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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....

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Life is like a human hamster wheel that runs faster and faster. At work, there are ample amount of incentives to motivate us to achieve more. After work, there are gazillions of entertainment and media products to compete for our attention. If we don’t take ...

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 h...

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 connect...

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

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Recently, I did a little DYI upgrade to my road bike rear cassette from 105 component to Ultegra component CS-R8...

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 wo...

Have you ever wondered how visionaries like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos develop long term vision that leads to successful business that transform people’s life? Let’s decode one of the key skills needed to become a visionary. At least...