Productivity & Strategy
Finding Freedom: Choose How You Spend Your Precious Time
Time slips through our fingers like grains of sand, yet we often find ourselves bound by rigid schedules and obligations that don’t align with
Design a Fulfilling Life Through Meaningful Work
Discover how purposeful, productive work becomes the foundation of a life well-lived.
Life Reflections
Beginner’s Mind: The Art of Seeing Anew
Shoshin (初心) is a word from Zen Buddhism meaning “beginner’s mind.” It refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions
Leadership
Coffee, Culture, and Customer Love
Discover why some cafés overflow while others sit empty. Learn valuable business lessons about customer experience, team culture, and authentic service from a local
Leadership
The $5 Lesson in Trust: What a Hotel Encounter Teaches About Leadership
It started with a bloodstain. Not ours, mind you, but there it was on our freshly changed bedcovers at a luxury residence in Nha
Life Reflections
Rolling with the Punches
So I’m 198 centimeters tall. But most of the time, when asked by a security guard at the bank or a street vendor or
Leadership
A Simple Business Lesson from a Nha Trang Haircut
Here in Nha Trang, Vietnam, a haircut experience showed me something valuable about running a business. My husband needed a quick fix for
Life Reflections
From “What day is it today?” to “What month is it again?”
Where are we supposed to be? Last year in February, we were supposed to travel to Vietnam and ended up in Chiang Mai Thailand
Life Reflections
Learn from the Best, and the Worst: A Publishing Journey
The Path of Patience Publishing my third book has been an exercise in patience and personal growth. While the editing process flowed smoothly with
Life Reflections
Smashing Bugs
It’s 3 am in the morning. I wake up from something tickling my arm. Or is it just an itch? Or maybe I’m not
Life Reflections
The Smartphone Instagram World
Like most travelers today, I carry a smartphone that has become an indispensable companion. In Vietnam, it serves as my translator, my guide, and