Power Day

Finally caught a breath today and felt like was on top of things again.   Many of the small things got cleared away, emails got returned, days got planned and chunks of time got setup for strategic stuff. The morning, I had my first personal training session with...

Chinese Lessons and Life Lessons

Today is being a catch-up post as well (writing this on the 7th).   Lots of overhead activities, such as PO approvals, wires, etc. that chewed up a bunch of my time.  Low value add.   I keep thinking of how to further gain more time, and...

Chinese Structure Figured out

I’m writing this now on Thursday (although its reflection of Tuesday events).   Tuesday was a very busy day.   Feel a bit overloaded with a lot of new things on the go.  The day started with the weekly team meeting and review.   The...

Good Busy start to the new year

My 2010 started on the right note.   Had my first Chinese lesson today.   2 hours.  Expected it to be not very much fun but as it turned out it was great.   I now can count 1-10!   After 6 years in China its a bit of a...

Prep for 2010 Yearly Plan

Still on holidays but over last few days I realized that the preparation for the corporate retreat schedule for early Jan was way, way more work than I expected.  So, I pushed the corporate retreat by two weeks and today dived into getting ready for the retreat....