Burnout, guilt, and the pressure to “do it all” are increasingly common for modern leaders and parents. Inspired by Erica Chen’s Pivot & Shimmy framework, this Whole-Life Leadership reflection explores how to realign when the old playbook no longer fits.
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What does it really take to lead well at work and at home? Reflecting on our first Whole-Life Leadership conversation with Jim McNary—a former Navy SEAL, healthcare executive, and father of five—this piece explores three enduring lessons about servant leadership, self-leadership, and raising high-achieving kids without pressure.
Looking back on 2025, I realized growth doesn’t come from trying harder—it comes from loving the right things most. This is my year-in-review on faith, marriage, health, and work, and the lessons I’m carrying into 2026.
Thrilled to share that I’ve been accepted into Harvard’s Master of Public Health in Epidemiology! This journey wasn’t a straight path—setbacks, pivots, and faith shaped my way forward. In this post, I share three key lessons: trusting God's plan, taking the next best steps, and leaning on a strong support system. Whether you're navigating a career pivot or a major life transition, I hope these insights help you move forward with confidence.
A 4-step goal-setting system, F.L.O.W. (Faith, Love, Optimal health, Work), designed for busy individuals seeking personal growth. It emphasizes establishing holistic goals, identifying one's identity and motivation, creating effective systems through habits, and tracking progress visually. Get a free printable template and a custom GPT coach!
When I first read Dr. Atul Gawande's Being Mortal and wrote a blog article about it, I have never had any experience of death outside actuarial mortality modeling. I didn’t truly understand the meaning of this word “limit,” especially when it comes to the time we have on this earth.
In the past half a year, for the first time in my life, I had to deal with the passing of family members and friends. I gained some new perspectives on life I never had before.
In July 2018, I had the great pleasure of joining a 3-month-old data science team at Cigna on a mission to use machine learning to transform underwriting (The Road Less Traveled: My Decision to Explore Data Science). For two and half years, working alongside data scientists and engineers, I built some cool predictive models using billions of data points. It was a rewarding experience! While in the data scientist role, I wrote down 4 aspects of data science that I greatly appreciated.
In surfing and in life in general, it's not about "getting somewhere," it's all about the journey. Fall is almost inevitable, but as long as you are willing to stand back up, the more you fall, the better you become.
This learning journal aims to summarize the essence of the Stanford Machine Learning coursework in a way that (hopefully) most people new to AI would understand & appreciate. Additionally, I inserted lots of fun comments & graphs to clarify concepts and/or make them more relatable.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." There is a lot to learn on this data science journey, but AI frontrunner, Stanford professor, Andrew Ng's T-shaped learning framework can serve as a guiding light for all who are new to AI.
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