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2 weeks of consecutive writing
Writing always has a great impact in my life. I used to write a lot before. And I did acknowledge that it helped me think more clearly. It was easier to express my inner thoughts into words. Writing is one of the ways we talk.
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Don’t Make Assumptions
Friendly and helpful self-reminder for all of us – Let’s read these lines from The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz and practicing asking questions rather than let assumptions become real in our head.
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Practicing grateful attitude to ourselves
Are you the type of people who often take others’ words personally? I am. I know it’s a bad practice and self-degrading. My emotional brain just can’t stop doing that. However, now it has to change. Since I decided to practice “thinking for yourself” in all matters.
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Copywriting is interesting
I’m happy that what I love to do and what I’m good at are language related. I’m addicted to languages and the uses of it. And because of that, I love writing. And naturally, I love reading too. Most of the things I wrote is the outcome of what I read.
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That’s not how you “startup”
I think that my company now is so in love with the “startup idea”. And that’s how they get it wrong about “startup”. Warning: ranting and uncontrollable caps-lock.
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My definition of success
What is “success” to you? I don’t have a clear definition of success. But I understand it’s a kind of accomplishment we strive to aim at. It’s easier for me to think about the kind of success I want to have in life by closing my eyes. I close my eyes and think of the future. In what scene can I see me smile? Who is in that scene with me? How’s the surrounding? I always close my eyes and paint a detailed picture of my most desired future like that. That’s literally how I picture my success.
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I’m glad I’m doing all of these
Seems like my blog is getting more and more personal, hehe (I don’t mind at all, since it IS a personal blog). Today, I went to work in a happy mood. Because I know that quitting my full-time job is opening new opportunities for me. It’s thrilling to see what I’m capable of in the future.
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July 22th – Mark The Date
It’s unnecessary to do such a thing like “Mark The Date” when you start your plan. But since I’m that into those unnecessary details, let’s write a short Mark The Date blog post.
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What I don’t like about Performance Review in companies
I know there are many Performance review systems out there used in different companies. In my eyes, companies need to keep their employee’s performance on track in order to ensure its economic growth so they use such review systems. At the same time, the Performance Review session (like the famous OPES, for example) is meant to help employees find their career goals on par with the company’s goals, to listen to employee’s feedback and to find ways for both sides to grow together. But. Here’s the but. I’ve never met a company who uses performance review “to help” its employees. It’s just a judicial review.
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You don’t know how many times I failed following my plans
Last year I started working freelance full-time and planned to acquire N2 JLPT certificate in one year. That was quite an “impossible goal” because the effort needed was immense. If I want to reach my goal, I have to carefully break it down into small chunks of tasks to fulfill daily. I did. And I ended up having 10 versions of my plan to achieve that goal (not included the last one which worked). Those were also 10 times my plan didn’t work out.
