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Archive | August, 2008

The Magic of Radical Thinking

A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post on the importance of thinking differently. I mentioned that THE secret of secrets when it comes to success is to think differently than everyone else. Today I want to share a quote that I came across after I wrote the blog post. It’s from Henry [...] [...more]

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The Secret to Olympic Glory Revealed

One of my pet peeves is when people claim that a person’s success is due to luck. “Oh he’s lucky because __________”. My response is usually “chaaaaaab” [Bahraini slang for shut up] I heard someone mention how lucky an Olympic athlete was because he had a Gold medal! Lucky?! Come on! Of [...] [...more]

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Two Powerful Lessons My Master Taught Me

I feel privileged and honoured to have trained under a world champion. Master Rafael Nieto had a huge impact in my life. Not only did I learn some powerful martial arts techniques from him, but I also learnt some valuable life lessons. I prepared a short video explaining two lessons that stick out in [...] [...more]

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The Olympics!

I’m back! And the Olympics are upon us! Every time they come around I tell myself that this year I’m going to watch more of the events, and invariably I end up watching very little. I don’t know how different it will be this year, because I have a ton of things [...] [...more]

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Introducing Euromaus!

We just came back from three, fun filled days in Europa Park, Germany’s biggest theme park. It was a Disney-like park with all kinds of rides and roller-coasters. It wasn’t quite Disney, but fun and adventurous nonetheless. They even have a mascot – “Euromaus”! Of all the animals they could have [...] [...more]

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