jessa

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  • Our need for learning

    Have you ever wondered how your bosses can quickly provide comments on your recent submission and how their feedback makes a lot of sense? And you’d be like, “How come I haven’t noticed it before?” The thing is, people who know a lot have learned which aspects to look at first. Their experience saves them Read more


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  • To all my friends who drink coffee way too much

    When you are young, you think you are invincible. That even if you sleep late at night (or even early in the morning the next day) to catch up with never-ending work or an episode of your favorite movie series, it won’t adversely affect you in some way. From yesterday’s post, we learned that seven Read more


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  • Sleep — the easiest corner to cut?

    I am born into a generation who thinks that sleep is leisure which hinders ticking off one more thing from the never-ending to-do list. That’s why it is okay to stay up late for work or for another movie episode. Because with all the things we want to do and experience in life, sleep seems Read more


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  • Exceptional talent and purposeful practice

    If you’ve been thinking lately about how other people get so creative and you pale in contrast, you might have assumed that you simply don’t have the talent gene. You assumed that you need to be like Iron Man with a strike of genius before you can come up with the most innovative and novel Read more


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  • Ideas and meaningless pursuits

    Your frame of thought depends on your exposure to various ideas. Not just any idea but ideas that add value to you and the people around you. And it shows. If that’s the case, you need to be purposive on what ideas you expose yourself to. Instead of mindlessly consuming information (that gets increasingly available Read more


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  • Why being in a group matters

    If you think you can be the best you in isolation, think again. Most people who excel in their craft are the ones who involve themselves in groups that challenge their assumptions and drive their productivity. I can remember how exciting it was to be with a team of thinkers. Just by spending time with Read more


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  • How to respond when people are not happy with your success

    These are some of the things I pondered about while reading the Book of Nehemiah. Here it goes: 1. When you receive supernatural favor. Nehemiah 2:8 AMP “… And the king granted what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.” 2. Some people might begin to despise you. Nehemiah 2:10 Read more


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