Whose life have you touched today? Never underestimate the impression you make on others.
When we are old and looking back over the past years of our lives, we will ask ourselves in what way have our being influenced and benefited those around us -- especially those who are dear to our hearts.
So, whose life have you touched today?

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The Joy of Writing 对我来说，能把自己的想法和感受用语言准确地表述出来，有人愿意安静地阅读、悉心地体味，真是莫大的快乐。
在那么多篇长长的叙述中，也许，有一段话曾经轻轻地打动过你，在你艰难的时候给过你力量，又或者在你烦躁的时候还你安宁的内心，那么，我也要感谢你，正是有了你们的阅读，才让我文字有了别样的生命...  阅读全文

Winners Never Quit -- talking with Jeffrey For some people, an easy and secured life is not what they are looking for. They keep pushing forward, day by day, to reach a better self. Someday, when they find there is little room for further self-improvement, they are never afraid of a challenging change to make constant progress. That's why – among some people, the differences are subtle at beginning, and then become glaringly apparent...  阅读全文

To my Current Students in the Winter Program Nothing just happens by itself. Nobody can sleep his way to success. We have to do the work to make it happen. If you really want to achieve something, you have to wake up and work up the ladder to where you want to be. Then after you've reached certain level, work will turn from a necessary evil to what you truly enjoy. It's the same with language study...  阅读全文

Be A Good Listener With two ears and one mouth, we are all supposed to be twice as good listeners as talkers. But we are not so. However, being a good listener is really the easiest yet most important way to be successful, whether it's in our career, marriage or with friends...
Upon I closed the case, I feel urge to write this article and share with you some of my thoughts on how to be a good listener, not only in business, but also in our life...  阅读全文

The SWEAT of SWEET Success – Sharing my presentation practice Many people might assume that I was born with what it takes to be a good speaker. But in fact, I was not. Just as every ordinary student, I also had many speech problems to conquer in my early days.
To become who I am today, I have come a long way. Although I was not a naturally good speaker, I disciplined myself and worked hard to become a good one. Again, there seems no short cut to me. It always takes SWEAT to finally taste the SWEET success...  阅读全文

Seize the day How many times in your life have you heard about the expression -- "Seize the day!" ...So, do you treasure today – the only day that you can actually do something about, and do you live every day to the fullest? ...  阅读全文

Learn by Reflection —— 为MBA课程做同传所学到的 我同传完这段话后，和学员们一样，内心满是震撼。于是，大家带着open mind，从不一样的角度和模式重新学了一遍基础内容。真的如Billiard教授所说，Financial literacy is much more than accounting。按照模板和公式对号入座地算个结果是很简单，但公式是可以查的，定义是可以根据环境改变的，而在思考下理解的概念和掌握的思路才是真正能长久受用的。
其实不止是会计的课程，其它学习的过程也同样如此。Are you a parrot kind of person, or an eagle? Are you learning by imitation or by reflection?  阅读全文

Tell Me Your New Year Resolutions You can leave your own list in the comment columns. Don't feel awkward to announce your new year resolutions to everybody here. It will be a push force for you to become the best person you can possibly be. And we can check on your progress from time to time~  阅读全文

Are You Doing Your Very Best in 2006?
Many of us just can't be bothered to do our very best work. We look for shortcuts and the easier way of doing things. Our problem is we just want to "get by" with work that is acceptable, but not our very best. That in the end makes the difference between the average and the excellent.
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How to find time to read – sharing my role models

别离的断章

Action Speaks Louder than Word

“Mona Lisa Smile” in my life -- the lessons I've learned from an extraordinary lady

Read and Recite – Sharing my journey of English learning

My Friends, What's Your Goal?

My students, I want to see you fly —— 回到交大当评委 If you want to do some work to improve your pubic speaking skills, here are some essential tips I share. They might sound simple, but when you really try them out, you might find it not easy to take out the first step, and it's even harder to keep them on.  阅读全文