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Exercise when feel not to
Unless it’s health related, these sometimes turn into a great exercise. A long day of work; exercise becomes a switch of thoughts. An argument with family; exercise blows the steam off. Emotion can be flipped with motion.
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Lean team and big team
Teams come in 2 sizes, lean versus volume. Former focuses on mission execution and the later focuses on strategic formation. Recently, I traded 1 headcount in exchange of removing video production from the responsibility. The team becomes leaner and easier to focus on go-to-market planning, asset creation, and channel enablement. It made sense since video…
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Keep a side project
Sometimes things get tough at work or in life, sometimes it creates a domino effect into other aspects. A badly done project at work leads to a bad mood, unintentionally brought it home and it leads to an argument with our partner; then it kept us from sleeping at night and the lack of sleep…
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33/34
Results for 33 1. Exercise is progressing after the dip Ever since my daughter born in December 2020, the exercise volume axes in half in 2021; then I transit to product marketing in November 2021, the number hit rock bottom in 2022 and 2023 as I tried to balance between raising a toddler, rebuilding a…
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Right question, easier decision
A choice between NT$35,600 Apple refurbished M3 Macbook Air and NT$31,900 new M2 Macbook Air. Which one to keep and which one to return? The price difference is NT$3700. There are few ways to justify the difference:– 2 display output vs 1– SoC performance– Dynamic caching ChatGPT says a MacBook typically gets 7-8 years of…
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Better date code for filing
Before: “2024-10-04 Project ABC v2” After: “241004 ProjectABCv2” The old way worked in year 1 and 2, but as the folder hierarchy piles, two problem surfaced. The objective is to achieve both the need for file sorting and to identify the context.
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Ask for help
The airplane stuck on the tree while we’re at the park today. I tried knocking it down with branches. I tried climbing and shaking it. I have told people to shut up, but I did not call for help. My wife did, and we got our plane back. Some problems aren’t solvable with personal ability.…
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Product and route-to-market
If we want to become a physically fit person, then the better chance of success is to join a community. The search for community could be a series of trial and error. Begin with signing up for a nearby gym membership, but give up in a few months. Later find a much enjoyable experience in…
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Profiling
We profile the company that we do business with. We might even profile the key contact person’s interest and birthday for gift. Why don’t we do that to our friends and family? Recently while visiting an old friend, I added ‘cooks dinner for the kid’ and ‘enjoys noodle more than rice’ in to his profile…
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Fountain pen lesson 2: laziness
Spin caps are great for night journals, the seconds it takes to spin the cap off provides a time to recap the day. It enhances the ceremonial process. Snap caps are great for work. The reality is, the time to spin the cap off and adjust the grip is enough to cost an idea or…