Biographical timeline

I thought it would be fun to describe the key events in my life, so here it is:

1969 - Born in Saigon, Vietnam.

April 30, 1975 - Escapes war-torn Vietnam on the last boat to leave the country. A few hours later, the Viet Cong invades the capital and seizes the Presidential Palace.

June 17, 1975 - Lands in Montreal, Canada with family.

June 1982 - Graduates as valedictorian of elementary school St-Anselme.

May 1986 - Wins literary contest at the Salon du livre de Montreal with short story about the Vietnam War. Synopsis: A man meets a mysterious Bohemian fortune teller who warns him about the past being a dangerous place. This revelation plunges him into his dark, violent and murderous past.

May 1987 - Wins literary contest at the Salon international de la jeunesse, with poetic essay about the plight of the homeless. Synopsis: A homeless protagonist speaks poetically about the fate of millions of homeless people.

June 1987 - Graduates as valedictorian of Jeanne-Mance high school. Wins Excellence and Leadership Award from Montreal Catholic School Board.

November 1987 - Falls in love for the first time. (Sniff, sniff).

1989 - Love ends. Devastated. Becomes a mindless zombie studying Molecular Biology at McGill University. Average grade of 50% in all courses, except for a "B" in a course on French literary techniques.

1991 - Drops out of McGill University. Age of darkness begins. Dates a beautiful, poetic and idealistic girl who introduces him to the writings of Nietszche about the "superman."

1993 - Reads Harry Lorraine's book on memory techniques and scores high on Civil Servants' Admission Exam. Is recruited by the Ministry of Justice to work in quality control for the federal jurisprudence database. Becomes team leader within 9 months.

1994 - Leaves Justice to study journalism at Concordia University. Discovers by accident the book "Mechanism of Mind" by Dr Edward de Bono. Begins process of mental self-reconstruction by reading and studying every book written by Dr de Bono.

1995 - Drops out of journalism school and begins working for IBM at the completion of its spectacular turnaround under CEO Lou Gerstner from yearly loss of 8 billion to yearly gain of 3 billion. Creates CIGNAL, the Career Intelligence Gathering Network for Advanced Learning with a team of six, but the project fails. Creates graphic design studio with two friends, but the venture fails.

1996 - Returns to McGill University to study management part-time. Works for American Express as account administrator for Fortune 100 accounts.

1998 - Writes research paper titled "Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations" in an economics course given by Carl Beigie, former advisor to Finance Minister Michael Wilson. Professor Beigie gave momentous advice in two words: "uncommitted expertise."

1999 - Graduates with Distinction from McGill University. Recruited by CDI Corporate Education Services one day later as project coordinator. Takes over Nortel as account manager and generates six-figure revenues.

June 2000 - Leaves CDI and launches Major Force, a marketing communications firm.

2001 - Recruits friend Quoc Pham as VP Creative for Major Force.

April 2003 - Major Force becomes Evok Communications (www.evok.ca). Leaves the firm to experiment with OneDollarBrain, a firm based purely on intellectual capital. Spends the next two years reading 800 books, seven days a week, and furiously typing out revolutionary ideas using a Smith Corona electric typewriter.

April 2004 - Writes "Un Sens A La Vie" (A Meaningful Life), a one-page description of his ideal career which would enable emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual growth. Also describes the ideal employer.

August 2004 - Writes "Perfect Man Enterprise," a one-page revolutionary manifesto about the need for a globally accessible pool of classic and proven knowledge to educate, encourage and empower men in a world where conflicting ideas about manhood create violence, war and aggression.

2005 - Creates Share & Learn -- "the people's network for passionate learning and personal growth" -- with sister Zoonie. Creates in August the Ideal Career workshop.

February 14, 2006 - Co-creates Talentelle, a company dedicated to strategic career training for women.

May 2006 - Creates BMW workshop (http://businessmodelworkout.blogspot.com), thanks to encouragement and support from sister Zoonie. Begins teaching BMW at Tyark College (www.tyark.com) and other colleges offering an entrepreneurship programme. Begins new career as business coach for women at CEFQ (www.cefq.ca). Discovers the writings of the brilliant Ayn Rand.

October 2007 - Creates with brother Joe a Web portal (www.careerknowledge.net) for empowering talented professionals and managers every day.

December 2007 - Releases Ideal Career Framework (ICF) eBook as a Christmas gift to all women. Releases the BMW workshop manual as an eBook sold worldwide through international affiliates.

April 2008 - Writes revolutionary essay on Talentism, a post-capitalism economic doctrine based on enlightened and sovereign human capital. Creates the Capitalist Kit (DVD, handbook and posters) to intellectually and economically empower all those who seek financial autonomy and freedom. The Capitalist Kit is translated into 42 languages and is endorsed by several heads of state.

April 2009 - Google acquires CareerKnowledge.net for US$30 million. Becomes millionaire before age 40, as planned.

May 2010 - Launches Calligraphers Beyond Borders as an international organization using calligraphy to promote peace, freedom and democracy.