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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • It’s not mother’s day but this is worth telling about

    Seeing your mom at her workplace takes your perspective about her to a different level. You don’t just see her as your mom anymore. You now look at her as a professional. And just like other professionals, it’s interesting to see how much your mother knows about her work. Most of the time, we only Read more

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  • We drove our way here

    Spending time with old people is never wasted once you know what to do with it. When you raise the right questions, you’ll be surprised to find rich stories of old, like how your grandparents came together or how it felt for them raising their children. Talking with old people is also like visiting a Read more

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  • Reading a novel, watching a movie

    Reading a novel pushes your mind to imagine things based on how you interpret the words of its author. But seeing its interpretation in a motion picture makes the story more alive. It’s a bonus to see it in the movie just as you imagined. All the better when your mind is opened to new Read more

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  • How does one waste a life anyway?

    It’s easy to waste your life away when you don’t look beyond the now and see yourself in the future. How does one waste a life anyway? By seeking momentary pleasures and not thinking of what should be done today that can make tomorrow better. I remember a girl who had just turned sixteen, who Read more

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  • Work performance in terms of effort and focus

    From my previous blog posts, we have already talked about the old “work hard” paradigm and what it means to work smart. And if you’ve been wondering how other people seem to know exactly what they want to get done, here’s a helpful work performance matrix from the book Great at Work: How Top Performers Read more

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  • Mourning and a hope for tomorrow

    I was at a funeral earlier. It felt like being in two places simultaneously, like between life and death. Indeed, being reminded of death is humbling. We are drawn back to the reality that our lives here on earth will soon end. That no matter how far our dreams for the future go, we still Read more

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  • Midlife crisis

    Midlife crisis

    Suggested reading: Article — How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be Book — Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler Podcast highlights: From How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be: The (midlife) crisis soon expanded from Jaques’ original definition to include practically any inner strife. You could have one Read more

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