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You Need Years of Practice to Reach Perfection: Jiro Dreams of Sushi

posted in All, Designing & Making, Life Thoughts on 03/29/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

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Jiro Ono, the sushi chef, has been working on sushi for more than almost 80 years.

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Think Innovate

posted in All, Creativity • Products • Designs, Designing & Making, Life Thoughts on 03/18/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

Everything is possible: a dream, a technology, a new way of living can develop from “inconceivable” to “merely impossible” and eventually become ordinary.

It’s a good time to think: What else might we innovate?

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Design with a Big Picture in Mind

posted in All, Creativity • Products • Designs, Designing & Making on 03/14/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

Designing for the entire system that will eventually be built — have a big picture in mind when design.

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Creative Uses of Whiteboards

posted in All, Creativity • Products • Designs, Designing & Making on 03/02/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

One of the most useful purchases I’ve made is a medium-size whiteboard.

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Speak Up

posted in All, Designing & Making, Life Thoughts on 02/13/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

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Have you ever scared of speaking up?

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Talk with Clear Thoughts

posted in All, Designing & Making, Life Thoughts on 02/12/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

I love that when I talk with clear thoughts, it makes so easy for others to understand what I mean. To be able to articulate in a foreign language really needs practice, practice and more practice.

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Don’t Be An Ostrich

posted in All, Designing & Making, Life Thoughts on 02/09/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

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Facing challenges and actively seeking solutions needs courage and hard work, and it feels so good once they’re tackled. Don’t be an ostrich that hides its head in the sand.

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Lesson Learned: Adapt

posted in All, Designing & Making, Life Thoughts on 02/05/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

What happens when you are too focused on what you want to say and ignore the environment?

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Lesson Learned: Close the Loop in Communication

posted in All, Designing & Making, Life Thoughts on 02/05/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

Bad feelings were lingering: how did this all happen? I normally pay much attention in closing loops, how did I miss all these?

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Product Thinking Mentality

posted in All, Creativity • Products • Designs, Designing & Making on 01/28/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

Yet another great fruitful mentor night at CascadeSF, one of my favorite meetups in San Francisco. I love insights from my mentor Kal Michael on product thinking.

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