Life Update

Yes, I know ... long time.

But I won´t start one more time with the typical "oh sorry, it´s been a while, bla, bla ..."

Lately I have identified I fall under the category of "expat" or "tourist" blogger, then it looks like that my high seasons for blogging have been the ones when I´ve lived abroad ... too bad, specially since it´s kind of unfair with my current life, one might thing there is nothing interesting going on! But it is .. :-)

So, I decided to stop procrastination today (see my previous post on this blog, how inconsistent am I!!!) on this my personal blog, as well on my Entrepreneurship Blog - let´s see how ot goes. So, what have I been up to?

- I started trekking a month ago. I used to do that when I lived in India back in 2006. With so much work going on back in Colombia, we tend to become sedentary, so Javier took the lead and we joined a Trekking Group called Viajes Clorofila, in Bogotá.



You can also check other trips here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=135326&l=db845&id=787435612 and http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=137230&l=f8bd8&id=787435612

- Oh yes, I started using Facebook, but that has nothing to do with my lack fo blogging. I realized after trying it that, sure, you have to be on Facebook and it´s indeed fun and "light" (you re-estabilish contact with so many old friends and family), but it will NEVER replace or be equivalent to the experience of blogging. So the ones that changed the blog for Facebook, you definitively changed "strawberries for nuts" - both good, but certainly different.

- Job gets every day more instense and challenging. After almost 1,5 years at Endeavor Colombia the "excitement/learning" phase is over and now it´s all about maximizing performace and increasing contribution. The portfolio of the Entrepreneurs I manage keeps growing and that demands more focus. But it still is an amazing experience - we started to set up real Talent Management Systems (perfomance appraisals, development plans, upgraded job roles) and that has increased even more the motivation towards what I´m doing!

- I kept volunteering. I closed my third course on entrepreneurship for children with Junior Achievement and closed my trainning on NGO mentoring with Alianza Social Uniandina. I guess by next month I shall get some NGOs assigned to start consulting them.

- I went home for vacations last april/may.


- We celebrated the 50 years anniversary of AIESEC in Colombia. Nice party (awesome organization) and great to meet with friends.

- I happen to be in the organizing committe of the 10 years anniversary of my school! It will take place in december this year, in Barranquilla.

All that ... but now that I´m writting this, I realized how much I´ve missed blogging!