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Find Your Path
I told my local Toastmasters club the story of changing my path from studying computer science to design.
Continue readingSpring “Folder” Cleaning
I’m glad that my fattest folder had a big weight loss session today.
Continue readingPerfection Is A Goal, Not A Destination
My favorite quote of the day: perfection is a goal, not a destination, by my coworker Mark Gilbert.
Explanation: perfection is something that we should strive for everything every day, that’s how we get things done well. However, it’s impossible to be perfect at all times. Sometimes we reach 80%, sometimes 50%, sometimes 30%. Striving for perfection doesn’t mean we can’t make mistakes. We should not be too upset to move forward because of not achieving it, either. We should do our best to maintain a high quality consistently.
Continue readingWrap up 2016
One more day left in 2016. I wrote a quick summary for my 2016, just like last year and the year before. It’s in Chinese, so I recommend using Google Translate if you’d like to check it out: 《充满故事的2016年》
Continue readingGlass Beach
It’s amazing that how the ocean magically touched and turned them into such beautiful treasure.
Continue readingA Story Between Ballet and Me
I admire the ballet performers a lot, especially when I saw their elegant dancing stances and standing on their toes. However, I still don’t think that’s for me :)
Continue readingHow to Better Share Experiences & Life Lessons (A Framework)
This is a really interesting framework. As a team member talked about himself, I can relate my experience to his experience, and that made it easier to see things from his perspective. Therefore, I took what he learned to be part of my knowledge base. It’s much better that someone tells you “I’m teaching you a lesson, here’s some advice”. The latter may actually get some resentment.
Continue readingBook Notes: On Writing Well
It is a how-to writing book, teaching principles and techniques to whoever likes to take her or his writing to the next level. It’s exactly what I need.
Continue readingManage Time with Sticky Notes
One of my fellow Toastmaster Ulrica gave a brilliant talk on time management with sticky notes. When you are overwhelmed with a lot of tasks, you just need three steps: 1. dump; 2. divide; 3. do.
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