having my kids home for Christmas break...but only because my VAs are so darn talented that they take care of my business for ... |
Nothing business related today. I understand not everyone celebrates Christmas. ;But in my house it's such a strong holiday and carries strong traditions. At our house, Christmas traditions start the day after Halloween.; Halloween decorations come down and Christmas goes up on November 1. My wife always says... |
People always wonder how Santa gets around to millions of houses all in one night. ;I have a secret... He uses ELFs Efficient! ;Loyal! ;Filipinos! How do I know? ; He just used my One VA Away program to hire another ELF. It's amazing how efficient having a loyal worker becomes over time.The short term b... |
My 2 youngest had their first ski day of the year last week.Actually, they had their first 3 days of the year last week... Oh, they love to complain about skiing. ; I don't want to go!Nooooo!I want to play with my friends! AWESOME! ;YOU'RE GOING! Is it just MY kids who complain about things and then hav... |
Let's go!Come on, we're ready.Everyone's waiting in the car for you. It's not super common...but it definitely happens in my house. ;Probably in yours too. We're getting ready to leave and someone (usually the wife or the slow daughter) is WAY behind everyone else. ; It may or may not make you late (we're rare... |
On Christmas day I went for an afternoon bike ride. ;I hadn't been on my bike since my big crash a few weeks ago. ;We've been skiing instead. ; Skiing is my favorite.; The mountains.The snow.The clean air.The time with people I love.The flow. It's so good. But...I also know that training for the next racin... |
From my VA, Julia. --------Being a godparent is an honor and a serious responsibility. It shows that the parents trust you. And once you become a godparent, you're part of that child's life forever. It's the same In the Philippines and they have a special name for godparents. The men are called "ninong" and wome... |
This morning I waxed my kids skis for the first time ever. It's not that they haven't needed a wax, it's that I'm lazy with things like this. Taking skis to the shop, dropping them off, waiting 4 days to get them back, going to pick them up. ;For someone who doesn't leave the house very often, that's a pain in t... |
My brother texted me yesterday and said; "Are you in Vegas?" No. Am I supposed to be? "No. Just saw your Instagram post" What post? hahaha. I don't make my instagram posts. I send pics to my VAs and they post it some time in the future. I was in Vegas like a month ago... This is how good VAs can be fo... |
Since my kids are off school on Wednesdays because of Covid, we've decided that together we're going to do big things on that day every week. We're calling it "Wild Wednesdays". I've been talking it up for weeks now building their expectations. We'll have a mountain we want to climb, or a really long bike rid... |
It's Monday afternoon as I write this and I'm sure gyms across the world were packed this morning with people who've decided to get in shape as their "New Years Resolution". I spent the day in the mountains backcountry skiing with my wife. It's not part of any "resolution", it's part of my lifestyle. Here... |
It was "Wild Wednesday" for us (the day my kids are off school so we do something crazy outside). While climbing a mountain in the backcountry skiing with my older kids, I was filming a video about "What type of VA you should hire first". Then the notifications started coming in. "Protestors stormed the capit... |
The following was written by one of my VAs. She wrote it in first person as if it were me. As if I had all this knowledge about why the Philippines has tons of holidays. I don't. But there are 2 takeaways here:1. they have a lot of holidays. Not all are required to have time off. You should be aware of of th... |
I have a neighbor who just bought a mountain bike. ; He calls me and says "Hey, we need to go riding! ;I got a bike!" I'm like,;No...we can't ride right now, the trails are all snowed over or muddy. He bought it. But that's not the real reason why I don't want to take him on a ride. The real reason is he... |
As I did yoga this morning I was concentrating on my breathing.; In...Out...In...Out... Downward Dog In...Out...In...Out... I needed the breathing to get the "fake vacations" out of my head. Fake vacations? Yesterday someone replied to my newsletter and said;"You send too many fake emails with fake v... |
We treat Sundays different than any other day of the week.For us, it's a day of rest. ;A day of worship. A day where we do different things than we do most days of the week.This Sunday we played a bunch of games together, had a Sunday School lesson, and had family dinner together. Sunday is my day to water the plan... |
As I climbed the mountain with my kids on Wild Wednesday my mind went back to the podcast interview I did the day before. The host:"So John, my biggest question is what kind of VA should I hire first? ;Like, who should I be looking for so I have the biggest impact?" That's such an easy one to answer. So I pul... |
The first thing most people want to do when they get a bunch of applicants to their job post is schedule Skype interviews. Don't do it. Here's my experience (and thousands of other people's experience). You have 10 applicants.You ask them to schedule a Skype call.5 of them don't schedule. ;You lose them.5 of ... |
I've had it happen to me. You hire a new VA. They start out great. Great work.Fast turn-around times.High quality. Then something happens and everything slows down. Quality declines. You know you hired a good person...you went through the process :www.OneVAAway.com;and followed the steps. What wen... |
One of my college roommates and I saw things differently. Me:;I think I can run my own business and make my own schedule and work a lot less. Him: "Don't you know small business owners work more than anyone else!" Haha...who's laughing now! This roommate grew up to be a Radiation Oncologist. ;He treats canc... |
I got bit by the dreaded "red snake" yesterday. I took my family up skiing. (good lookin' if I do say so myself) We were supposed to get like 1 inch of snow but we ended up getting 3! It was amazing... ...until we drove home. There was a red snake of tail lights all the way down the canyon. I... |
*WARNING* - I don't have a weak stomach...but what my VA wrote made me queezy.; Unaltered from my VA:-----------You're eating balut wrong (or the wrong balut) Nothing grosses out the rest of the world like the Filipino delicacy 'balut' or fertilized duck egg. The thought munching on a duckling is so cringe-induc... |
Look, this is basic management advice... ...but it's ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT in the Philippines. Your VAs want to be appreciated.;They want to know that you're happy with their work.They want to make you happy.They want to feel useful. If they don't, they're not likely to do good work for you. Johannah Barton... |
I've only been to the Philippines once.; ONCE! It was in 2010. I took my family there on vacation. We sat on a beach on the island of Boracay for 5 weeks. ;It was amazing. ; (they're so little! They're 15, 18, and 13 now!) I'll tell more about the trip another time (including getting robbed).It was ... |
First, let me start with what NOT to tell your friends. Don't tell them the name of your VA. People are lazy. Nobody wants to do the work of recruiting a VA.If you go raving about your VA to your friends and then you tell them the name of your VA, they're going to go look them up on FB and offer them a job. F... |
Growing up I had 2 male role models: My dad and my uncle. We were poor. My dad worked hard, but we were poor. He always had a good stable job, and then at night either he went to law school or after graduating, he did legal work to try and make ends meet.;I love my dad. My uncle was rich. ;He was a lawyer. He ha... |
Most people running a business want help with their website. ; - Maybe you're running Shopify and you want help with it.- Maybe you're building wordpress sites for clients and need someone to manage plugins.- Maybe you're an insurance agent and want your site to be more functional. Whatever it is, hiring a "web ... |
Do you ever think about buying something but you're not sure what it costs so it makes you hesitate?; I don't like feeling embarrassed or ripped off, so the combination sometimes makes me not go into a store. If I don't trust them I don't know if I'm going to get ripped off and then later embarrassed because I paid... |
Communication is critical in skiing in the backcountry.;Talking through the current avalanche situation, talking about terrain, and slopes are a constant part of what we do.Each partner needs to know what's going on at all times both to avoid an avalanche and in case one happens. I bought these radios to make commu... |
The plan yesterday was for my wife and I to ski in the backcountry in the morning.;Then my 18yr old son was going to bring all the kids up to Alta in the afternoon and we would ski in the resort until it closed. Plans went wrong. In the parking lot before heading into the backcountry my wife's brand new boot bro... |
We climbed up into a whiteout today. ;It was too cold and windy to take a pic.; The day started out nice at the trailhead.;I even recorded a 10 minute long video about how to effectively manage a team of workers in the Philippines (coming soon). 3.5 miles in we got to an old mine. But the higher we went t... |
When eating out there are always 2 awkward moments for me:1. When the server asks "Will these be separate checks or together"?2. When they bring the bill and both of you reach for it. It's weird. ; Money across relationships is weird. Filipinos feel the same. Here's what my content manager said:-----------... |
The first time it happened I had no idea why. My Filipino worker didn't show up on a random Friday. Weird... Later I learned it was Chinese New Year. Still weird... The next year it happened again. hmmm...ok??? Turns out, Chinese New Year is kind of a big deal in the Philippines.Julia, one of my c... |
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