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wangyip
@wcy
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Management Consultant; Self Published Author; Teacher and Facilitator; Toastmaster. I like poking the box.
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2018-01-29 22:23
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wcy
book-summaries
2020-03-16 15:47
Lessons from Harvey Mackay on doing what you love, loving what you do, and delivering more than you promise
Harvey Mackay is quickly becoming an author and thinker that will be on my most formative books list (shameless plug, you can get my list of the ten most formative books in my life, culled from hundreds
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wcy
life
2020-03-13 17:34
What I learned from Jim Rohn about wealth and happiness
When Jim Rohn was young, he quit high school, jokingly because he said that he was smart enough. This, as it turned out, was one of the few major mistakes that he had made in his life. He was eager to
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life
2020-03-09 15:29
Ten things to do right now in ten minutes or less to make it a great day
My unofficial mentor and inspiration in Toastmasters is a man named Peter Kossowan. I have a great amount of respect for Peter because as one of the oldest members of Toastmasters at the club, he says
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creativity
2020-03-05 16:45
Ten ways to inject creativity into your life
Recently, I was introduced to Michael Michalko and Roger von Oech who both have written a number of books on creativity. Michael Michalko is the best selling author of Thinkertoys and Roger von Oech is
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wcy
book-summaries
2020-03-02 22:18
How to retire happy, wild and free - retirement advice from Ernie Zelinski
The first thing about this book that I think you should not worry about is that although this book is about retirement advice, it is widely applicable to everyone in all part of their lives. Of course,
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wcy
life
2020-02-28 17:24
Ten things to do when life throws you a curveball
Sometimes things happen that are outside of your control. Your girlfriend decides that she needs to move back home and long distance is not an option, so you have to break up. You are a top performer at
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wcy
life
2020-02-26 17:00
Ten books to help you find direction in your life
There comes a moment in everyone's lives where we experience a pivotal moment. We get married and start a family. We have a particularly difficult time at work. Our family needs us and we drop everything
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book-summaries
2020-02-23 23:28
What I learned from Harvey Mackay about hiring, firing, motivating, selling and growth
As I was reading The 100 best business books of all time by Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten, I went down a number of rabbit holes as is the case when I get recommendations to read other books. This was
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wcy
work-life
2020-02-22 04:46
Ten ways to show your appreciation to coworkers
Chances are, you're working on a team that is all moving in one direction towards a goal. Maybe it is to develop a piece of software. Or it is to get the numbers just right on a spreadsheet. Or to slowly
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book-summaries
2020-02-14 17:10
How I learned to listen better or what I learned from You're not listening by Kate Murphy
You're not listening was recommended by many people that I follow as one of the books that I should read for 2020. I was glad that I picked up this book, because I had always thought that I was a good
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health
2020-02-12 18:50
How to keep healthy when people around you are sick
Sometimes, there is no way around getting sick. One of my friends often says that once one of their kids get sick, everybody in the family gets sick as the illness is passed from the child to other siblings
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happiness
2020-02-08 21:30
Ten practically free ways to spend your leisure time and the next step
After reading The Joy of Not Working by Ernie Zelinski, I wanted to share a few cost-free ways to spend your leisure time. If you believe that leisure time is important (and I believe it is), then there
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book-summaries
2020-02-05 19:52
What I learned about leisure time from The Joy of Not Working by Ernie Zelinski
I am terribly surprised that I am just reading this book now. I guess that's the feeling that people that read a lot get when they encounter a book that surprises and delights them with insights and changes
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happiness
2020-02-01 22:20
Ten things you can do right now to be kind to strangers, friends, family or your partner
I often think about one of the splendid truths by Gretchen Rubin, author of the best selling The Happiness Project. Her truth is "One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people
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life
2020-01-30 20:13
Five skills I want to learn and the exact steps I am going to take to learn them
After reading Josh Waitzkin's book The Art of Learning, I started to think about one quote in his book that there is often something intrinsically linked with the 'opposite' side of things. For example,
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weight-loss
2020-01-25 23:59
How I lost ten pounds over the past year
Weight loss is something that everyone seems to care a lot about. Over the past year, I went from approximately 155 pounds to 145 pounds and I wanted to share the specific steps that I took to lose those
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biography
2020-01-23 16:39
Lessons from a tennis champion or what I learned from Rafael Nadal on his journey to greatness
I managed to pick up a copy of Rafael Nadal's book Rafa recently. I had no idea that I was interested in these kinds of books, but I secretly have a love for tennis champions biographies. I really liked
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learning
2020-01-20 03:23
Book notes from the Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin
The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin is a look at his life and his road to excellence. He was the subject of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer, became a master of Tai Chi and has applied his
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networking
2020-01-18 05:05
Five things I like to do to make networking coffees more effective
This is not meant to be a humble brag or even a brag, but I'm at a place in my career where I get asked for a lot of coffees either to network their way into a job or find connections or contacts that
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book-summaries
2020-01-12 20:02
Book notes from Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday
If you follow Tim Ferriss, Ryan Holiday or other successful individuals, you will know that all of them have some meditation or silent practice. Hal Elrod, in his book, The Miracle Morning, has 'silence'
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