by Emily Chang | Feb 25, 2022 | Leadership, Ways of Work, Workplace
Do you know, small acts can have great impact! When I spoke with Maria Bailey on her Ordinary Habits, Extraordinary Life podcast, we spoke of how we regularly underestimate our ability to have an impact on those around us. Specifically, an ex-mentee I hadn’t...
by Emily Chang | Feb 19, 2022 | The Spare Room
Feb 20 is the World Day of Social Justice, a day that’s been set aside to promote social justice. Today’s goal is to shed renewed light on issues like poverty, abuse, slavery, homelessness and child marriage. And this is a topic that’s really close...
by Emily Chang | Feb 13, 2022 | Friend, Workplace
Hope is such an important word. It’s something we might expect to hear uttered in a hospital or social institution. But we don’t often hear about hope in the workplace. I remember my earlier days in P&G doing monthly business reviews – one particular boss...
by Emily Chang | Feb 12, 2022 | Learner, Uncategorised
We’ve been discussing knowledge – intellect – wisdom. Here’s something interesting: the Chinese word for wisdom is 智慧 (Zhìhuì). Let’s have a look at what those individual characters mean: 智 (Zhì) =knowledge and 慧 (huì) = intelligence....
by Emily Chang | Feb 6, 2022 | Explorer, The Spare Room
We’ve had Wayne for about five months now; he’s the 17th child we’ve cared for in our Spare Room. This little guy has #hydrocephalus, so his head is really big. It’s tough to find clothes that fit, which are also easy to put on and take off!...
by Emily Chang | Feb 1, 2022 | WorkplaceChinese
February 1 was the official start of Tiger Year. Based on the lunar system, the Chinese calendar has Tiger Year running from Feb 1, 2022 through Jan 23, 2023. For those accustomed to a Western calendar, the Chinese refer to a lunar calendar, which is why New...
