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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
I'm a wanna-be excellent story-teller and my biggest ambition is to create, live and tell the most awesome stories. I'm also a happily married husband, electrical engineer, sustainability promoter, entrepreneur, cleantech enthusiast and avid mountain bike
ABOUT ME
I'm a wanna-be excellent story-teller and my biggest ambition is to create, live and tell the most awesome stories. I'm also a happily married husband, electrical engineer, sustainability promoter, entrepreneur, cleantech enthusiast and avid mountain biker.
I look forward to meet interesting people and share experiences.
A good friend of mine passed-down to me his knowledge with this simple motto:
"The best wine in the world... is the one that you like the most"
PHILOSOPHY
One motto from a good friend:
"The best wine in the world... is the one you like the best"
Words from Paul Graham:
Don't ignore your dreams; don't work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
At the moment I am not able to offer a couch for a good night sleep because I am traveling!
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
My only couchsurfing experiences have been with friends, while crashing at their places. It is always nice to arrive to a place where friendly people is looking forward to exchange experiences and ideas.
Interests
My interests boil-down to have fun while doing amazing things.
I like to travel, to eat, drink and be excited about things of the world that I don't know.
I like to meet people that can teach me something and I hope I can deliver something in return.
By the way, I love bikes.
- wine
- drinking
- traveling
- socializing
- cycling
- engineering
- entrepreneurship
Music, Movies, and Books
My most refined tastes are in books. I read of multiple topics ranging from philosophy to gardening. Right now I am reading Atlas Shrugged and I think it is a fascinating book.
I like music but I do play any instruments.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I got married.
And also I met a fantastic team of friends with whom we built a Solar Car in Chile and went to drive it across Australia for the Panasonic World Solar Challenge. Best experience ever.
Teach, Learn, Share
Today, I believe that living without a purpose is the root to all our problems. We should dedicate time to think about our life, how we want to live it and what we want to accomplish with it.
When I say accomplish, we also need to understand under what metrics we are going to evaluate life.
What would be the one metric that you would choose for your life?
1. Amount of money in the bank account
2. Amount of countries visited
3. Number of likes in Facebook
4. Time spent with the family
5. Ratio of work/leisure time < 0.3
6+
Whatever you choose, it's you who is choosing, regardless of how others measure your life, it is you who will be living it.