I’ve found it’s productive to write down the to-dos, think, and prioritize before the day start. It’s even more effective to turn-on the computer ‘later’. To manage the ‘distractor’ (e.g. emails) and avoid jumping in too quickly (especially seemingly quick or urgent thing) is as much or even more valuable than taking the action. Take …
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Graduation Comments
Sister shared with me C (her daughter)’s graduation comments that she thanked her teachers and classmates as 貴人VIP in her life to teach, encourage, accommodate, and bring joy to her. It’s incredible how eloquent a 12 years ago can express herself and more importantly, the gratitude and positivity she possess. Those qualities will serve her …
Change
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 …
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 …