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About Me

Location:
United States, Washington, DC
Current organization:
The Thai Binh Foundation
Current role:
Executive Director
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Education & Development, healthcare, government affairs
Languages:
Vietnamese, English, Spanish
My website links:
The Thai Binh Foundation
Universities:
American University - Washington DC, Kogod School of Business
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  • A comment on Conversation: Are we born with a certain personality type or our experiences shape our personality?

    Mar 22 2012: Maybe both. But to answer that question, we have to define "personality." What is it anyway? Does it reflect our characteristics? Will it define who we are as a friend, a son or daughter, or an ordinary person.

    We often hear people refer to Type A and Type B personalities. Type A refers to people involved in never-ending struggle to achieve more and more in less and less time while Type B refers to those who tend to be easygoing, relaxed, patient... But do we only possess 01, and only one, type of personality for every circumstance? I don't think so.

    So then do we have multiple personalities? Maybe. Probably yes.
    Did we have a personality when we were a kid? Probably so.
    Do we have possess a particular personality, among others, in a particular circumstance now as we have grown up? Yes.
    Is it the same as our childhood personality? Probably not.

    That is, we are born with some particular personalities but our experiences growing up shape them dramatically and this process continues until we die.
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    A comment on Conversation: Your task is to persuade someone to change their mind, without threats of loss or violence. Possible?

    Nov 19 2011: Yes- Dan and Chip Health wrote a great book, "Switch," aiming at making a change when change is hard.

    But before you try to persuade someone to change their mind, consider whether their mind is truer than ours and consider whether we should change our mind too. In other words, consider that the opposite might be true as well.

  • A comment on Conversation: Do we live to work? or do we work to live?

    Nov 19 2011: You don't live to work. Neither do we work to live.

    My philosophy is "YOU LIVE TO LOVE AND TO BE LOVED." You live to love your parents, your family members, friends, and acquaintances. You live to love what you do, whatever it be. You live to love the other half. You live to love humanity.

  • A comment on Conversation: Which books have inspired you the most?

    Nov 19 2011: "Start with Why" by Simon Sinek. This book completely changed the way I thought of the world and the way i operated in it.

    "Stumbling Happiness" by Daniel Gilbert. An excellent book about happiness

    "Tuesday with Morie" and "For one more day" by Mitch Albom. These books will change your lives as it changed mine. Often times as we grow up, we run away from our childhood community, our childhood friends, and yes, our parents for the outside world of opportunities because we think we can find happiness there. But the truth is we are running away from the most important sources of happiness.

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