Category: 1. Boss Better
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3 Career Advice
1 hurt, 1 sucked, 1 surprised This year marks the 20th of my career. I spent time in consulting, and sportswear and consumer electronics brands. Along the way I received a fair share of advice, thanks to my tendency to attract them 🤷🏻♂️. Below are three that stuck: “I am letting you burn.” This is a…
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Onboarding that Feels Weird
source: https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-9048acccc06a9557ecf77523d403434f-c I want to get ahead of how new hires might feel, from day 1 and beyond. How would the new hire feel? Anxious, nervous, excited, cautious, “Is this the right place for me”, “I made this significant move, and I want it to be the right one”, “Everyone is judging me and see if…
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Rock the Boat, or Strive for Balance?
Source: BBC Earth A friend had an interview with an awesome automotive startup. He also has a young kid. His current role is supremely stable. This opportunity will require him to travel 80% of his time. Established brand versus start-up; 9–6 versus 24/7; Family versus work. What should he do? To expand a bit more, his…
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Gluten-free Humility?!
I think vulnerability and empathy are the gluten-free and organic fads of the business world: “I eat gluten-free therefore I am sophisticatedly healthy.” “I am humble therefore I am a thoughtful leader.” And everyday, I am constantly faced with situations where I had to choose amongst being a dick, or being empathetic (?), or be…
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#Jedimindtrick and #MayaAngelou-Rize yourself
source: https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ValidUniformCaterpillar-size_restricted.gif My friend’s recent life changing journey has made an impact on me. While going through it with him, I learned a lot about him, and also about myself. One thing in particular, is around self awareness. I could not stop thinking about how we could become better at knowing who we are. (now…
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A week to remember
Well first off, China blocked Blogger. Darn it. I ought to write this down. on 5.15.2009, Nike HK started the re-org process. A bunch of people got offers to move to China. Only 4 took the job. Apparently the packages were not as nice (vs the old days)…. on 5.18.2009, the second phase of the…
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I haven’t written in a long time. This is partly because I have been super occupied at work, and partly because I spent most of my limited free time on facebook and twitter. Blogs serve different purposes. Some uses it to share ideas with others, but most of the time, they are just diaries of…
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Beijing 08 and Nike
Today we had our season kick off meeting. As expected, the majority of the meeting was about the Olympics. It was great to listen to our leadership team to recap on what we have done. Most interesting of all, it was great to hear her narrating the thought process and the plans behind the things…
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一陣風
damon, jacky, jordan, patrick, coco, lawrence, leo, me luvi, queenie kovain, irma, mandy, kocher, clemence, desmond (missing fion, kelvin, wylie) Today marked my last day at the HK office. It happened so suddenly. Everything was confirmed in 2 hours, and I was good to go. Met with HR for 2 minutes, returned everything, and then…
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sales
1 fucking year! since! I! Last! WROTE! jesus. one year. one long year. i still dunno how and why i got into this role. i never imagined myself being a sales. i was a technical consultant, someone who dwell on codes and bs about business processes day after day. i was developing mobile email solutions…