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Entries from December 2009

Don’t set new year resolutions because they don’t work

December 25th, 2009 · Comments

Don’t set new year resolutions. For most people, it’s a waste of time.
New year resolutions is like the annual planning processes in some companies. You set a number of grand goals. You’re gong-ho about the goals for a few weeks. Then, you get distracted and stop working toward the goals.
Try something new and different [...]

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BloggerTalks Interview

December 23rd, 2009 · Comments

I was recently interviewed by BloggertTalks. If you’re curious to learn more about this blog and “the secret person” behind the blog, please check out  GeekMBA360: Career Advice From The Trenches.

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You’re too sensitive!

December 22nd, 2009 · Comments

Has someone told you in the past that "you’re too sensitive"?
Have you ever told someone that he or she was too sensitive?
Between seventh grade and my first year after college, I was frequently labeled as "overly sensitive". I absolutely hated it.
Growing up, I knew I was different from a lot of people. [...]

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What are your Minimum Requirements for Happiness?

December 19th, 2009 · Comments

Is Happiness elusive?
Are some people genetically predisposed to be happy while others will never find happiness?
What really make you happy?
A few years I visited a small town near Chicago.
Most of my Silicon Valley friends told me that

It would be freezing in the winter. 
It’d be boring. After all, it’s the Midwest.
I [...]

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Seizing the enemy without fighting is the most skillful

December 18th, 2009 · Comments

"Therefore one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful. Seizing the enemy without fighting is the most skillful." — The Art of War, Sun Tzu.
Jack is a hard working software developer. Like many of us, he works for a highly dysfunctional organization. He is part of a major software project that [...]

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