Quick to anger and low on patience?
Do you find yourself getting angry when others are reckless, careless, or downright irresponsible? Do you wish you had more patience, even when you feel you have zero tolerance for such behaviors? Anger, when it arises, is trying to tell us something. It signals that something important—our values, rights, ethics, or minimum expectations—is being violated. […]
Your Confidence, Your Competence
The hot topic this week is confidence. Isn’t it always a hot topic? Even the most confident people second-guess themselves when their ego takes a hit. Confidence is our judgment and perception of ourselves—essentially, our sense of how well we will fare in this world doing what we do. Interestingly, many of us link confidence […]
What have you left at your doorstep?
As you are reading this newsletter, the chances are, you are a go-getter who’s pretty good at getting what you want. You might even be a generous giver who can pour your heart out for others. But the chances are also that you are not a very good receiver. Receiving is a skill we collectively […]
Surrounded by Idiots
This ONE by Yolanda Yu This ONE idea and its manifestations in life and career Happy This ONE Friday! Many of us feel like we are surrounded by “idiots” at work – people who are lazy, ineffective, mischievous, uncommitted, self-centered, etc. The book “Surrounded by Idiots” by Thomas Erikson explores this phenomenon and what’s creating […]
Decisions fatigue – in search of the right, safe, and no-regret
Happy This ONE Friday! I want to share a poem that touched my heart. The journeys I took with some of you this week are singing to it. We all go through phases of reflection when making important decisions in life. “Doubts and love dig up” our world “like a mole,” often keeping us in […]
Emotions unmasked: the Kaleidoscope of Your Inner World
This ONE by Yolanda Yu This ONE idea and its manifestations in life and career 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 […]
This ONE: Dancing with polarity
Since childhood, we've been taught to see things in binary terms: this and that, success and failure, good and bad. At its best, it helps us simplify decisions. But more often than not, this view creates major problems for us. For one, life’s richness often lies in the spaces between yes and no, black and […]