Category: Blog
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The old “work hard” paradigm
1–2 minutesAsking people who have gone through the peaks and valleys of their careers, I often hear them say that you must work hard to achieve success. But what does working hard even mean for your career and life? From Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More: Under the old “work…
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For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 AMPC The day spent for the Lord replenishes the soul and makes it ready…
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Being sidetracked with problems you never anticipated keeps you from getting things done. And playing catch-up doesn’t feel good, especially when trying to do the things you have missed for a couple of days.
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In a previous blog post (with bonus short-form audio), I’ve already shared what it felt for me to take engineering for undergrad. I even shared with you what it felt like to go back to the place I used to spend those five years getting through the motions of college life. But seeing the teachers…
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We’ve been taught how the mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart. But I wonder, is there a way around it? Can you pretend to be someone you’re not, and no one will ever find out? Or when will the slip-up happen? Where you cannot keep it in any longer, and your true…
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While doing my laundry, I was surprised by how brave a Eurasian tree sparrow is, eating food scraps at an arm’s length. It also kept peculiarly bobbing its head my way, making me wonder if it’s just the bird checking out on me. Was it afraid I’d sneak out on it? Later, I realized why…
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Actually, I never thought about it until my phone failed to boot up one day. It wasn’t like the phone had been showing signs of system failure. No. It just decided to stop working, and there was nothing I could do about it. Okay, perhaps all the accidental drops (like how it fell from six…
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