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Soaring

January 1, 2010  |  Travel  |  , , , , ,  |  View Comments

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One of the advan­tages of trav­el­ing on a major hol­i­day is that no one else does, and so my flight to Rio was empty as my cal­en­dar turned its page to 2010 at 30,000 feet.

Cor­co­v­ado (the Christ the Redeemer statue) is an inspi­ra­tion to many for reli­gious rea­sons. Stand­ing high above the city with arms out­stretched, it evokes feel­ings of pro­tec­tion, benev­o­lence, com­pas­sion, char­ity, and friendship.

Have you seen videos of wing­suit fly­ers? What if Cor­co­v­ado was also remind­ing us to soar in our daily lives?

Chris Bro­gan just blogged his 3 key­words for 2010. I’ll draw inspi­ra­tion this year from Cor­co­v­ado as a visual metaphor for soaring.

“Refuse to be aver­age. Let your heart soar as high as it will.” –A.W. Tozer

Wish­ing you good for­tune in the new year.

How’s the social media scene in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo?

January 14, 2009  |  Travel  |  , , , , , , , ,  |  View Comments

Last year flew by and I didn’t get the chance to spend time with fam­ily and friends in Brazil dur­ing the hol­i­days. Instead, I spent a week in Israel, right as the war started.

I’m in Brazil now, though, and I look for­ward to meet­ing a num­ber of peo­ple I’ve cor­re­sponded with on Twit­ter. Social media seems to be catch­ing on here and this will be a good oppor­tu­nity to catch up and build bridges with those mak­ing it happen.

I’ll be head­ing back before Cam­pus Party Brasil, which looks like a great tech event.