Peter Shankman

SEPTEMBER 2010 CHALLENGE!

Last week I tweeted that I’d come up with the perfect challenge for myself for September. So here it is.
I’m going to try and go the entire month without using Mass Transit, Taxicabs, or car services within the five boroughs AT ALL.

In other words, I’m going to become a pure, 100% walker.
I live all the [...]

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Thank you, Cadbury, for creating this commercial

Today’s cheers goes to Cadbury, for creating a commercial entirely, 100%, completely about me.

I just gotta be me.

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Dive Loops

So over the weekend I went skydiving. Gorgeous weekend – Was impossible not to get some air time.
I’m going to tell you a story, and relate our industry to skydiving. And I apologize, because I promised myself, after my first year of skydiving, that I’d never do that again. See, most skydivers, when they start [...]

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A thought as we go into the weekend…

A quote for this Friday:
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ [...]

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Thoughts on Solo Travel from Barcelona, Spain

Just some ramblings on solo travel – with a surprising revelation if you know anything at all about me. Happy Saturday. (Quote in the video compliments of George Clooney’s character from “Up in the Air.”)

Reflections on Solo Travel from Barcelona, Spain from Peter Shankman on Vimeo.

PS: This is NOT a depressing blog post! It’s just [...]

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