Health
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We got to stay somewhere in the healthy middle. Infrastructure building, social safety net and cyber security, cannot be achieved without collaboration and commitment. Far out in the ultra left , we got sustainability and science (to far-out galaxy). Can’t go alone. Not far. So celebrate Independence Day, or more rightly, Co-Dependence Day. Leading causes of…
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Maybe it’s just me. But people I associate with don’t seem to do well these days. Sectors once thrived are now wiped out: telecom, housing and to some extent, publishing. HR at HP has been busy. We learn from failure. By turning it into seed of success. Success and failure leave a different taste in…
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At work or in life, people are bunched together “us vs them”. No way around this. Shared values and “group DNA“. I am glad to see titles like Chief Cultural Officer. It’s about time we see how group think, group problems and group competition affect the bottom line. As we move away from the Command-Control management…
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Technical issues can be dealt with, even if we have to farm it out. People problems, especially when it’s personal, and potentially embarrassing, tend to linger on, and if unresolved and cancerous. We simply wish they go away. And they will. When the people died. Those of us who stand one foot in tech and the…
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Chewing gum jingle, and it seems to work: “looking for a brand new start”. Each day, we woke up to a start. Just like that first day out of our mother’s womb. Not knowing what to expect. Not knowing who to trust. Not knowing the future. Will it rain today? Or same ole sticky heat? Rain and tears…
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I am all for PE (Physical Education). This trend has picked up in Vietnam; all the powers to young people. Gold gym, Cali gym, NVK gym, Nhat Dang Nhi Da etc…. Let’s go. One and two. Lift those arms, kick those legs. Be healthy and be green. (I have blogged too much about death and caskets, since I live…
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People with bad experiences go through various phases in recovery. Some need a lifetime. Others could trust again in no time. All depends how the mind plays tricks. If pain recedes deep into long-term memory, then it takes longer to process pain. Short or long-term memory, bad experiences stay. They surface on unsuspected occasion (Murphy’s Law).…
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Ugliness and evil exist in unlikely places. So are beauty and goodness. A vulnerable butterfly dancing in rush-hour traffic, an innocent child on the way home from periodic check-ups. Life offers us not an a-la-cart menu, but a buffet. Fill up not with french fries and jello. Yet at the same time, eat not in…
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Sinatra was famous for his signature song: My Way. We carry the illusion of control, of doing it our way. Is it really so? Do have a choice about our appearance? Our height, our hair? Personalities and purse strings. If only could we nailed down the bad guy, then things would be OK. Will it? People who have…
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I am not Italian. Yet I broke out in tears yesterday, at least three times. A medical check revealed that I had a minor stroke five years ago, which means I have lived on life extension without knowing it. Had I known this sooner, would I have lived my life differently? Or moving forward, what corrections must I make.…
Thang Nguyen 555 