Feb 20An Everlasting Hong Kong Cantonese Meal: A Tribute to Cooking with Economy and GraceI read An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler this weekend and felt inspired by its poetic prose, weaving the craft of cookery with the art of living well. But as a person who grew up with an entirely different set of sensibilities in the kitchen…Cooking3 min readCooking3 min read
Feb 16Test-Driven Development for Overcoming Landing Page Launch FearAs creators, the hardest step is launching a landing page for our offering. It hurts the ego to launch something and have it be crickets / ghost-town! So it’s easy to procrastinate on this step. But that only hurts us in the long run because it increases the time needed…Creators2 min readCreators2 min read
Feb 10Yesterdos: A “clean kitchen sink feeling” for work tasksMy friend B. is the most organized, methodical person I know. She works in legal contracts, and she is exceptional at job because of her laser beam focus and ability to spot typos from a stadium away. …Mindfulness At Work2 min readMindfulness At Work2 min read
Jan 17Ultimate KPIs for Life and Work: Loving-Kindness and Letting GoI have asked ChatGPT to summarize the video transcript for your reading pleasure below: As a Buddhist practitioner, I have been exploring the concept of key performance indicators (KPIs) in the context of spiritual development. While we may strive to…Loving Kindness2 min readLoving Kindness2 min read
Jan 410 Min Reflection: Qualities of YouTube Videos I actually Enjoy WatchingYoutube Creators1 min readYoutube Creators1 min read
Dec 22, 2022Online Writing is a Secret Form of Spiritual PracticeI signed up for Write of Passage thinking that it would make me a better writer. I’d become a successful person who could influence the masses with clever words. Get. More. People. To. Buy. My. Tea. That didn’t happen at all. But something better did, something more profound. With my…Natalie Goldberg11 min readNatalie Goldberg11 min read
Dec 19, 2022Get Off the Self-Improvement Treadmill with a Bao Yang (保養) MindsetAre you tired of being on the self-improvement treadmill? There’s always one more course to take, or another supplement that will help you work harder or be better/faster/stronger. But the satisfaction of trying something new never lasts, because hedonic adaptation (our tendency to return to the same level of happiness…Self Improvement3 min readSelf Improvement3 min read
Dec 15, 2022Virtual Meditation Retreats: Maintaining Mindfulness in Daily LifeWho shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place? There is no one but us. There is no one to send, nor a clean hand, nor a pure heart on the face of the earth, nor in the earth, but only us…Meditation Retreats5 min readMeditation Retreats5 min read
Dec 14, 2022Accepting Compliments Is The WayI used to have a hard time accepting compliments. It was the way I was taught — humble people should not accept compliments. (And you want to be humble, because there is nothing more ghastly than being boastful in the culture I grew up in.) Instead, when someone compliments you…Creator Economy1 min readCreator Economy1 min read
Dec 11, 2022Outwitting Our Minds’ Resistance to Being Reverse-EngineeredI used to work with hundreds of mice in the laboratory. I noticed they acted strangely when they were stressed out. …Neuroscience5 min readNeuroscience5 min read