Tag: Work
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When I was a recent graduate and in my first job, I was so excited and nervous about attending my first general meeting; I had no idea what to expect. But then as the meeting went on, I started to realize that workplace meetings are just like those we have in schools—some listen, some don’t,…
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My work as a freelancer has changed in ways I didn’t quite anticipate. When I first encountered AI tools at work, my job was straightforward—I did all the prompting, fed in the inputs, and let the AI generate the writing and the images. I was the one steering, doing half the work while the AI…
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While reading about the Larkin Oil Case Study on decision analysis from the book Making Hard Decisions, I started to search online for documentaries about oil spills and ended up watching a documentary about the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from 60 Minutes: And my interest led me to a full documentary about…
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I would have wanted to be lost in the work. But I caved in to cheap pleasures. And so I let the day go by, rolling over the bed—in and out of consciousness, then out of the bed but still mentally hollow—allowing myself to be consumed by nothing in particular but everything that goes through…
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Look at that dog. He sees exactly what he wants. No second-guessing. No wondering if he deserves it. Just…wanting. And if you want it so much, that you can’t take another day not having it or attaining it, then what are you gonna do about it? If the wanting remains an idea, a dream, without…
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Note: This is part 8 of 8 field notes from a solar home system assessment my team conducted in remote communities in Palawan. Details that could identify the service provider and specific project have been redacted to protect the integrity of the work. The observations and reflections here are my own. Somewhere between the first…
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How much longer do we have to wait?
1–2 minutesNote: This is part 7 of 8 field notes from a solar home system assessment my team conducted in remote communities in Palawan. Details that could identify the service provider and specific project have been redacted to protect the integrity of the work. The observations and reflections here are my own. We didn’t expect to…