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Everyday Stories, Lived

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This is a collection of stories and daily musings.

  • Binge learning

    While some people are binge-watching another Netflix series for the nth time, I am binge-learning free online courses in Coursera. Who doesn’t like free stuff, right? Upon writing, I am already enrolled in two courses and three specializations (where two of them covers four courses and the other five). That’s a total of 15 courses. Read more

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  • The cure for anxiety

    I would like to share with you a very powerful passage from the Book of Matthew. With everything that is going on around us, it’s easy to fall into the anxiety trap. But, there’s a cure for anxiety! Here it goes. Matthew 6:25-34 AMP 25 “Therefore I tell you, stop being worried or anxious (perpetually Read more

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  • Resistance to change

    Change compelled by crisis is usually seen as a threat, not an opportunity. The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders Read more

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  • Often, you act like Pavlov’s dog

    Often, you act like Pavlov’s dog

    Most probably, you’ve heard about the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. He studied in detail what is called classical conditioning, where when you hear the notification bell ring, you check your phone. (Haha, got you!) Kidding aside, I got this photo below from Wikipedia, which basically sums up what classical conditioning is all about. So when Read more

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  • Helping a friend

    Helping a friend could mean so many things, such as: I value our history together, so I am helping my friend. I support the beliefs of my friend, so I am helping. I am willing to make exceptions because it’s my friend’s. I am helping because I am benefitting from this. And the list could Read more

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  • Who do you want to be in the next five years?

    You may say that the last time you encountered this question is during your job interview. But, I think that you should ask yourself this question from time to time. During one of our project discussions on energy cost projections, our immediate supervisor told us that we need to study more about the energy landscape Read more

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  • Inspect what you expect

    During one of our follow-up calls, our immediate work supervisor told us that you expect it’s a sound output when received from a professional. But only when you look into the work closely will you find errors, discrepancies, and whatever is in between. What I learned from the conversation we had is this: Inspect what you expect. Read more

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