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Hi!! Welcome to Chats Over Hot Koko. Comes from a spin of my name and the name of my imaginary bakery that I own! Listen to me at atleast 1.5x speed. I am here to have a conversation with you to share my experiences and life lessons as I enter into the “real world”. I am currently I am in a full time rotational program.
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Make connections more meaningful by finding value in those vertical and horizontal relationships inside and outside of work
Been MIA the last three months because work is hectic #FulfillingCareerGoal so I just got off the phone with a friend where one of the conversation topics we talked about was losing a part of you after college and trying to find a community for you wherever you land and how difficult that has been Afiq I shared my challenges with losing who I am as an Asian American, so this episode just wanted to talk out loud with where I am at. I didn’t go into the same details that I shared with him but I just wanted to put where I’m at out here in case any of you guys are feeling that way too.
Writhing out what my new perfect day looks like | Preparing for internal interviews | General updates
3 questions to ask yourself to connect your past, present, and future self
Took me 6 years and an audio book to finish this one. I can understand why a lot of people enjoy this book but personally, I probably would not recommend this book to anyone. I think this is a good book for introducing people to multiple different topics, but I know that there are other books at take a deeper dive into these topics with stronger and more concrete examples such as, but not limited to Think Again by Adam Grant and Essentialism by Greg McKeown. With that being said, I was able to capture common themes I saw from this book and a dozen other self help books I’ve read (41 in 2023) and share with you today
Having career aspirations is important but so is opening your mind up to other opportunities and not limit yourself if plans don’t align. After reading ch 11 in think again, escaping running vision, it made me take another moment to reflect on my career aspirations that I have for myself and if they still align with my present self today
per usual, let me take you through my extremes of having a place to express my concerns and a place where I couldn’t
For the second year in a row, I had a major identity crisis- this time it’s the opposite of what the first one was. In this episode, I briefly touch on how living in an specific area, not suited for me, shape my mind, and therefore caused this identity crisis to form and how I was able to recover faster than the first crisis; so tag along and listen to me ramble without having a point lol
Did you buy that perfect shirt but never wear it? and now it can’t fit so you have to throw it out (not actually trash but donate or sell)? yeah me too. After helping over a dozen people declutter, their closets, kitchen, digital life. This is the number one common thing I’ve seen.
Listen in to see how I caved in to societal pressure and made my first big purchase fail!
We all want to exceed and show our manager what we’re capable of doing and sometimes we say yes to too many projects than what we can handle. Here are some things to consider before you take on more work load and stretch yourself too thin.
Upon talking to my friends, most people hate their first job out of college, so now we all look like job hoppers. Before you switch your career, here at eight things that can help if you’re ready for a career change
My last job I found myself consistently working too much and this job I find myself sometimes working not enough and other times working too much. Setting some boundaries between when you work and when you don’t is important, especially if you work from home. Let me walk you through my first job and my second job and how they compare and what helps me create some boundaries and allow myself to enjoy my life outside of work.
This past three months I’ve been told by five different people of how affective I’ve been communicating over email and PowerPoint presentations so here are my tips that I have for you to communicate effectively and get what you want. Coincidentally, I also read The First Minute by Chris Fanning and he was able to characterize/ categorize so effectively that I decided to incorporate this words into my summary and tips.
What you need to know to create that safe space for you to excel in every day.
On the next self help book series is a book recommended by my friend. I liked the first book I read from him and decided to put this to the top of my TBR list but unfortunately this did not meet my expectations, but here’s some of the lessons that I got from the last two chapters of the book.
Sometimes you don’t know what you have is good until it’s gone and so here are the top five things that I have experienced from one of my managers that I will always take with me when I become a manager
Sorry for the bad audio! I just really wanted to be outside recording. Unfortunately I was in NYC doing so but listen on to me ramble about the life lesson nuggets I took from Think Again
Two ways to be vulnerable and my experiences
Ever feel stuck and you can’t escape? In this episode, I talk about my past to Labor Day weekends and how I have walked out as as a different person.
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