I remember the day I was assigned a big enterprise-level transformational project - strategic, high-stakes, and C-suite visible. I was thrilled, prepared, and yes, a bit nervous. But when I shared the news with a colleague expressing both my excitement and my...
A Lesson from a Little Library When I was between eight and twelve, I spent most afternoons tucked away in a small Chinese library in my hometown in Malaysia, waiting for my mom to finish work nearby. For a budding bookworm, it was paradise. One day, with the earnest...
Ten years ago, a few months before the release of The Force Awakens, I made my biggest Amazon Prime Video purchase: a box set of six Star Wars movies. My ten-year-old son and I spent several weekends watching them all, preparing for the seventh film’s debut in...
I joined LinkedIn on February 18, 2012, almost nine years after it launched in 2003. I had just attended a colleague’s farewell party and was feeling nostalgic. After years of working together, I lamented that our paths might not cross again unless we made an...
A Journey through Compassion, Courage, Connection, and Clarity “Make my words honest and true, economical and few, wise and well-chosen, calm and kind. Give me so much love and grace that this kind of conversation comes naturally to me.” This is my daily mantra at the...
Three years ago, in a prescient moment, my sister snapped a picture of me sitting in front of a simple but powerful quote: Don’t forget to play. It was the perfect backdrop for a decision that would change my life - saying goodbye to opportunities with the biggest...