tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17741942563169964012020-05-22T05:27:38.805-03:00I'm passionate about unleashing people's potential.Luke Barbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02757587231585153453noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1774194256316996401.post-43818665168476043352014-10-05T12:41:00.000-03:002015-01-11T19:24:34.223-02:00

"You’ve got to be more than willing to accept generosity.Often, you’ve got to go out and ask for it." Keith Ferrazzi I first discovered that TEDGlobal 2014 would be hosted in Rio de Janeiro back in June 2013 and was very excited to see TED, long a teacher and source of thought-provoking ideas of mine, coming to Brazil.  I signed up for the reminder emails at the time and didn’t think too

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I'm very much looking forward to the positive disruption of traditional banking and financial institutions by innovations and alternatives such as Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies, systemic decentralization, and many more.  These aren't just "cool" or "hip" - they are necessary and incredibly important to empower us with options and freedom from the stranglehold of exorbitant fees, unnecessary

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I don't care who wins the World Cup for the sake of sport, but I am extremely curious to see how the mega event will impact the social conditions of Brazil.  Is it best for Brazil to win? Or maybe it's better for them to lose? If losing is better, should it be early on or later in the tournament?  There's no question of whether or not protests are going to happen, it's how and what will be

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A friend recently sent me Greg McKeown’s article The Difference Between Successful and Very Successful People which resonated, piqued my curiosity, and led me to buy his new book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less to dive deeper.   What is essential? That’s the key question the book explores, along with strategies to eliminate what is not and how to focus on what really matters. (

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Have fun. Unleash your creativity through exploring unlimited food possibilities. Cook with your significant other (or woo one your way ;-). Host family and friends to share an ancient human ritual and universal bonding experience. Be healthier. Know what's in what you are eating and how it was prepared. [see Michael Pollan's talk in the video embedded below] "Eat anything you want, just

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Many times I have struggled to let go of the identity that I created not only for internal reasons, but also because of ego and worry about how I will be perceived by others.  Example internal voice scenario: I said I was X, believe X to be true, or that I was going to do X. What will happen if I do something or become someone different? Who cares? I need to realize that situations,

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I'm excited to share my Forbes article about Higher Education in Brazil that I co-wrote with Ricardo Geromel. You can read the article here: Brazil's Multi-Billion Dollar Education Industry: Shaping Futures, Changing Lives, and Minting Billionaires

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"Admit it.  You aren’t like them.  You’re not even close.  You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes.  But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, watching the “normal people” as they go about their automatic existences.  For every time you say

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In reviewing my journal today, I found notes about what a really special friend and mentor who generously shared his time with me (and so many other young people in the "change the world" scene at Ohio State) told me during our lunch 10 days before he passed away: "I wouldn't put in this time  if I didn't think you'd be something great."   Richard Crabtree was an awesome

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"Life, at its best, is a flowing, changing process in which nothing is fixed. In my clients and in myself I find that when life is richest and most rewarding it is a flowing process. To experience this is both fascinating and a little frightening. I find I am at my best when I can let the flow of my experience carry me, in a direction which appears to be forward, towards goals of which

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