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What are your Minimum Requirements for Happiness?
Is Happiness elusive? Are some people genetically predisposed to be happy while others will never find happiness? What really make you happy? A few years I visited a small town near Chicago. Most of my...
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Number of kids and Bay Area
If you’re married, how many kids have you had so far? Do you plan to have more? If you plan to have kids, how many kids do you plan to have? I lived in the bay area for a long time. Most of my friends...
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How do you combat fatigue at workplace?
Do you experience fatigue at work? When was the last time you were physically and mentally exhausted at work, and all you wanted to do was to lay down and relax? As I became a parents of two little...
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Do you have an identity outside of work?
A few years ago I attended a seminar taught by a retired executive. He was partner at a major investment bank, served as CEO of a large corporation, and worked in the white house. From a professional...
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Nanny #6
I received an urgent email from a friend: "We just find out that our nanny is looking around. We need to find a replacement as soon as possible. Please pass any lead you have!" It turned out that the...
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Same old, same old
A few years ago I ran into an acquaintance at the Phoenix Airport. He had been working as a post sales consultant for the same company for several years. I asked him: "How are things going?" He said:...
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How did you guys meet?
"How did you guys meet?" — this is one of the most commonly asked questions we ask couples who are in love. Over the years, I have heard many answers. "We were high school sweethearts. We have known...
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Do you work to live or live to work?
I took my kids to a coffee shop on Sunday afternoon. We were sitting outside the cafe and enjoying the rare sunshine in Seattle. A gentleman in his forties started to play with my kids. Soon we started...
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Job first or location first?
This is a question I have been thinking a lot lately. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for a long time. I attended high school and college there. After college I worked in the Silicon Valley for...
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This is a topic that has been in mind a lot lately. I recently took a job with company that is based in Chicago. In fact, many companies are opening up offices in the Seattle to take advantage of the...
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