Happy This ONE Friday!

A big “thank you” to everyone who provided feedback! Your insights, both encouraging and constructive, are invaluable. Moving forward, I’ll make my content more digestible by keeping it shorter and simpler. Instead of five branches of one idea, I'll focus on delivering one main point at a time.

To ensure I cover topics in the depth they deserve, I'll write longer content for those that resonate most with you. So, keep the feedback coming!

This ONE Idea

Ever feel like your mind is a noisy place? Our brains constantly tell us all kinds of stories—some fair, some biased, and many outdated. How do we navigate this mental noise? Watch the movie below for simple but actionable insights.

How high is your Emotional Literacy?

This concept, often tied to emotional intelligence, refers to the ability to recognize, understand, label, express, and regulate emotions effectively.

Let me introduce the Plutchik Wheel of Emotions. While you can always learn more here, my intention is for you to get some basic ideas:

• Emotions are complex. Emotions can be likened to color palettes, where different emotions have various saturations and hues. Just as colors blend to create new shades, emotions also blend to form more complex feelings. e.g. Serenity + acceptance = love

• Emotions vary in intensity. Different intensities of the same emotion result in distinct feelings. For example, annoyance is much milder than anger, which in turn is less intense than rage.

Question For You

What emotions have you been resisting? Can you name them?

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In coaching sessions, whenever I sense the presence of emotions, I invite my coachee to pause and reflect. Together, we explore these emotions, often uncovering not just one or two, but a complex mix of feelings.

Until next week,

Yolanda Yu
Coach and lifelong learner

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70% OFF for someone you care

May is Mental Health Month in the US. In my pledge to support people in a more fulfilling career and life, I offer the first coaching session at a special rate of US$100 for those experiencing stress at work or related to career topics. (Those who work with me know that this is a 70% discount!)

Capped at 5 individuals in May. Only applicable to our first coaching session. To refer, invite your friend to book a call here and mention your name as a referral.

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Watch

Niharika has expertly navigated numerous technology innovation cycles. Her journey from management consulting to becoming an award-winning HR leader in start-ups and FinTech showcases her relentless reinvention and learner’s spirit.

Prepare to walk away with actionable insights that can help you not just survive, but thrive in your career.

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Past issues

This ONE – How trustworthy are you?

This ONE – Specificity in action: From Drama Class to Strategic Thinking, Leadership, and Managing your boss

This ONE: Competition and the matter of envy, jealousy, peer pressure, and external validation

This ONE: Office politics, toxic environment, and other people’s judgment

This ONE: From the gym, harnessing creativity in flow, and focus with my ADHD brain

This ONE: What’s the point? The leadership grill, unstuck from tech roles, and job searching in a bad market

This ONE: On fulfilling career potential, how to be more assertive, and the powerful way to manage difficult conversations.

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Every Friday, I share ONE idea and its manifestations and 1 question for you to ponder. Other ingredients you can expect will be book extracts, quotes, metaphors, tools, resources, and mini-exercises to keep growing your self-awareness.