by Emily Chang | Jan 9, 2022 | Explorer, The Spare Room
Every year, our family invests a couple of days in a New Year’s tradition. We paint our vision for the year ahead. You see, every year, we paint over the previous year’s vision with a fresh intention. We’ve been doing this for years (yes, the...
by Emily Chang | Jan 5, 2022 | Leadership, Ways of Work
An analogy struck me this week as a powerful lesson in leadership. You see, I have been sharing about the concept of #SocialLegacy and demonstrating the idea with my own example. In The Spare Room book, I cite hospitality as one of my offers, one of the things I enjoy...
by Emily Chang | Jan 2, 2022 | Learner, Workplace
We have been playing with, feeding, and loving on this little boy for a few months. But in the first month, we didn’t hold him a whole lot. You see, with his oversized (and very heavy) head, he’s not very easy to hold. Furthermore, having spent most of his first...
by Emily Chang | Dec 29, 2021 | Leadership, Learner, Ways of Work, Workplace
Throughout our careers, we invest to identify our strengths via assessments like Myers-Briggs or StrengthsFinder. And it’s certainly helpful to know what we’re good at, to define the context in which we thrive. Yet, while we might impress with our strengths, it’s...
by Emily Chang | Dec 26, 2021 | The Spare Room
Will inspired me to write the book, The Spare Room. While providing this enormous affirmation, he also changed the way I saw myself as a leader. We recently reminisced about that life-changing conversation on Will’s podcast, Elevation Barn. The life-changing...
