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Turn Mistakes into Stepping Stones

posted in All, Life Thoughts on 03/25/2021 by yingying 0 Comments
Turn Mistakes into Stepping Stones, illustrated by Yingying

Turn Mistakes into Stepping Stones, illustrated by Yingying

How to deal with past mistakes when they make a comeback to your mind and make you feel bummed.

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From Acting Passively to Proactively to Having a Sense of Ownership

posted in All, Leadership, Life Thoughts, Sketchnotes on 04/30/2020 by yingying 0 Comments

From acting passively to proactively to having a sense of ownership — check out my write-up for this sketchnote in Chinese 《视觉笔记 • 从被动到主动,再到主人翁意识》。

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Building Resilience in Uncertain Times – Parul Somani

posted in All, Life Thoughts, Sketchnotes on 03/31/2020 by yingying 0 Comments

Parul shared her journey in getting through breast cancer treatment and these five lessons – how to be resilient and take control of our lives, during the uncertain times.

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Find Your Path

posted in All, Designing & Making, Life Thoughts on 03/29/2017 by yingying 0 Comments

I told my local Toastmasters club the story of changing my path from studying computer science to design.

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Why I Came to the United States

posted in All, Life Thoughts on 08/02/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

It was the right choice.

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Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

posted in All, Life Thoughts, Martial Arts • Karate on 07/23/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

For anyone who has learned martial arts, you know that in order to make your moves effective (e.g. strikes, blocks, punches etc), you need to practice your basics to certain standards.

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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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Everyday UX – A Water Tap That Saves Water

posted in All, Everyday User Experience on 01/25/2016 by yingying 0 Comments

A Water Tap That Saves Water

Recently, I noticed this water tap that allows me to save some water when use.

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Where to Find Creativity?

posted in All, Creativity • Products • Designs, Life Thoughts on 08/18/2015 by yingying 0 Comments

creative vegitables

Creativity feels like flowing out of my brains and I’ve only done it to some vegetables so far!

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An Embarrassing Yet Delicious Victory

posted in All, Life Thoughts on 05/08/2015 by yingying 2 Comments

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Five years ago, when I just came to the US, English was a huge challenge to me.

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