Synopsis Author and Stanford Professor, Kelly McGonigal continues the conversation from her TED Talk ‘How to make stress your friend‘ and challenges the conventional negative perception towards stress. She shares research behind how leveraging positive psychology creates the right mindset towards stress and actually enriches… Read More
I’m an extremely competitive person. In our household, I am still banned from playing Settlers of Catan because of my intensity levels. Don’t even get me started on my Chess ban — I have nowhere to channel my Queen’s Gambit energy. With COVID and lockdown,… Read More
I’m sure we have all experienced this at some point in our lives: that crushing feeling of helplessness and frustration in the face of a challenging situation. I felt this way often in my past hedge fund life. Now that I’m trying to bring a… Read More
@thefemalehustlers This post resonated so strongly with my philosophy in life that I was compelled to reflect on the importance of this phrase and how it has personally impacted me. An important life skill I wish I had cultivated earlier on is self-discipline: (n.) The… Read More
As a follow up post to an earlier post on journaling, I wanted to share a bit more of journaling benefit to me, personally. I know there are products and apps out there specifically for journaling, and I’ve tried several. But I didn’t feel like… Read More
Synopsis A Guide to the Good Life is just that: a practical guide on how to live a life of tranquility and contentment. William B. Irvine takes the ancient wisdom of Stoic philosophy and reinterprets it for the modern day by: Sharing the history of… Read More
Recently, a friend reached out asking for recommendations of journals for daily reflection — something she could use daily and take a few minutes to write down her thoughts. I could not have been happier to hear this request. I’ve tried therapy.I’ve tried coaching.I’ve even… Read More
I decided on a whim one day that I would start writing and sharing down my thoughts. I’ve owned this domain (yinahuang.com) for years — kind of as a failsafe to stake my identity on the world wide web. But it’s been untouched, defunct and… Read More
As mentioned in an earlier post, one of the best ways to focus on your own goals and for your own peace of mind is to leverage the word ‘No.’ More often than not we say ‘yes’ to too many things — and eventually these… Read More
Synopsis: In Weapons of Math Destruction, the author walks us through her own career in big data — first at Harvard and Columbia, then as a hedge fund quant at D.E. Shaw. She explains how she came to be disillusioned by the space after seeing… Read More
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