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Can a failed marriage be a good thing? Rethink fear and mine for growth.
Surprising benefits of gratitude. And easy ways to practice more gratitude.
Three principles for open mindedness and better judgement. Yoga teacher training taught me importance of fresh perspective.
Use first principles to re-think long held beliefs. Car shopping with my parents taught be to think better.
It’s easy to misuse metrics and miss our goals. Three misguided metrics we use.
I’m a few days into a trip to Mexico with some friends. It’s midday and we’ve been sitting on the beach, catching up on stories. It’s been a few years since we’ve gotten together. The warmth of the sun and serenity of the beach make for a relaxing backdrop to detach ourselves from the usual…
It was a warm summer evening in Toronto. As I sat on the park bench I felt light headed. My stomach felt knotted and I was short of breath. I was confused. My life was derailed forever. I was 16 years old and my girlfriend had just told me she wanted to break up. For months…
I despised decorative pillows. Decorative pillows, those colorful, oddly shaped pillows that seemed to adorn the beds of every hotel I’ve been to, always confused me as to their function. Every time I encountered these colorful-yet-uncomfortable pillows I wondered, “Is this a menu of pillows to select from?” “Are these special ergonomic pillows I’m not…
Note: This post is derived from a talk I did at Amazon in Seattle. Based on some questions I received, I thought I would write further details. I also wrote about my experience in developing the talk in a different post. When I was in college, I got inspired to learn Mandarin Chinese. I decided…
Tim Kung 