Angelita Chew

The book I chose was Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali Abdaal. The book focuses on sharing Abdaal’s approach to his life and his 3 part method which works towards “feel-good productivity” or empowerment by positive energizers.  By reading this book, I had hoped to learn how to improve my productivity when it comes to tackling my school work. As I mentioned in my last post, I tend to have intermittent bursts of productivity, procrastination, intense work, and super severe burn out. I have been trapped in a positive feedback loop of me not managing my time well and being unproductive, sleeping later and later until it became normal to get 3-5 hours of sleep a day, being unfocused in classes, falling behind in content and spending hours trying to catch up and do homework, being inefficient in trying to catch up, and starting the cycle all over again. From this book I hope that I will learn how to break the loop and improve my productivity and overall...

 To: Professor Clark Hansen, CEO, AMDP From: Angelita Chew, Research and Development Date: March 8, 2024 Subject: Bombas LLC. Recommendation Memo As a member of AMDP’s Research and Development team, I recommend that AMDP does not invest in Bombas LLC. until further investigation of their financial statements is completed. In this memo you will find: 1. Definitions of AMDP's standards 2. An overview of Bombas as a company, their sustainable practices, and their financial timeline 3. Two expert opinions on Bombas 4. My concluding recommendation AMDP Standards At AMDP, we aim to partner with companies that align with our commitment to conducting business in a socially responsible, environmentally sustainable, and profitable way. We evaluate potential partners based on the following criteria. Triple Bottom Line (TBL): A sustainability framework that expands upon the original concept of a company’s bottom line which typically focuses on profit. The concept consists of the 3 Ps listed be...

To: Professor Clark Hansen, CEO, AMDP From: Angelita Chew, Research and Development Date: March 5, 2024 Subject: Bombas LLC Recommendation Memo As a member of AMDP’s Research and Development team, I recommend that AMDP does not invest in Bombas LLC. until further investigation of their financial statements is completed.  In this memo you will find  Definitions of AMDP's standards An overview of Bombas as a company, their sustainable practices, and financial track record Two expert opinions My recommendation  AMDP Standards At AMDP, we aim to partner with companies that align with our commitment to conducting business in a socially responsible, environmentally sustainable, and profitable way. We evaluate potential partners based on the following criteria. Triple Bottom Line (TBL): A sustainability framework that expands upon the original concept of a company’s bottom line which usually focuses on profit. The concept consists of the 3 Ps listed below. People: An organizati...

I found this reading really interesting especially after the discussion on the origin of week names, leap day, and how it all ties in with the planet/sun positioning. I was surprised to hear that the concept of the rigid 7 day week only really started 200 weeks ago as a result of Americans creating their own routines. Some facts that I found quite surprising included the idea of routinely having public feasts and weddings on Thursdays as they seem more like weekend activities than mid week one - especially because of the scale of both types of events. I was also surprised to hear that public executions were reserved for Fridays because I always associated Fridays with being a positive end to the week rather than a death day.  Something I found funny was the idea of knowing the day based on smells, sounds, and feeling while living near a theatre. The whole concept reminded me of the Truman Show as the idea of tracking time and knowing the day based on everyone else following their t...

  The book I’ve decided to read is Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali Abdaa.  As someone who tends to go through intermittent bursts of productivity, procrastination, intense work, and super severe burn out, I hope to learn how to manage my work a little better than I have this past semester. I had hoped my bed time would change in college as I was going to sleep around 2-3 AM in high school every day. And it did, just not in the direction I wanted. This past semester my bedtime has somehow shifted to anywhere from 4:30-6:30 AM on a daily basis and on days with especially heavy work loads, after the sun rises. As a result of this awful sleep schedule I know that I have not been able to fully focus in any of my classes nor make the most of the excessive hours I spend doing homework, so I am hoping to find some strategies I can use to improve my work habits and in turn my sleep habits as well. Based on the Goodreads description of the book, I sp...