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- Unified Theory of the 10% MeSome say, on the internet, people only get to see 10% of anyone. Hence, all we need to do, is…
- Side Effects of Anti-depressants: Accidental MindfulnessI have been battling with my mind for a few years now. I tried talk therapy, CBT, medication, meditation, exercising,…
- 🤫 to Asking Useful QuestionsWhich leads to better communication? Hacking our listening or questioning skills? The latter. Wait, what? “Creativity is problem formulation.” Murray…
- 陪著你走 完之後 🍂The road in the end taking the path the sun had taken,into the western sea, and the moon rising behind…
- Choose Fear 😱Accept this, and life will be easier. To be human is to go through you entire life getting used to…
- Investigating the “woo-woo” in Chinese and EnglishI love having a blog that I don’t know if anyone reads, because I can just write freely, but still…
- Scorecard, CY2020, Q2How did Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and COVID-19 do in Q2 of CY2020?
- Breathing OutHello Derek,Today in Hong Kong, we went into another round of lock down because of the 3rd wave of the…
- Then Go Wash Your Bowl 🥣A monk asked Zhaozhou (趙州從諗) to teach him.Zhaozhou asked, “Have you eaten your meal?”The monk replied, “Yes, I have.”“Then go…
- Become an Educator“In such uncertain times, does it still make sense for me to continue my “career”?” “What are the most direct…
- What is Empathy without Proximity?I can’t figure this out. Can you have real empathy for experiences that you have never had? I don’t have…
- Back-tracking the 🏞 of IdeasI am now at ohwowohwowohwow.me. Before that, I was thinking if I should put my tokenised newsletter under wootwoot, or…
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