The trapeze instructor yelled at me to jump, something like “Hep” or “Hip”, either way, I hesitated. I looked down for a second and felt this queasy feeling in my stomach. I knew there was a net there in case I fell but I couldn’t help it, my system froze for a second with a [...]
Alex Angarita – The Socially Conscious Warrior
September 14, 2011 By 12 Comments
The idea of a warrior conjures up images of battle fields, sword fights, and samurai armor for many of us. But I’ve been lucky to learn from some very special individuals who see the idea of a warrior in a very different terms. They’ve helped me to apply a new definition of a warrior to [...]
Alex Angarita Personal Power
September 7, 2011 By 11 Comments
Sometimes making a go of it in the real world feels like nothing short of surviving in the jungle but its important to remember your personal power of creation. The first time I really understood this was when I had to start a fire without matches or a lighter while on Survivor Fiji. In Fiji, [...]
Alex Angarita – Staying Focused
August 31, 2011 By 3 Comments
It’s been a while since I posted a blog entry but my recent near death experience canyoneering in Utah made this all too relevant not to share. Ok, so maybe I wasn’t so close to death but it was a close one and brought home an invaluable lesson about staying focused. I was on a [...]
Alex Angarita – Find Your Inner Adventurer
September 14, 2010 By 4 Comments
Speaking to a UC Berkeley student going into his last year of college reminded me of Russell Crowe’s final moments before his showdown in Gladiator. Our Berkely gladiator was pre-med and thinking about applying to law school, or business school or maybe dental school. He was decisively indecisive. But one thing was clear, he was [...]
Rock climbing: strategic risk applied to job/school applications and standardized tests.
February 25, 2010 By 4 Comments
Strategic risk taking is a valuable instinct in rock climbing but it also has practical applications in your career. Whether you are a senior executive applying for a new job or a high school student taking the SAT, understanding and conveying a gut instinct for strategic risk taking is essential to success.
On my latest trip to Thailand, I had the opportunity to go rock climbing in Koh Phi Phi (means Phi Phi beach). Aside from avoiding certain death by the hands of a gang of wild monkeys, I also gained some insights into strategic risk taking.
Thailand – Finding my Fighting Instinct
February 3, 2010 By 14 Comments
On my trip to Thailand over the weekend I decided that I would fight a small professional Thai fighter that would do a quick demo for me so I could experience a “Thai fight” without actually risking an official beat down. I ended up in an amateur Muay Thai fight on a random island egged [...]
New Beginnings – 2010 kicks off in Singapore.
January 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
I walked down the aisle to my seat on a plane headed to China. It’s a stopover on my way to Singapore, my home for the next two months.
