As 2024 wraps up, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has supported Coddiwompling over the last three years. When I started this journey, I wasn’t sure if we’d even…
Life Reflection
Finding Purpose in the Melting Moments in Life
This video led me to a deep reflection on life, death, and the essence of living. Watching as the artist pushed a massive block of ice under the scorching sun until it melted…
Surviving the Journey of Becoming an Entrepreneurer to Fulfill One’s Dream
Every year I would travel more than 6,000 miles twice to arrive at Turiba University, Latvia to complete my teaching with the University. This university has a special place in my heart. Not…
Becoming the Best Executive Coach for my Clients
Like many things in my life, it started purely out of curiosity of noticing a friend who is also a coach contributing to AI-generated posts on the topic of executive coaching managed by…
Fake it until you become … how our body language changes our mind
I just finished the book by Amy Cuddy called Presence. It reminded me of her TED talk video that I watched years ago which I have attached to this post (https://lnkd.in/gGqsPKcE). I remembered how…
How to be a friend? Life-changing transformative questions to ask ourselves
When I fall, trip, or get hurt, my friends will be there for me and not my work. It is a great reminder to me to always remember that the most important and…
True love knows no boundary or limit
True love knows no boundary or limit. What is true love? Really what it is? To me, true love is the feeling I feel for my special someone that is in between my…
The Joy of Being a Teacher
More than a decade ago when we first met, I knew in my heart that Joanna Zhou will be unstoppable in the things that she does. She has very high EQ, a nature…
Achieving Sustainability in our Food Systems – Insights from a 94 years-old Balaton Group Member
A tree that grown for perhaps more than a thousand years behind the backyard of the house of a 94 years old Balaton Group member, Dr Ulrich Loening. Dr Ulric is an inspiring…
Becoming a Rumi’s Inspired Coach
I have always been enormously inspired by Rumi and his poem. I don’t know why. It seems that Rumi always have a way to speak a truth that is so profound and simple.…
Go Slow, Play, Seek Out & Speak the Truth and Be in Awe
Watching this video filled my heart with so much joy, peace and balance that I can’t possibly described. https://youtu.be/r-rHc8tm5_c?si=shph6HBiFGYDCYYCVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: To Be In Awe – Wisdom from…
Who are you really?
Ever wonder about this question: Who I am? How will you answer this question if you are being asked. I was reading the book called “Atomic Habits – an Easy and Proven Way…
Coach the person, not the problem
There were times in my life when I would occasionally be hit by a deep evocation moment that made me question everything about my life and my way of living. It makes me…
Don’t hold our mental model too tightly
This video of Steve Jobs makes me think what are my core values and what I want people to know about them. How about my company’s core values? https://youtu.be/keCwRdbwNQY?si=zpoLNrclu22WaHH6Video can’t be loaded because…
Purposeful Coaching with Colin (CIO, HCSA Community Services)
Making an impact to people through a purposeful coaching process. Almost half a year ago, I raised my hand when ITMA was calling for volunteer to participate in a 1 year National Council…
How learning LEGO(R) Six Bricks has transformed my life?
Since getting certified as a facilitator in LEGO(R) Six Bricks in 2019 and then becoming a Certified Lead Trainer in 2021, the learning through methodology has truly transformed my life. First, it has…
50
When I was 10, 50 is an alien. It will be percieved as an intruder in my mind and will be chased out on sight. How strange. When I was 20, 50 is…
Bet on me
For more than 1.5 year now since I started my company “Coddiwompling”, I have been feeling lonely about my decision. Notwithstanding all the doubts and uncertainties that I faced on the day to…
What I love about teaching in Turiba University, Latvia
I always looked forward to my trip to Turiba University, Latvia as an Adjunct Professor every year. One of the main reasons is because it gave me an opportunity to live and interact…
Mono No Aware (物の哀れ)
Mono no aware (物の哀れ) is a Japanese term that I picked up when I read the book ‘Spark Joy’ written by Marie Kondo. If you don’t know who she is, she is a…