173. Salute to Volunteers | 致敬–給所有默默付出的志工 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 10.26.2025 Dear Volunteers and Community Leaders, This is my open letter to you, to thank you for what you are doing to serve and help many underprivileged people in the community. I would also like to take this opportunity to encourage you to…
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172. An Eventful Summer | 我這個夏天的故事 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 9.30.2025 I had an eventful summer with a lot of important and unusual things that happened and caused me to pause my blog writing. During the summer, I learned to be a caregiver, endured a major gastrointestinal problem, celebrated a fabulous big family…
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169. How Do You Shop? | 從巷口柑仔店到線上電商 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 2.28.2025 Depending on your age and lifestyle, you may have experienced different ways of shopping for your personal needs and groceries. Over the decades, various ways of shopping have emerged, declined, or disappeared. In the early days — particularly for the baby…
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168. Time Management | 時間管理 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 2.16.2025 In the Learning Circles I conducted, a common question is how to manage time or handle stress from time constraints. These are certainly universal issues faced by most achievers and ambitious leaders who want to get more done. And there are also numerous…
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167. AI, AI, Everywhere | AI, AI, 無所不在 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 1.24.2025 No matter where we go or what we do, we encounter references to AI (Artificial Intelligence) in magazines, movies, news, social media discussions, and academic conferences. Some of us get excited about the capability and potential of AI, some are…
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163. Playing Candy Crush Saga | 小甜蜜大上癮 —揭開Candy Crush Saga成功的秘密 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 10.29.2024 Recently, I started playing a digital game called Candy Crush Saga on my mobile phone. It was quite an interesting experience. I found myself hooked by it, and so I began to analyze why the game is so…
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162. An Observation at the Swimming Pool | 池畔一隅趣談 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 9.10.2024 Two questions are often asked by my “Learning Circle” participants: how to balance work and life, and how to utilize time effectively. The generic answers typically center on priority setting and time allocation. In Blog 63, “How Do…
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158. A Day in Shangri-La | 在香格里拉的一天 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 4.30.2024 We finally got a chance to go to the hallowed ground of golf: the Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia. After five years of ticket lottery applications, our family finally got tickets to watch the players’ practice round.…
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157. It Takes a Village | 举全村之力 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 4.27.2024 There is an African proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child,” that I can relate to very well. When I was growing up, we lived in a teachers’ dormitory common area with more than 30 families. There were common…
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156. Dealing with the Changing World | 應對這變遷的世界 – Musings of Dr. Jamie C. Hsu, 2.23.2024 In Blog 155, we talked about the turbulent and changing world. It begs the question of how we deal with that. Some of the megatrends and geopolitical upheavals might be beyond immediate solutions, but there are certainly things we can…
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