Reflecting the experience of hosting a hackathon in Thailand, many to be thankful and celebrated. Sharing 2 highlights: I’m grateful to be part to learn, contribute, and experience the hospitality and creativity of Thailand!
Category Archives: Inspiration
萍水相逢 Meet by Fate
In the 2 weeks trip in Portugal, we had several fun and memorable encounters, E.g. To me, the best way to learn a culture is through the local. A friend’s son living in Porto not only showed my friend and I around but also gave us food, restaurant, and music suggestions. We had great fun …
Reframe
When we get feedback, suggestions for improvement, what’s going on in our mind? We could feel ashamed (lacking), angry (defensive), or excited – what a great opportunity to grow! When we talk to smart, successful, and confident people, what’s going on in our mind? We could feel hesitated to speak up or excited – what …
Work Smarter than Harder
A friend asked me about hackathon: instead of explaining what it is, she encouraged me to walk her through the journey in a story, making it visual and memorable. I came up 3 characters, a participant, a mentor, and a judge and talked about their interactions. Well, it didn’t impress her, more accurately, it’s more …
Being Vulnerable
I asked several experienced toastmaster friends their recommendations for me of high impact area to work on communication/ public speaking. I was surprised to hear ‘showing vulnerability/ sharing difficult personal stories’. I signed up for a speech tonight and I had no time to prepare. I thought of dropping off but felt bad to do …
Courageous Conversation
I was consulting with a friend/ mentor about speaking clearly, concisely, and credibly. He shared What I learned from 100 days of rejection and encouraged me to have courageous conversations. He is right. The best way to learn is to do it – practice and adjust; we can be candid and respectful.
Letting Go
3 biggest takeaways for me from Letting go: – others is a mirror reflecting what we’re unaware of ourselves: A person doesn’t create fear, rather, if we have fear inside, he/she may trigger that. If we don’t have fear, nobody can trigger that. – past is a little teddy bear: agonizing for what we did …
Do Less and Slower
A friend and I chatted about the books. I remember the book title and knew I had read it yet I couldn’t recall the gist. At first, I thought because I read the book a while ago and couldn’t remember. Yet for book I read recently, I also didn’t remember much. Why not? Did I …
Be ‘Real’
Friend shared this video with me…WoW! No question that Sydnie has amazing voice and she was cute and funny yet what really made her stand-out, in my view, is… She was very Real Sydnie said ‘I really felt heard, I’d never forget that’…oh, yes, I/we all heard her, loved her, and possibly cried along with …
Story-Telling
A friend introduced me to The Moth. I went to a live event, StorySLAM where 10 volunteers, randomly drew from a bag, told a 5 minute story. I loved it – the sincerity of the stories, the energy of the room, and the humor of the host. I noticed a first-timer night with the theme …