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  • Lifelong learner?
    Are you a lifelong learner? Me a lifelong learner? Definitely! No matter age, we can always learn something new!
  • Following my gut…
    What’s a time you followed your gut and it turned out to be exactly right? A time I followed my gut and I felt it was right was when I quit a toxic job… Most people told me I was nut for leaving a permanent job of many years but I decided to prioritize myContinue reading “Following my gut…”
  • Favorite Season
    What is your favorite season of year? Why? My favorite season is autumn because I see it as the end and the beginning… As the leaves turn brown and fall, it is a promise that new ones will come…
  • Collections
    Do you have any collections? I don’t have a big one (yet) but I have a small collection of swords. I love swords, especially katanas! I don’t know why. Maybe I was a warrior in another life!
  • Being productive…
    When do you feel most productive? Personally I feel the most productive when I’m relax. I don’t know why in jobs posting they say you should be able to work under pressure… it is already probed that we work better when we feel good. No one is productive under too much stress…
  • Angels
    Just curious… do you believe in Angels? Have you ever had an encounter with them?
  • Risk…
    When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out? Last time I took a “risk” was leaving a “secure” but toxic job… Everyone said to me that I was crazy, that it would be difficult to find another job having 20 years of experience but the truth is I foundContinue reading “Risk…”
  • Unwinding…
    How do you unwind after a demanding day? There are so many ways to unwind, but for me nothing beats bowl music and stretching!
  • Influential Teacher
    Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I had a lot of good teachers but I remember one in college that was so strict that most of the students feared him! He wasn’t bad, but he didn’t sugarcoated anything… I remember the day I spoked to him about the stress he was giving me andContinue reading “Influential Teacher”
  • Opening sentence for my autobiography
    You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? If I would be writing my autobiography, the opening sentence would be: A shy girl who did what she was told she couldn’t…