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Reflections on becoming

  • 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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  • Does doing more mean working smart?

    I’ve met and worked with people who seem to glide from one responsibility to another. And from the outside, they look like superhumans! How can they finish so many things within 24 hours? Yet, at the same time, they take part in so many roles that I wonder, How do they do that? Thinking about Read more

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  • The old “work hard” paradigm

    Asking 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 Read more

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Reflections on becoming

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