I have always wondered why some people are more successful than other (I mean, most other) people. It is probably a combination of personal charm, smartness, a lot of hard-work, and some luck. But when it comes to leadership the [...]
Previously I wrote several articles on job hunting and career advancement but today I would like to share with you a [...]
I know I have been away for a while. I have been traveling for business (and leisure) in Asia for the past 4 months. I was in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Macau, and multiple places in Mainland China. I met many [...]
BEING AN ASSOCIATE is an awkward stage in your professional life; and I think you would agree with me on this. It’s like being a sophomore in college: All of a sudden [...]
I watched a few episodes of the TV drama “Never say goodbye ?????” these days in Hong Kong. It’s astonishingly touching. I remember one comparison pretty clearly when one of the lead guys commented on his relationship with two [...]
It was a little bit sad looking out of the window from my seat on the 24th floor in the Park Avenue Plaza building. It was raining badly in the morning when I came in; it was almost freezing when I [...]
Dear Danye,
I have read your blog about being attracted to someone else while in a relationship and it was really helpful. The thing is, I am in a multi-year relationship with [...]
Dear Danye,
I really want to hear your insights on how to follow up with people I just met with such as alumni or high profile people. After the first acquaintance, I usually don’t know what to say to [...]
You can easily identify a narcissistic person by the following 2 qualities:
When a narcissistic person tells you how good he is, like he’s a number 9 out of 10, he really believes he’s a number 9; [...]
Dear Danye,
Nice blog! Very informative and definitely helpful to me who is approaching graduation in a few months.
I read several articles of yours and wonder if you have talked about how to stand out in a conversation/info session where [...]
??Let’s get started, and if you miss anything else on my blog, this is a MUST READ for 2011!
1. Success is a by-product.
Very few people start off their career knowing what they really want to do. But those [...]
Okay, hope you all had a wonderful Valentine’s Day! I had a great dinner at Koi with M the birthday girl and one of the guys was gentleman enough to bring a rose to each of the girls, very [...]
I would love to go to your event, but I already made dinner plans. You did a great job with your interview, but we extended the offer to someone who did better. I think you are a great person, but [...]
Let me take a break and write something fun about myself.
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So I did this a long time ago when the 25 Things About Me idea first came out on facebook and I got tagged by someone else. [...]
So this is bonus season again and despite how much you DON’T want to hear discussions about it, people talk about what they are getting, people express feelings of dissatisfaction or content, and people start thinking about other options.
Especially for [...]
Apparently I was randomly selected from my college to participate in the 2010 National Survey of Recent College Graduates conducted by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and in the email it specifies that they cannot substitute another person for [...]
I once had a banker friend who told me about his three magic words on his characteristics and qualifications for a banking position:
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1. Good Attitude
2. Attention to details
3. Team player
And the next [...]
