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About Me

A social and cultural chameleon. Optimistic, driven, unconventional. Definitely a fire sign. Entrepreneur, food nerd, adventurer. I always speak my mind and do what I think is right. I take chances and fall on my ass often but then I get right back up with a smile and go at it again. I am still learning patience. I am grateful that I spend every waking moment doing what I love: traveling, launching businesses, connecting with creative minds, or passionately immersed in my interests. I love feeding people so much that my greatest aspiration is to eliminate global starvation. Here is a quote that I live by, every moment of my life...

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My Interests

Entrepreneurship, personal development, social enterprise, music, food, tea, cooking, travel, philanthropy, evolution, technology, performance, martial arts, yoga, meditation, thrills, action, adventure, all things cutting edge.

I'd like to meet:

Passionate people that know who they are. Anyone that thrives on growth, new experiences, and pushing the envelope. Entrepreneurs, epicureans, artists, musicians, authors, speakers, adventurers. I'd also like to meet any of my heros listed, Mia Maestro, and Giada de Laurentiis.

Music:

That is a loooooooong conversation.

Movies:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ray, Good Will Hunting, Top Gun, A Beautiful Mind, The Shawshank Redemption, Coming to America, The Last Samurai, Braveheart, Hero, Fearless, Rocky, Scent of a Woman, Pursuit of Happyness.

Television:

These are the only worthy channels on television: Food Network, Bravo, Travel Channel, Discovery, Biography, and Comedy Central.

Books:

Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, As A Man Thinketh, The Tao Te Ching, Mastery, The Prophet, Intercourses: An Aphrodisiacs Cookbook, Ruling Your World, The Mating Mind, Think and Grow Rich, anything by William James, Ralph Waldo Emerson, or Plato. Now finally reading The Fountainhead.

Heroes:

My parents, my niece and nephew, Cameron Shayne, David Deida, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Andrew Carnegie, Gandhi, Lao Tzu, Bruce Lee, Tony Robbins, Bob Proctor, Nido Qubein, Dr. John Elliot, Steve Siebold, Jack Canfield, James Allen, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William James.

My Blog

Traveling the world with 10 pounds or less.

Some travel tips from fellow entrepreneur-adventurer Tim Ferriss....
Posted by Raj on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:36:00 PST

I found a new mentor.

He came to NYC yesterday to give a special 3-hour yoga workshop and talked passionately about living life with intentionality, integrity, and focused awareness.His name is Cameron Shayne. He's t...
Posted by Raj on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:59:00 PST

The man in the arena.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the ar...
Posted by Raj on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:14:00 PST

Don't read this unless you want to quit your job.

This new book I found is extremely important for anyone that wants to experience a life of freedom and adventure.It's called The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. ...
Posted by Raj on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:04:00 PST

An important life decision.

I've decided that I absolutely must learn to tango dance.All women with uncommonly high confidence that can move like this in a black dress and heels, please submit an application.I know there's at le...
Posted by Raj on Mon, 07 May 2007 07:48:00 PST

I Believe

This is by the great speaker Brian Tracy.* * * I believe every person has within themselves inexhaustible reserves of potential they have never even come close to realizing. I believe each person ha...
Posted by Raj on Thu, 03 May 2007 08:43:00 PST

The five types of love.

This just might be the most insightful pieces I've read about love that helped me continually evolve in all my relationships. I wanted to share it with you all.It's from a commentary by Ralph Al...
Posted by Raj on Tue, 01 May 2007 01:09:00 PST

Compatability and astrology.

So I recently started becoming curious about astrology. Hang out with enough Indian aunties and female cousins on a trip, and trust me, it will rub on you. I found this neat chart online that has be...
Posted by Raj on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:21:00 PST

Wanna-be's vs. Real Entrepreneurs

Timeless, brutally honest, hard-hitting wisdom from one of my favorite business mentors . . .Twelve differences between those who dream and those who act: 1-Wanna-be's obsess about ideas. Entrep...
Posted by Raj on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:09:00 PST

New York, New York...

At this moment I'm sitting in my favorite cafe jamming on building the foundation of my new business, and the warm and familiar voice of Frank Sinatra filled the room for a couple minutes.Time froze f...
Posted by Raj on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:32:00 PST