I caught up with a friend recently and I’m excited to hear her and another friend’s success. Cindy* and Josh* both ran an interesting business. Cindy does senior executives validation, for example, private equity firms hire her to investigate on CEO or CFO final candidates, talking to people who have worked with him/ her to …
Category Archives: Inspiration
Serendipity
I met Todd* at recent MIT grand hack. He is a svp at a major hospital system. He gave the keynote at sustainable health track. Yet he is not like typical presenters, flashy, dramatic, or funny; he was more an ‘engineer’, reserved, soft-spoken, presented slides with lots of numbers and chart. He was a mentor …
MIT Grand Hack
After 3 years, MIT grand hack, one of the largest healthcare hackathon in the world is back in person. This time it’s held at a new location and I signed up for sustainable health track. When I hear rovena*’s problem pitch, I was shocked and hooked. Rovena is a physician and everyday when she attends …
Easter Wisdoms
On my way to breakfast with a new friend, I came across a box of small stones on the pedestrian path. Each stone had a few words nearly written…one wrote, be curious, not judgmental. The other wrote, ‘turn your wonders into wisdom’. I love them, what a creative artist and fun giving of ‘poem rock’! …
Stay True to Self
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 …
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 …
It’s Still Good for January
I went out to run a few errands…felt like a coffee in a misty gray day. I walked to a local bookstore at a popular square. I asked if they have decaf, the lady said not now yet if I want to wait for a few minutes, they could make me one, great! I brought …