A roller coaster ride this week…while preparing a big feature development and team collaboration, I received a shocking news of an executive, my core team member’s departure. When my boss said that he is not worried that we’ll work this out. On the one hand, I appreciated his confidence in me, on the other hand, …
Category Archives: Inspiration
Would it be Great if
I joined The Leadership for Women Forum , a free webinar by Sister Sister Network, a community in UK that promotes gender equality through leadership skills training and networking events. We had attendees joining from different countries. Covid-19 has brought many events online and made the world even ‘smaller’, there is always bright side of …
Take the Time
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …