Focus
For the first two weeks in January, I will be focusing on just one thing:
Completing the 2-month executive program with Berkeley-Haas on Digital Transformation: Leading People, Data & Technology. I’m now preparing for my capstone project and am scheduled to finish by 12 January. This DT program, which I have enrolled myself in for personal learning, has been quite a journey. […]
Duolingo January Challenge Complete!
Duolingo has monthly challenges and we learners earn our badges each time we complete them.
Today is only the second day of January and I have completed the latest […]
12 Commandments of Happiness
Happy New Year!
More than a decade ago, I was inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s “12 Commandments of Happiness,” and I did one for myself at that time. To kickstart 2022 for me—and as a personal tradition or ritual—I’m reposting here my personal “12 Commandments of Happiness” …
Be Alice
Enjoy the process […]
Quotes — “constraints”
“[...] boundaries create a platform for important work.” —Seth Godin on Susan Kare
Rebalance Your Portfolio
One of my favorite authors Dorie Clark shared today that she was invited on Good Morning America two weeks ago to talk about her new book, THE LONG GAME, and why being a long-term thinker is so critical to our […]
Generous Work: because we can, not because we’re owed
“Gratitude isn't a problem. But believing we're owed gratitude is a trap.” —Seth Godin, author of “The Practice”
Differentiate
To do generous work, have all three kinds, i.e., quality that meet specs (technical); give the pleasure and comfort one gets from expensive and beautiful things, elite status (luxury); and manifest art (creative magic). I interpret this as […]