See the world, influence the world, one person at a time.

ABOUT ME

I am an optimist that enjoys a good, insightful conversation. If you have a business, I may also be able to help you make it more profitable. I was at one point a financier; an investor. Now I am an entrepreneur and a writer.

PHILOSOPHY

Try to make the most out of life, because you only live once. Try and make each minute count. Take the road not yet charted.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I don't use Couchsurfing enough, mainly because I don't get enough time to travel nowadays. But it's a great platform to meet people and exchange ideas, among fellow travelers.

Interests

Investments, Physiology, Strange Diseases, Philosophy, Behavioral Science, Bodybuilding, Bike Touring, Ranching, Traveling Solo to Remote Places, Outdoors, Ethnic Cooking, Meeting Interesting Intellectuals, Logic Puzzles.

• cooking
• triathlon
• traveling
• puzzles
• music
• outdoor activities
• logic

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Godfather I and III, Gladiator, Paradise Now, Cinema Paradiso, Delicatessen, Ballad O Soldat, Tampopo, The Eternal Zero, Not One Less, Brest Fortress, The White Balloon, Window to Paris, Shower, Father and Son, Devils on the Doorstep, Arrival, Cargo 200, Before Night Falls, 12 (Russian Version), Mother!

Books: Opium a History, Burmese Days, How to Shit in the Woods, A Walk in the Woods, Meditations, Misbehaving, The True Story of Ah Q, Rwanda Rebuilding of a Nation, The Gospel According to the Ghetto, The Intelligent Investor, How the Steel was Tempered, Gibbon's Histories, Security Analysis, History of the Peloponnesian Wars, The Great Gatsby, Symposium, Pygmalion

Music: 20s Jazz, Vivaldi, Prokofiev, Die Sterne, Chopin, Itzak Perlman, Frank Sinatra, Kodo, Ballake Sissoko, Penguin Cafe, Chesnokov, Audiomachine, Silk Road Ensemble, Texas Alexander, Insham Jones

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bought a live goat in Zimbabwe for $40 and had it for two weeks as a travel companion. My hotel there was kind enough to give me a parking spot where I tied it up to a post during the night. Nobody stole the goat!

*Did a Sesshin at a Japanese monastery. Life changing experience.*

Teach, Learn, Share

teach. learn. share. Ask me.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Lots and lots of insights about the world. Lots and lots of business ideas; how to streamline your business. I enjoy cooking, and am decent at it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ethiopia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, South Africa, United States