Over the past few weeks, I was excited to get to know Paul* and Tony* and learning about their ventures. Paul is a lawyer and built his career at big pharma. He is passionate about access and equality so he started a non-profit aiming to raise fund to improve people’s lives in Africa. Paul got …
Category Archives: Creativity
Birthday Gift
Rich’s advice on leadership: focus on high-level goal, think creatively and strategically, solve problem, and servant leadership. I realized that I don’t need to wait for others but create a growth environment I want to be in. I started by asking people around people what interest and would be useful to them. A good birthday …
Try Again
The tenants reported laundry stopped working. I went to check, the machine wasn’t plugged in. I plugged it in, nothing happened. There was no power. I tried another outlet, the machine digital control panel turned on. I called a repair guy who was out-of-town yet he explained how the outlet light works. Interestingly, it’s different …
Invite, Believe, and Make it Happen!
I’m excited to see Harvard Business School’s Women in Business conference back in person, my first physical attendance since pandemic (3 years went fast). People were excited to see and interact with each other. I was chatting with one of the few men at the conference. He said his sister invited him. He thought it’s …
A Privilege to Complain
I received very high electricity bill, compared a person whose house is 3 times of mine, our heating cost was about the same (hers by gas), this is insane. I called the electricity supplier asking what they could help. The staff first suggested house insulation, which I did already; second, put heavy curtain over the …
Will and Discipline
We went lunch with uncles and aunt. Uncle used to be a physician. After an accident, he lost strength of his hands. He wasn’t eager to go to physical therapy. Mom accompanied him everyday for several months in the height of covid without vaccination (not enough doses for general public yet). Mom asked the physical …
Power of People
Today is mayor, local officers, and representative election in Taiwan. The dominant party lost most of cities mayors, only kept 5. Worst result since its inception 36 years ago. People want peace instead of war, justice instead of favoritism, good lives (substance) instead of words. Power of people, salute to rightness!
Go Home
Dad just had a surgery and doctor said recovery would take 3 months. I don’t know what I can do yet I want to be with mom and dad…Tks to covid’s remote work, my team location and boss support, and more relaxed quarantine policy. I’m going home 🙂
Really?
Door was installed yesterday but seller refused to paint/ finish and said agreement doesn’t include paint, really? Who will consider a door is completed without finish? After ordering a nice door and sending crew to start work at 7:30am (installment done before 3pm), not to complete the last mile, really? I asked for $100 to …
I Can Do It!
Tenant said her room door couldn’t be closed and the range oven shut itself off in the middle of baking. I went to check the door; actually a knob missed a screw so it’s loose. I went to a hardware store yet there is wall of screws of various sizes and lengths. I went back, …