Schools are closed, events are cancelled, and people’s conversation is often around covid-19. It is uncertain, it may be scary, yet we always have the choice to be happy, hopeful, creative, considerate, helpful, grateful…
Category Archives: Kindness
Be, Breath & Give Thanks
A lighter attendance to yoga class due to covid-19, the instructor shared with us her mantra ‘Be, Breath & Give Thanks’. I love it and it lights up this uncertain time. Being present in our practice or whatever we do, breath and appreciate what we have/ who we are. Crisis (worst time) often brings the …
Different Side of a Person
I’m often rushing and late to a week night yoga class. I was locked out of the door a few times. One time she finally noticed me standing outside and ‘reluctantly’ opened the door. The other time as I tried to ‘warm up’ (with different poses) to catch up the class, she said ‘please do …
Inclusion
I attended Harvard Kennedy School Poverty and Inequality Conference. The sessions are very good yet the name needs to change, not only to be hopeful but also aim for desired outcome vs. avoidance (theme: ‘toward a more just world’ is much better). I attended the sessions of identity/ fighting status quo, healthcare reform, change of …
Self-Care, No Guilt
I had a dentist appointment in the late afternoon, when it’s done, it’s over 4:30pm. I’m debating to go home or back to the office…for many people, it’s a no brainer, especially I’m in the office since 7:15am and brought work to the dentist office to think/ write down notes while waiting for anesthesia to …
Stress + Rest = Progress
I’m reading Peak Performance (book) and the message of ‘Stress + Rest = Progress’ resonates with me. Many book/ people talk about stretching ourselves, being disciplined, and taking actions which is critical to success. Yet the combination of taking a break, relaxing, and giving ourselves a pat on the back is even more important, especially …
Boundry
To set a boundary and leave (work), stop (doing whatever you’re doing) may sound controversial or contradictory to we’ve learned from books, teachers, and parents yet it’s to the best interests of ourselves and people around us. There is always more thing to do yet everybody needs a break. Especially for high-achievers, we care about/ …
Candor
One of the tenants (family) came from WenZhou, China and we didn’t know until the past 2 days the severity of coronavirus situation there. I’m glad they got out before the city was locked up and they seem healthy for the past 2 weeks (pass the virus hidden period?). However, their son is coughing and …
Less is More
I ran the last 2 core team meetings differently, instead of usually jammed topics and chasing with the clock, one session had no topic but hearing feedback and the other focused on 2 topics. More works/ discussions are needed on the details yet people responded very positively for the ‘simplified’ meeting and change. Less is …
Success as ONE Team
My boss and I spent several weeks tweaking the BI model and examining the data then tried multiple times explaining the model/ goal of pilots to team. We got lots of questions (and tension), a mix of trying to understand, worrying of the change, and being suspicious…Later we saw a demo of another BI model …