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Invest In Your Team

Do you care about the business, or do you care about the team that makes your business work? It’s a subtle but crucial difference. People spend most of their lives at work, and they’re more  willing to give it their … Continue reading

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Advice from a (Broken) Fortune Cookie

Life happens over Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real-life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging”, as I know each of these pieces represents … Continue reading

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Best Advice

“Notice the signs of loneliness — on the bus, in a queue, in a cafe — and speak to the person. The comment can be simple, such as ‘Beautiful sunny day today’ or ‘Oh, look at that cloud, more rain … Continue reading

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Emotional Gifts

After I retired, I had time to go through boxes of personal papers that I had saved. These included letters that current friends and family had written to me over many years. It was fun rereading many of these, but … Continue reading

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My Sweetie

We’ve endured lockdowns in Shanghai since March 2022, surfacing with just a day to buy provisions before going back into “house arrest.” My husband’s birthday fell on the second day of the current lockdown. I gave him, my spouse of … Continue reading

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