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EJ Elena Shin

EJ Elena Shin

Obsidian Essay] The Odyssey by Chris Nolan. Homecoming & Hero's Journey.

Obsidian Essay] The Odyssey by Chris Nolan. Homecoming & Hero's Journey.

EJ's note Have you ever had that feeling where you feel elevated, more sophisticated, just because you came in contact with another human being — or that human being's work? In a way, the inner work of the soul. You get to see what's inside

Obsidian Essay | Leadership] A Summer Breeze, a Rooftop, and the Life of a Habsburg Daughter - Maria Carolina of Austria

Obsidian Essay | Leadership] A Summer Breeze, a Rooftop, and the Life of a Habsburg Daughter - Maria Carolina of Austria

EJ's note "Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria, nube." — Let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry. — the Habsburg family motto, wielded like a pun (and a strategy) by Empress Maria Theresa A summer breeze, a rooftop, a birthday. We were looking out over the horizons

Obsidian Essay] HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! - Reflections on Home, Freedom, and American Values

Obsidian Essay] HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! - Reflections on Home, Freedom, and American Values

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." — Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 Happy Fourth of July0:00/462.

Book] Consciousness | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) by Douglas Adams: A Space Kid's Introduction

Book] Consciousness | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) by Douglas Adams: A Space Kid's Introduction

Hitchhikers Guide to the GALAXY 0:00/250.6683671× I. My reflection: Why I Love This Book I grew up looking up. Some of my earliest memories are of standing in the dark with my dad, his telescope pointed at the sky, the two of us tracing constellations and chasing

Book] Consciousness | The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Book] Consciousness | The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

A personal reflection on The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: what Sogyal Rinpoche's classic teaches about impermanence, the bardos, reincarnation, and grief.

Leadership] Ivanka Trump on Building an Authentic Life

Leadership] Ivanka Trump on Building an Authentic Life

EJ's note Ivanka Trump is a controversial figure for many, and I don't want to get political here. But I think anyone in the limelight—and especially anyone who has moved through the world of politics—can learn from her life experiences and her honest accounts

Cartier Dialogues | Leadership] Strength Reimagined: Leadership, Kindness and the Courage to Defy Expectations

Cartier Dialogues | Leadership] Strength Reimagined: Leadership, Kindness and the Courage to Defy Expectations

EJ's note The other day I was talking with my female friends in late 30s/40s — serious investors, partners at their law firms, women who by any external measure have made it. And yet the conversation we kept circling back to wasn't about deals or cases.