The perception of people resists to changes may not be true, more accurately, they don’t see why they need to change. People have been using the same approach for a long time and it worked. Why and how would they see the need to change? Therefore, to make change effective, we need to facilitate/ enable …
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Choice
At the end of a long work day, I felt annoyed of myself (more than tired) that why I didn’t stop earlier. There is always more to do. 1 email usually leads to another, an hour later, I’m still in front of the computer. I could be upset of myself yet it would not change …
Feedback
I asked my core team for feedback on the team and for me… The good news are that we are aligned on the decision of a big development and people complimented on my fast learning/ progress, not afraid to reach-out, and presentation. They recognized it’s hard to lead the largest, rapidly changed initiative with most …
Turn Around
We (product team) started PM Forum to engage with the project management team. To accommodate the global teams and time zones, the meeting is held at 6AM with Asian/ European group and 11AM with European/ American group. We were excited to get to know the PMs, had pre-session survey to gather interests and introduced ourselves …
Quieter, Cleaner, Kinder
4 weeks ago, I saw nobody wore mask on the street and very few at the store. Today when I went grocery shopping, everybody wore mask. To keep social distance, Trader Joe’s limited 20 people in the store so 1 out then 1 out and people waited patiently and quietly outside in distance, by the …
Simplification, Creativity
Covid-19 closed many places and activities yet limited choice also simplify our lives and forced us to be creative, e.g. find alternative way to exercise, have more time with family and to read…There is a bright side to everything.
Beauty Everywhere
I walked around my neighborhood on Tuesday and noticed colorful drawing of flower, rainbow, heart, and house on the pedestrian path with big letters “Stay Home, Spread Love, Stay Healthy” by the neighbor’s girls. It put a smile on my face. Even in the midst of Covid-19, there are simple joy and beauty everywhere. I …
Do the ‘Care’ Thing
I talked to mom last night. Due to Covid-19, it has been a consistent topic. Mom told me the new ‘face mask’ distribution policy and now people can send masks to their close family (within 2 levels) oversea. They sent me a package by express mail because the now the regular air mail takes 20 …
B-day Celebration
I booked the flight to Arkansas months ago to celebrate my birthday and complete one of my bucket list to visit all US states yet Covid-19 made me cancel the trip/ vacation. The silver lining are (1) because of Covid-19, airline waived the charge of cancellation (1 year credit allowance) or change of booking and …
Minimalist to be the Maximalist
I read from Peak Performance that highly successful people, e.g. Barak Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs have very simple/ consistent wardrobe to minimize decision making on trivia things and save the energy to focus on more important things. A benefit of working from work is that I don’t need to make wardrobe decision now. I …