Your personal litmus test

Where you have high tolerance is also where you have your blind spots.

Everyone has a litmus test. This is your tolerance level for whatever situation you may be in.

The golden snitch

What we can learn from Harry Potter

Seizing the opportunity — I refer to this as the “golden snitch moment”.

The golden snitch is the fast miniature flying ball that zips around the quidditch tournament in Harry Potter. It’s fast, it’s quick, and…

X hits the spot

How a generalist can be niche too.

As someone who works in technology, and studies technology, I naturally end up talking and reading a lot on technology.

The headline of “will AI take over our jobs” is a topic that i’m very familiar with — whether…

To be exceptional in one, or to be mediocre in many?

everyone can benefit from being mediocre in many things — we shouldn’t see this as a negative thing

Running away

What a waste of your time and theirs.

Don’t. Run. Away.

When it’s fight or flight I know it’s a scary situation but if you’re given the opportunity to run away and you take it, it will haunt you forever.

Giving Back (Part 2)

Always be selfless.

What if adults only always said ‘yes’? What would happen?

Nothing. The past year I lived through saying ‘yes’ a lot. I said yes to volunteering in my community. I said yes to teaching at university. I said yes to being a…

Uncharted territories

Those that are new are probably better than you

Growing up, my parents was a real stickler when it came to grammar. It may be because we’re not native English speakers and they wanted me to be fluent, or it may be because of where they came from, English = grammar.

The Generalist vs. Specialist

The greatest risk to pigeon-holing yourself

When I was younger, I wanted to be a specialist. I wanted to be the subject matter expert (SME) because it would show me how great my skills are and deep my knowledge bank was. I wanted to be the go-to…

A little too late

You waited too long

A little too late. You snooze you lose. Time is of the essence. Ya da ya da ya da.

All of these relates to timing. It speaks to how theres a window to act on something, and after that window has passed, it’s too late make an…

So close, yet so far

Sometimes in life, there are things that are so close, yet so far.

You can see it, can you feel it, you can imagine it, but you can’t have it. You can’t reach for it, you can’t touch it.