Blog
This is a collection of stories and daily musings.
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Getting a pause
After sustaining work without rest, it pays a lot to pause. Because learning how to stand still, even for a time, allows your mind to wander and dream again. And once you snapped out of it and back to working again, you’d feel refreshed and ready for the next task. Read more
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A hireling and someone who cares
The hotel lobby looked spacious and dreamy but hauntingly empty. Shouldn’t someone greet incoming guests, caring enough to ask how they could help? But no. There was no one in sight, and we wondered, “Who should we go to and inquire about our point of business?” After a couple of impatient minutes, there was a… Read more
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We listen to stories
Catching up with a loved one you’ve longed to be with is such a joy. And the stories bubble up like the fizz you get after opening a bottle of soda, oozing up to the brim. I can remember how it felt when my then-boyfriend, now fiancé, came back from a week-long work travel. All… Read more
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Healthy competition
In a drive to outperform others, you may find joy in doing more than what’s expected from you at the moment. It means that you are still expected to deliver the same thing but later. But because you want to be recognized that you can go beyond without seeming stressed, you are welcome to do… Read more
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Finding something to do
When I had no job during the pandemic, I felt like doing nothing made a person useless and worthless. But I later learned it’s not true at all. We can always be somebody if we just choose to do something about it. Although losing my job was the only time I could think through myself… Read more
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Boring presentations
How to bore listeners during your presentation? Put in words in your slide deck and lots of it. And while you are speaking to the audience, talk as if they are as familiar with the text as you are. And that they could follow through with every idea you’re so excited to share with them.… Read more
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Stories that hurt
Stories affect people in various ways; often, it changes lives. And people who are deceived by the story they tell themselves might end up hurting those surrounding them. Read more
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