Learning Everyday
At a recent lunch with a friend he recommended I take an enneagram assessment. He found it be really useful in better understanding himself both professionally and personally. I took a Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment in late 2016 and enjoyed the high level feedback it provided. (I wrote about the results here.) So I said ‘why…
The past few months of remote work have really started to highlight to me how different leaders and thinkers make their decisions. Varying from speed and style to autonomy, I’ve learned a lot about how I personally like to make decisions and communicate them to the team. What I’ve found by observing other team members…
That nervous feeling before a presentation or the moment right before calling your crush – these moments are when butterflies are in full effect. Butterflies mean you’re doing something new and scary. And usually these somethings mean you’re growing. Growing as a professional, growing as an individual, or just growing taller. So what does it…
“Remind me” is a phrase I tend to use at home, specifically when it comes to chores. It’s also a phrase I caught myself trying to use when I started exercising again. What you’re really saying is, “I don’t want to be held accountable”. It’s a way of passing off responsibility to others without appearing lazy….
Cantonese isn’t a popular language to learn and I’m finding a definite lack of free centralized resources because of it. Duolingo teaches you Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, and English by gamifying language learning. Did I mention it’s free? There are a bunch of language teaching apps on the marketplace like Duolingo but…
italki is an online language learning service where you can find the best language teachers from around the world. It’s the fastest, most convenient way to become fluent in a foreign language. via italki [pullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”#0000ff” class=”” size=””]Conversational in Cantonese by May 2016[/pullquote] Quickly learning a new language is never something I’ve attempted…
I set a challenge for myself in my first Cantonese blog post. I challenged myself to record a video introduction. With one hour left in the day, I (mostly) completed my challenge. I didn’t memorize it. The tones are still giving me trouble. I’m still very choppy but I think setting these tough but reachable…
Let’s learn some Cantonese! This is where I’ll post some phrases and translations. Māau (maau1) Māau pronounced like “mao” which sounds like the sounds a cat makes. So māau is Cantonese for cat. māau = cat Even though I’m a dog person, I love it because it’s so easy to remember! It was pretty embarrassing at how…
My fiance is Cantonese and as the wedding slowly creeps closer I’ve started to make a conscious effort to learn the language. It’s been a bit difficult to find online resources so I’m taking a self-study approach recommended by Tim Ferriss (my current idol). I’ve consolidated some of basics in this blog post for others…