What we can learn from the feud between hedge funds and retail investors — It’s been a crazy past week in the stock market. If you weren’t following all of the madness, I’ll summarize in a few bullets: Hedge funds were selling shares of GameStop they had borrowed against. About 40% in excess of what was available to transact. (“short”) Retail investors discovered this…

Lessons to live a more mindful, loving life — 2021 has come upon us. During this time, I typically set my goals and resolutions for the upcoming year. As I get older, I’ve been leaning more into life principles and ways of thinking versus milestones and quantitative goals. It’s too easy to obsess about numerical values (money to make…

What intolerance can teach us about what needs healing — We’ve filled our pot with lukewarm water, placed it on the stove with the temperature on high, and wait patiently for it to warm up. As the water comes to a boil, we notice tiny bubbles beginning to percolate. These pockets of air had been in the water all along…

How to track our time and focus on the good — This past week has been a flurry of highs and lows. Starting with the highs: Protests have catalyzed the beginning of much-needed police accountability and restricting use of force, police presence has reduced and defunded, and confederate statues are being removed. Cheap steroid cuts death rates significantly for severely ill…

Showing solidarity for our Black brothers, sisters, and siblings — In just a week, our world has transformed once again. This time, it was catalyzed by another senseless death of a Black man. George Floyd’s neck was pinned to the ground for almost nine minutes and he died suffocating at the hands of a police officer. Protests erupted in every…

Lessons from watching a Youtuber battle cancer. — Last week, I shared a video of a South Korean woman, Eun Chan, who filmed a goodbye video to her Youtube fans before passing away from cancer. She was diagnosed in April 2019 and her battle ended on May 6 this month. Even through the pain and struggles with the…

Three tips on how to cope through this pandemic — To be honest, getting through this pandemic is difficult. Really, really difficult. We have observed an entire spectrum of folks who have been responding to home quarantines with ease, but also many folks with a lot of difficulties. The crisis text line has seen an uptick of 30% in text…

3 insights from job loss to bouncing back — Times are tough, and it’s going to get much harder as economic conditions worsen in the coming months. Folks are losing jobs and reducing discretionary spending, leading to business impact and more jobs lost. Quite the not-so-positive feedback loop. Industries that rely on foot traffic have been devastated overnight, and…

Things I’ve learned during self-isolation during COVID-era — Happy May. For many of us, it’s been more than a month of self-quarantine. It was a sudden shift to a lifestyle we have never experienced before. For me, my quarantine started at the beginning of March after returning from Asia. (It still blows my mind how I was out…