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Looking up and seeing the star

I know it can feel safe to have a roof above your head, but I prefer to look up and see the infinity of possibilities, feeling free and seeing the stars… I am an entrepreneur. Continue reading

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Life is about coping with loneliness, building Connections. Not about Love.

What makes “people” happy? I understand a long time ago that life is not about fame or money. I read delivering happiness and it clearified it for me even more. I had this kind of discussions way too often already with young entrepreneurs or inves… Continue reading

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Vulnerability is not weakness: Mastering Shame.

Just watched this TED speech from Brene Brown and I can not agree more with her.I wrote before 2 reasons for this blog: 1) Sharing my experience of being a community builder with iWeekend and inspire others. 2) Being Open and Transparent to help b… Continue reading

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You build your life upon people you meet~

I was so busy last week, no time to write a new blog post but thought I post this text I wrote in 2010, just before I started organizing iWeekend and after I volunteered for Shanghai Expo representing my hometown. I spent one week doing this missi… Continue reading

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Why do you like helping others? The Superman syndrome

Why do YOU do it? – You reached a stage in life where you know how to be happy and understand that happiness is the only thing that when shared, it multiplied (I read that somewhere^^). In order to sustain your own happiness in society you better … Continue reading

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If you are the smarter one, you are the one who have to make the effort.

I use to say that to my friends more and more when they enter in conflict with someone and suffer from it. ???If you are the smarter one, you are the one who have to make the effort???. It is unfair but it is the way it is. Ex: My friend Shelly and he… Continue reading

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Ender’s Game teaching

Sometimes you meet the right person at the righ timing but they are not ready. They are stuck in their own world (like in Inception), protecting themselves from others. Maybe they got hurt too bad. That is when the choice come to you: – Do you wan… Continue reading

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Lin, Zuck, Obama : 3 hot guys, 3 game changers

I wrote this post after reading today???s article from Douglas Rushkoff for CNN (see below link). Their common point? Part of minority, maybe even disregard by others. That teach you tolerance. Also being multi-cultural, you already get exposed to o… Continue reading

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Feeling awkward at events

I have a looooot of experience at feeling awkward at events. I thought I will share that with you because I think 90% of actually feel the same (the other 10% are drunk or completely in love with themselves). 1 – Until a few hours before the event… Continue reading

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HOG: a tale about Friendship in a big city.

Once upon a time in a strange and bewitching city full of 20+ millions habitants there was a girl looking for a friend. One day at a party, she met H., they dated for a few weeks, travelled together and had a lot of fun. After they stopped dating … Continue reading

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