How to know what to know

Nuclear weapons rank pretty high up on the list of scariest things ever invented by people.  Because being able to bomb people to death with traditional methods wasn’t enough, we needed a way to wipe out entire cities in a…

How languages opened up my world

Once, I’ve read that your personality changes a little depending on which language you’re speaking. Your perception of the world varies due to the vocabulary and your language fluency. It was a great article. But it also happened to completely…

2 qualities my education didn’t teach me, but AIESEC did

It has been five years since I last engaged in any engineering books or discussions, a degree I invested seven years of high school plus university upon. I come from China, the second biggest economy in the world, ranked #8 to…

I challenge you to care

It’s hard to believe that my seven years with AIESEC is coming to an end. I’m sitting in a room with 21 other people, coming from 14 different nationalities and one of our colleagues asked me a question – what…

Being one piece in the greater puzzle

Let’s say you’re a revolutionary, ambitious and idealistic person. But you know nothing about how to plan your life or where/when to put your efforts. If that’s the case, forget about changing the world. You will change, maybe…your own house.…

What’s an ideal job? When happiness gets replaced with meaning.

By the age of fourteen, I was made to search for my first employer. It was part of the German curriculum that in high school I realize a one-week internship. For that purpose, we were trained to create a CV.…