This morning, I received a very unfortunate news about a dear friend who has recently passed away.  I share this news with you because there is something really amazing about him.  Even after he passed away, he still loves others and he still gives others.  He gave away his organs so that others could live.  He has created a fund at his church to help continue his efforts in Mongolia.  This is really truly remarkable.

I am little bit surprised to hear the news because he was a healthy and energetic person.  He went back to US to be with family, I was told.  It is entirely possible that he wasn’t feeling well and/or even knew that his time was limited.  He really wanted to help others, and you could see it in his eyes and in the way he gave his attention and time.

I am very happy to have met someone so wonderful.  Religious differences aside, I know his spirit and/or energy will continue on, and that is a very good thing.  I truly wish him and his family, friends, and loved ones the best.

Below is his obituary that I received via email today.  Let’s all pray for him and his loved ones.  Let’s also pray that all of us will develop the compassion, love, and understanding for each other in the way that George loved us.

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George J. Sheridan, 68, died on June 16, 2011. George was an active advocate for equality, justice and health. He was a social worker who faithfully served his community, including those who suffered from HIV/AIDS, inmates, addicts and veterans. George’s burgeoning devotion to provide support to the afflicted and unrepresented brought him around the globe. In Honduras, he dispensed medical and relief aid. George administered food distribution and support to Cambodian refugees in Thailand. He traveled to Pakistan to help at-risk women, children and addicts. George recently returned from a two-year trip to Mongolia where he advanced hospital standards and secured much-needed medical supplies.

George also contributed as a pastor at the First Baptist Church in Morristown, NJ and the Westchester Baptist Church in NY.

George’s spirit of compassion, truth and intrinsic goodness will continue to be cultivated in the hearts of the many he’s inspired. He leaves behind a large loving family as well as a multitude of ardent and cherished friends too many to name here. He is survived by his sister, Ann, and his brothers and sisters-in-law: Richard and Evelyn “Babe”, James and Janet, and Joseph and Margaret,

Even after death, George continues to give. He has donated his organs and tissue to help others live fuller and more productive lives.

George’s funeral service will be held at the First Baptist Church of Westfield (170 Elm St., Westfield, NJ) on Tuesday, June 21 at 10:00. The burial will follow at Saint Gertrude’s Cemetery (53 Inman Avenue, Colonia, NJ).

In lieu of flowers, donations are being accepted to foster the continuance of George’s work with the VSO in Mongolia. Please forward any contributions made out to the First Baptist Church Morristown, 51 Washington Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 with the memo filled out as “Mongolia Fund”.

Yesterday, I gave a presentation at Mongolia University of Science and Technology (MUST) to aspiring college students at AIESEC Mongolia’s “Business Event 2011″.  In return, I got a nice little certificate, which I am proud to put up on my office window.

AIESEC Mongolia Business Event 2011 support recognition

I will add that I was very happy to have a captive and interested audience. I was happy to have many interesting questions. Hopefully, I was able to share some useful thoughts to my guests.

BTW, the topic of my presentation of “Using technology for personal development”. I used the same presentation slides that I used at Tavan Bogd group, when I did a training of the executives at the company. However, this time, my presentation was in Mongolian language and I tried to tailor my messages to the young and hopeful crowd as much as possible.

This was my second event with AIESEC.  In February, I did an Entrepreneurship workshop at their National Leadership Training weekend.

Don’t get me wrong.  I love Connie Francis and all of the blue, heart-felt songs, but I think it’s time I don’t listen to loser songs again.

As Tony Robbins, Andrew Carnegie, Buddha, and many other famous and successful people would agree or would have agreed, the principle of autosuggestion and the power of the mind in terms of “we are what we think” or “as a man thinketh“, I will no longer dilute my thoughts with songs about how sad I am, how I am not sure what to do, how poor/unlucky I am, etc.

I want to win and win big this year and beyond.

I don’t really have time or energy to spend on thinking about or singing aloud or listening to songs that fester unproductive thoughts in my mind whether consciously or subconsciously.

So, bring on the Top Gun soundtrack.  Tupak’s Me Against the World is welcome – at least the “you can do it” message in it is pretty awesome.

My goal this year is to completely wire and rewire my brain for success.  Every morning I have been reading my power quotes as suggested to me by “Think and Grow Rich” as well as Anthony Robbins success tapes.  I will talk about this in another post.

In any case, I think it’s really wonderful to start every day built for success.  The stuff about first seeing your success before you get there is IMHO very truly.

I wish you a successful day today and each day that you decide to make it so!

PS: Connie Francis is an under-appreciated and extremely talented musician from the 1950′s and 60′s.  Correct me if I am wrong: Her music is awesome, however, I do think some of the music is a bit too blue and sad if you are serious about winning!!

Hey, everyone!  If you enjoy reading my blog posts, I would like to point out that my best blog posts are going into an Internet Marketing Blog on my company WebGuru‘s website as well as the soon to be launched Mongolia Business Blog.

Have a FAAAAN-TASTIC day!!

This past weekend, I went to Selenge Soum in Tuv Aimag, just about 40-50km outside of Ulaanbaatar. I got to do a little bit of manual labor (digging holes for fence posts and pulling fence posts). I also got to ride a horse and to meet with locals there. It was very relaxing weekend. I had great food, awesome company, and a very good time.

BTW, this post is for all my friends and family back in US. I just want to let everyone know that I am doing OK. I miss everyone a ton. And, I wanted to just share a piece of my life with you. Hopefully, we will all meet again very soon when I visit the States.

Without further due, here are two videos from my trip to the countryside this weekend. First is the video showing me digging holes instead of horseback riding. The second shows my horse grazing around me as I lay down and relax on top of the mountain my horse and I just climbed.

Recently, I worked outside.  I had my staff, my team, help me take my table, chair, and notebook outside, so that I can get some work done outside while hearing the birds chirp.  It was such a wonderful day and being inside in the office just didn’t seem quite as exciting.

So, there you have it: Mergen working at his outdoor office!

Who says you can’t be outside and at the office at the same time?

Working from my outdoor office

Yes, gotta have my coffee… and my cell phone… and my sun shades…

Hello world! Just wanted to wave and say hello to all my friends and family out in US, Mongolia, or elsewhere in the world

No, I'm not pretend talking! I'm not posing; I swear!

ps: The car behind to the left is my car.  It is 1999 Honda Saber, which is the Japanese version of Acura TL with the steering on the right hand side.  It was actually manufactured (assembled) in the US.

The Moral of the Story?

I guess it’s good to have one, so here it is:  Have fun, enjoy life, and do what you want to do.  The screen was a bit hard to see and I only stayed out for an hour, but hey it was really a blast not just for me but also for everyone else at the office and anyone else who walked by.  I even had a homeless guy come over and ask me what I was doing.  hehe