My Hobbies
Since I was a child, I have had an unsatiable curiosity about the world. I love studying new things, different perspectives on life and different ways of living it.
I really enjoy speaking to people of different backgrounds. Just for the sake of understanding their world’s view, motivations and desires. I am proud to say that one of my mentors is a Navy Seals, Team One Command Master Chief, who taught me a lot about leadership under extreme stress and service to the country.
I loved learning about the lives of the poor miners underground the famed Cerro Rico Mountain in Bolivia and Monks of Bhutan as I did learning about Silicon Valley’s tech billionaire elite. Studying and understanding how differently we structure our lives and how differently we find joy and happiness gives me a never-ending inspiration.
I once swam from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco while dealing with strong currents, cold water, and sharks. 80% of people who made this trip didn’t make it to the beach. I spent 6 days on a horse traversing Wadi Rum desert and lived for a few months in Argentina to learn Tango (that didn’t go well, though).
I love old-fashioned sports: horseback riding, swimming, archery and dancing. If we’ve lived multiple lives, then in my previous one I was definitely a calvary man. There is something charming and romantic about all those old customs and traditions. At the same time, they are also very practical: partner dancing (according to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NY) is the most effective way of preventing dementia! While horse riding is also one of the surest ways of getting injured…
Travelling is my way of learning about the world. The more realistic, authentic and deeper, the better.
I have travelled to places where I was told we were the first white people there and interacted with locals you normally do not have a chance to talk to. I learnt about completely different value systems and hierarchies in society. Having lived in 7 countries and visited over 80, I feel that I am starting to understand the world. It is a very complex system but surprisingly universal – some key principles are common among all countries.
Since I was a child, I have had an unsatiable curiosity about the world. I love studying new things, different perspectives on life and different ways of living it.
I really enjoy speaking to people of different backgrounds. Just for the sake of understanding their world’s view, motivations and desires. I am proud to say that one of my mentors is a Navy Seals, Team One Command Master Chief, who taught me a lot about leadership under extreme stress and service to the country.
I loved learning about the lives of the poor miners underground the famed Cerro Rico Mountain in Bolivia and Monks of Bhutan as I did learning about Silicon Valley’s tech billionaire elite. Studying and understanding how differently we structure our lives and how differently we find joy and happiness gives me a never-ending inspiration.
I once swam from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco while dealing with strong currents, cold water, and sharks. 80% of people who made this trip didn’t make it to the beach. I spent 6 days on a horse traversing Wadi Rum desert and lived for a few months in Argentina to learn Tango (that didn’t go well, though).
I love old-fashioned sports: horseback riding, swimming, archery and dancing. If we’ve lived multiple lives, then in my previous one I was definitely a calvary man. There is something charming and romantic about all those old customs and traditions. At the same time, they are also very practical: partner dancing (according to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NY) is the most effective way of preventing dementia! While horse riding is also one of the surest ways of getting injured…
Travelling is my way of learning about the world. The more realistic, authentic and deeper, the better.
I have travelled to places where I was told we were the first white people there and interacted with locals you normally do not have a chance to talk to. I learnt about completely different value systems and hierarchies in society. Having lived in 7 countries and visited over 80, I feel that I am starting to understand the world. It is a very complex system but surprisingly universal – some key principles are common among all countries.