Archive - Pen(g)sieve Newsletter

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 21: My "truly amazing" goals for 2023

“Score a public win for my work on ML compilers and present at the PyTorch conference.” That was one of my personal annual goals for 2022. Back then, I…

Mar 11, 2023 •

February 2023

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 20: My Favorite Podcast Episodes in 2022

January is the month of goal setting for an entire year. Thanks to Tiago’s first PAR workshop, developing a Personal Annual Review (PAR) in January has…

Feb 4, 2023 •

November 2022

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 19: Limiting Beliefs in 2022

November marked my 2nd anniversary at Meta. On this anniversary, I would like to reflect on the limiting beliefs I have seen through in the past year…

Nov 28, 2022 •

July 2022

Pen{g}sieve Vol 18: What does self-love feel like -- my 1st emotion fluidity retreat

Recently I attended a retreat on emotion fluidity. And the experience blew my mind away. Through the magic of a process that I have yet to understand…

Jul 19, 2022 •

May 2022

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 17: Work-life balance is a life-long practice of holding a strong inner compass

This post is about my burnout story and the journey of recovery from 2019. The last three years taught me that work-life balance is not a few tactical…

May 1, 2022 •

March 2022

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 16: An unexpected place to find upper-limiting problems -- the emotions we avoid to feel

Last summer, I took the Art of Accomplishment (AoA) course by Joe Hudson, a cohort-based group coaching program focusing on emotional management. I was…

Mar 21, 2022 •

February 2022

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 15: 2022 Personal Annual Review

Last year was my first time doing an personal annual review (PAR). A year has passed. I can attest the power of pausing and deliberately planning one’s…

Feb 6, 2022 •

December 2021

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 14: Celebrate 1st anniversary -- the journey to a created work experience

On my first work anniversary, congrats poured in through my LinkedIn connections. “What is there to celebrate of a work anniversary, especially in…

Dec 29, 2021 •

November 2021

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 13: The Power of coaching for insights -- my personal manifesto

This post shares my recent experience working with my first transformational coach. I never interacted with a professional coach until I met Priit at…

Nov 7, 2021 •

September 2021

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 12: Just play - how did I enjoy a work-free three-week vacation

The August newsletter did not come out because I took a 3-week family vacation. For the first time, I did not bring the work laptop, take any work…

Sep 13, 2021 •

July 2021

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 11: I want to shoot for the moon, but how?

Have you ever asked this question: Which fundamental beliefs of mine are severely limiting my potentials? In this post, I will discuss one such limiting…

Jul 11, 2021 •

May 2021

Pen{g}sieve Vol. 10: Build your system, then success becomes inevitable

“Why do people not getting better at something despite working very hard for a long time?”— How to get better at the things you care about, Ted…

May 30, 2021 •

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