Risk-Taking? Accountability

Aunt’s friends admire her ‘bravery’ to take risks膽子大. Aunt said she is not brave, neither gambling; actually she is conservative. What she does is to assess the risk and determine if she can manage the worst case scenario, if so, go for it. Once she made the decision, she’d stick to it to make it …

Responsibility, Creativity, Humanity

Watching news about Russia invasion Ukraine… A lady playing piano in a busy transportation hub to bring people joy. Polish open arms to its neighbor, welcoming refugees People around the world book Airbnb in Ukraine with no intention to travel there but get money into people’s hands quickly Ukraine men get on train from Poland …

Feliz Cumpleaños, Mamá!

I returned Costa Rica to celebrate ‘mama*’ 70 birthday. We took a weekend getaway to Rio Celeste. We spent 1st afternoon in the ‘tree’ maze (interesting culture difference, in US, maze is usually seasonal, made of dried corn after harvest in the fall yet in CR, the maze are green trees, I guess year-round?). We …

Meghan – Dare to Innovate

I watched Meghan’s presentation at MIT Scaling Development Ventures conference in 2017, an event hosted by MIT D-Lab to bring social entrepreneurs and supporters together to make a more equitable world. I liked her energy and loved the name and mission of Dare to Innovate through entrepreneurship to end unemployment in Africa. I reached out …