台上一分钟,台下十年功（tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gong）: translated as “one minute on the stage has 10 years practice off stage”, refers to behind the success or glory there’re lots of hard-work. What you see & what you don’t see. Recently there’s a popular diagram/chart on LinkedIn…

不入虎穴焉得虎子（bù rù hǔ xué，yān dé hǔ zǐ）：translated as “How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger’s lair? ”, refers to “no venture, no gain”. *** Make a proactive choice to challenge yourself! *** We all face challenges, at work, or in personal life; typical response is fight…

粒粒皆辛苦（lì lì jiē xīn kǔ）：translated as “each piece of rice comes from hard work”, is part of a poetry by Li Shen, from Tang Dynasty. It commonly refers to treasuring and appreciating people’s hard work. Since kindergarten I learned this poetry. Growing up, part of our upbringing education is about…

退一步海阔天空（tuì yí bùhǎi kuò tiān kōng）:translated as one step back leads to open sea and sky, usually refers to “be tolerate with small things or others’ minor mistakes, learn to let it go; then you will have peace in mind, even bigger opportunities.” *** Holistic observation and creative cooperation *** …

得饶人处且饶人（dé ráo rén chù qiě ráo rén）：when you got a chance, be kind and tolerant with people. Originally from a TAO, usually refer to be forgiving or kind to people, don’t talk or act on people too extreme. *** Always give people a second chance. *** First, intuitive listening opens…

人之初，性本善（Rén zhī chū, xìng běn shàn），translated as “People at birth are inherently good.” Originally from <Three-Character Canon>,which was composed by Wang Yinglin (1223–1296), a scholar of the South Song Dynasty, is said to be the most popular writing for primary education in ancient China. This week, many people may have…

举一反三(jǔ yī fǎn sān):translated as “one instance reflects to 3 more inferences”, namely learn by analogy; originally from <The Analects>. *** Active learning: the power of analogy. *** How to learn in an active way? Step 1: Ask WHY! Why? It brings out more critical thinking, inspires deeper insights on…

以人为本（yǐ rén wéi běn）:translated as “people-rooted or people-centered”. Since XiZhou dynasty (BC 770), there’s already record about how the politicians and philosophers believe that people is key factor of a stable and blooming country. The Chinese President Hu JinTao used this as the core value of scientific development of the…

百尺竿头,更进一步（bǎi chǐ gān tóu，gèng jìn yī bù）：“at the top of a 100-foot stick, move 1 step further”. It origins from Buddhism, refers to even when someone’s knowledge or achievement reach the highest success, should still thrive to improve. *** If your satisfaction is 10 out of 10, what’s next? *** …