Yeah, you heard that right! We should treat other the way they want to be treated instead! The logic behind it is quite simple, but it took a while for me to fully connected this dot. After switching the perspective, there is a whole new world to discover. I’m also astonished by how widely this …
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While teaching product management certificate, I met lots of bright students looking to transition into PM career and got the following question from a lot of them. How to navigate through the catch-22 during the career transition, e.g., engineer->PM, IC->manager (that’s right, this is a career transition instead of promotion)? To take on a new …
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Want to grow your career and leadership capability? Cognitive Bias is a crucial concept you should deeply understand. What’s Cognitive Bias? Click the “play” button below and watch a funny TikTok short video first and then answer a surprising question from me below. Question: Why do you find this video funny? Bingo! At the 6th …
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(Credit: feature image source) Skiing black diamond (advanced) is not a big deal for a lot of people. For me, although it’s not the most challenging thing I have done, it is definitely not a piece of cake. Today I eventually got the time and courage to do the black diamond runs at Crystal Mountain. …
After “hibernating” in his man cave with computers and game consoles the entire winter, Joe decided to bulk up and get his beach body before the summer arrives. He hired a personal trainer Michael. Joe showed up every training session without missing a single one. Michael is such an empathetic and hard working trainer who …
(Credits: the feature image is from azquotes.com) The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring. – Dean Smith Knowing the origin of leadership gives you deep understanding of it and helps you be more effective in developing leadership in yourself. For a while, I’ve been chewing on the quote above and trying to …
Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead. – Nelson Mandela Some basic tools for project management are simple yet effective. “Milestone” is one of those must-haves in your tool box, when you manage complex projects. To effectively use “milestone” as a tool, it’s important to understand its underlying logic. #1: Milestones …
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After running half-marathons for a few years, I eventually made up my mind to invest a significant chunk of time in training and running a full marathon. During those long running sessions accompanied by 180 BPM music, lots of things went through my head and I ended up learning the following connection between marathon and …
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From a trivial personal story of mine, I did a little bit reflection and connected the following random dots: Value based pricing The curse of knowledge Know your worth The Story Recently, I did a little DYI upgrade to my road bike rear cassette from 105 component to Ultegra component CS-R8000. The pretty trivial project …
Have you ever wondered why people from the same geographic region all have the same dialect or accent? Turns out human brain is wired to be efficient at learning and copying behaviors from others around them, often times unconsciously. When the learned behavior is a particular way of pronouncing words, the collective effect of unconscious …
