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Jun 2
8 min

How can novice investors beat wall street?

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a brake on the global economy. Many non-essential businesses are closed and people lost their jobs. Refle...

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Jung-Eun Lee

Apr 30
2 min

I will give you a pencil

As we get older, we tend to behave as if the ending of our story has already been written. It becomes more difficult to start something ...

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3 reminders that would solve most conflicts

Jung-Eun Lee

Apr 11
3 min

3 reminders that would solve most conflicts

On stormy days when the wind is high, simple nuggets of wisdom may be the rock we can anchor ourselves to. Although we often seek and re...

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Jung-Eun Lee

Apr 5
2 min

Ideas follow you during a long walk

When you stumble upon challenges that seem too overwhelming to deal with, they paralyze us. We cannot decide on what to do. Looking for...

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What our wireless mirror neuronal network tells us about empathy and collective mind

Jung-Eun Lee

Feb 29
3 min

What our wireless mirror neuronal network tells us about empathy and collective mind

In today's world, where artificial intelligence is rapidly replacing human intelligence, we ask ourselves to which areas we need to direc...

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Your retirement planning begins with tracking your financial data

Jung-Eun Lee

Jan 2
5 min

Your retirement planning begins with tracking your financial data

No. I'm not talking about "big" data here. It is personal data that we have not been claiming enough ownership of. While it is importa...

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Jung-Eun Lee

Oct 27, 2019
3 min

Gratitude boosts our happiness

When life throws things at us, it is easy for us to focus on things that are not going well. Because we are so busy getting things done,...

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A Simple Roadmap to Your Financial Independence

Jung-Eun Lee

Aug 18, 2019
3 min

A Simple Roadmap to Your Financial Independence

If you are in your twenties or early thirties, it may never occur to you that you will stop receiving a paycheck at some point in your li...

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Compatibility is the achievement of love, rather than its prerequisite

Jung-Eun Lee

Jun 19, 2019
2 min

Compatibility is the achievement of love, rather than its prerequisite

In his TED talk, Alain de Botton wakes us up to a seemingly brutal reality, where there is no such thing as "meant-to-be-perfect" relatio...

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Jung-Eun Lee

Jun 9, 2019
3 min

What is your Personal Legend?

When I left academia two years ago, I did not know what my next job was going to be and how soon I would go back to work. Everything was...

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Jung-Eun Lee

Jan 6, 2019
1 min

What if you can design your dream job?

Do you ever wonder why you need a vacation from work? Perhaps your spirit is drained by your endless job responsibilities, some of which ...

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Let's pay it forward as a content creator

Jung-Eun Lee

Dec 21, 2018
2 min

Let's pay it forward as a content creator

It was the convenience of carrying a genie in my pocket that eventually convinced me to buy a mobile phone. You make a wish in the search...

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What helps us stay centered: deep breath, laughter, and physical activity

Jung-Eun Lee

Dec 21, 2018
1 min

What helps us stay centered: deep breath, laughter, and physical activity

In his TED talk, Leon Taylor suggests physical activity as an intervention to keep our stress from encroaching our mental health. His arg...

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Jung-Eun Lee

Dec 21, 2018
2 min

Does slow-but-steady win the race?

Have you ever wondered why most of your new year resolutions don't work out? You are not alone. I certainly belong to this unfortunate tr...

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Placebo effects: a power of self-fulfilling prophecy and caring

Jung-Eun Lee

Dec 21, 2018
3 min

Placebo effects: a power of self-fulfilling prophecy and caring

If you are not familiar with placebo effects, they are worth noticing. It is no secret that the patients' belief that the pills they are ...

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