Author: hanbaobao

The lifestyle blog for the aspiring young professional. Life is just a series of over-corrections as we try to make sense of the crazy world around us. Here at The Over-Correction, we seek to present and discuss ideas or topics which we hope will help you make decisions as you stumble towards of satisfaction and fulfillment. Don't be afraid though. We are just as confused as you are. Come on this exploratory journey with us and enjoy it for what it is and for what it could be. Enjoyment starts with you. I hope you like what you find here. Please comment with any blog post ideas and/or feedback you might have. Speak soon!
career, personal development

Which is More Important, Gender Equality or Diversity?

I’ve written this post to question whether I’m being overly sensitive or right in taking a hard stance in the face of adversity. Gender equality and diversity are currently the two biggest social challenges being tackled by industry. This is something I thoroughly support and believe is a long overdue correction which is necessary in all walks of life. Notably, my observations from scrolling through sources … Continue reading Which is More Important, Gender Equality or Diversity?

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career, personal development

Developing Cornerstones

I recently finished watching the HBO show Westworld. I have to comment on what an emotional journey it was. With its many plot twists, this show was as captivating as it was great at projecting key messages. Also the fact this was accomplished as a Western – a genre I’m generally not a fan of, is quite remarkable. Warning: This post contains major spoilers from the show. … Continue reading Developing Cornerstones

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fashion

How to Find Value in an $800 Pair of Shoes

Generally speaking I think it’s fair to say most things are affordable if they are purchased individually without comparison to any opportunity cost. By this I mean dropping $1,000 is relatively easy if there were no other obligations or desires (I think I may have said something similar previously in another post). This only becomes a challenge when forced to choose and compromise how to … Continue reading How to Find Value in an $800 Pair of Shoes

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happiness, personal development

Standing in the Shower

The clearest ideas often come from standing in the shower. Similar to how checking social media while sitting on the toilet seem to go hand in hand, breakthrough moments of clarity while taking a relaxing shower, appears to be a match made in heaven. These timely moments of clarity are also a great reminder progression and achievement all start with small potentially insignificant episodes which when … Continue reading Standing in the Shower

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lifestyle, travel

Niseko vs. Hakuba

As it is a Sunday, I thought I’d take on a lighter tone from the more serious posts of the last few weeks. It seems that my most popular posts are essentially sarcastic rants about materialistic luxury items (see ‘Favourite Luxury Items‘ and ‘How to Dress Cool‘). This makes me wonder if the reason they are so popular is because it’s; A) Actually funny B) … Continue reading Niseko vs. Hakuba

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Introductions, personal development

Being Interesting

I went to a mentoring seminar recently which was about how to find the right kind of mentor. I generally like to go to these kinda of events more for the networking opportunities than the actual content. However, I found this session particularly interesting because the presenter, Dan didn’t make the session about how to create a master and apprentice situation (despite the best efforts from the audience to … Continue reading Being Interesting

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happiness, personal development, Relationships

Happy Endings

Most people at some point wish, or in some cases have actually visualised some aspect of their life as if it was a movie script. Usually this will follow the standard hollywood script. The protagonist will find themselves in a new situation which they have to adjust to. There will be a number of subplots along the way to help the narrative but essentially, the … Continue reading Happy Endings

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personal development, sport

King Eric

I’ve always been intrigued by unabashed arrogance and when it is coupled with brilliance (of the ‘legendary’ Barney Stinson kind), I just can’t get enough of it. This is why like so many other Manchester United fans, I am still captivated by the likes of Eric Cantona (a.k.a King Eric). His influence and wealth of ‘legendary’ moments during the 90’s were such that even today the … Continue reading King Eric

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career, personal development, Relationships, work life

No Substitutes

There’s a scene in Good Will Hunting (which many people would be familiar with), where Robin Williams (R.I.P) says to Matt Damon (whole scene here): “..if I asked you about art, you’d probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo, you know a lot about him. Life’s work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientations, the whole works, right? But … Continue reading No Substitutes

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