The other day, woke up pretty early, got some good writing done (Man on a Mission), was feeling high strength, and decided that it may be a good opportunity and chance for me to go househunting and apartment hunting in LA with Cindy. We loaded up our car, and drove down to LA, spent the […]

To sell ERIC KIM OMAKASE COFFEE and to propagate fine robusta to the states and to the world; my mission? Being a missionary? An interesting thought that I got from Peter Thiel in his ZERO TO ONE book is the notion of a missionary versus a mercenary. The difference is that a missionary does something […]

It is OK that everyone has different preferences!  I suppose the question is this; how do we allow everyone to their own preferences? For example, I really hate the cold, and I prefer it really hot. Therefore in the winter time, I like to blast the heat, whereas it seems that others hate it so […]

“This is my passion!” – Dr. Dre (COMPTON ALBUM) One theory that I’ve had in life ever since I was a kid was this notion of following your passion. Up until now, at the age of 35 (born in 1988) I’ve been quite successful in my endeavors. I think the subtle nuance is in regards […]

Now that I am officially part of the coffee business, I wanted to use this opportunity to think and philosophize on the philosophy of coffee. Why coffee? Coffee is a weird and beautiful thing. First and foremost, funny enough I made it through all of college without the aid of coffee. I only discovered coffee […]

I believe the path to the greatest happiness as a photographer is becoming more productive as a photographer. This means, literally just producing more photos. Investing in production For example, the secret to true wealth is through production. To produce things, ideas, concepts, etc. I think the problem in today’s world is that we strive […]