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Reflections on becoming

  • When opportunities come

    I’ve first read about the term ‘career capital‘ from Cal Newport’s book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, and that you can build it this way (emphasis mine): “If your goal is to love what you do, you must first build up “career capital” by mastering rare and valuable skills, and then cash in this Read more

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  • I’ve got a racket

    No. It’s not an illegal enterprise nor a loud and disturbing noise. When I say I’ve got a racket, I mean this racket. While scrolling through what’s new, I stumbled across this post by The Verge. And for some time now, I’ve been looking for a platform that will suit my needs, so it came Read more

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  • Sin doubles down

    What impressed me from today’s sermon was when Pastor Sumrall emphasized how sin doubles us down. It’s not satisfied with making us captive. It also wants to bring us down. Truly, as John 10:10 AMP says, “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy.” But isn’t it wonderful to know that Read more

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  • Experience, trends, and other things we can learn from a hairdresser

    As I was talking with the hairdresser while admiring his expertise, I began to ask him questions like: How long have you been doing this work? How do you upskill for the latest trends? How’s the business going, comparing then and now? And with these simple questions which, I believe, engaged him enough to tell Read more

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  • What burnout looks like

    In one way or another, you have heard about burnout when one of your colleagues complains about how burnt out they are, especially with the never-ending work they still bring beyond office hours. From ‘A career change saved my life’: the people who built better lives after burnout: Burnout is the name given to the Read more

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Reflections on becoming

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