Work
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In search for a better project or a better boss
“Perhaps your challenge isn’t finding a better project or a better boss. Perhaps you need to get in touch with what it means to feel passionate. People with passion look for ways to make things happen.” — Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Read more
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On being late in meetings
“What happens when you have a scheduled meeting but some of the participants don’t show up on time? (In a cross-cultural world, with different habits, practices, and preferences with regard to time, coordinating our work—especially our global work—will become increasingly complex.) Those who are on time are left to make awkward conversation, while tardy members Read more
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Moving on, forward
When you are still starting at work, you are open to anything; open to people, ideas and manners, and work ethics. But then, as time wears on and you begin to know more about them, their peculiarities, and shortcomings, you start to reassess your values against theirs. And when you discover a mismatch, you begin Read more
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The pitch
If you’ve visited the vicinity of the Petronas Twin Towers, most probably, you’ve exchanged a few words with a marketer or two. They are the ones who offer to take your photo at a price, or better yet, to buy from them phone camera lenses like the ones they are using. These marketers will try Read more
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Action, inaction
A leader’s action affects other people. In some ways, they can even destroy the fire in people’s hearts—the same works for their inaction. The thing is, it’s easy to point fingers at leaders because they are already the easy target. Standing on the pedestal for all the people to see. For us who are here Read more
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Workplace culture
You must know what your values and beliefs are. Because knowing these things help you identify what kind of workplace culture you are willing to put up with. Say you value spending time with your family. Working under a boss who keeps on working overtime and at the same time wants you to adapt the Read more
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Disrupted routines
I have to admit that it’s easy to establish a routine and stick to it if you live away from your parents and are without children. But being in a house full of activity all day long and a toddler to top it up, days could stretch like the hustle and bustle in a city Read more
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