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She Didn’t Climb Up Through Connections—She Earned It SONE-687
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SONE-687 Our team recently got a new leader. Her name was Lin Chih-Hsia. On her first day, she walked into the meeting room in a crisp blazer, smiling politely. The room went quiet for a few seconds. Everyone knew she had been referred by a friend of the manager. “She probably got in through…
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Between Us, Just a Surname Apart SONE-543
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SONE-543 Our company recently hired a new receptionist. The moment she walked in and took her place at the front desk, I nearly dropped my coffee. That smile, with the same dimples, and a name I knew far too well—Shen Yiqing. We were classmates all four years of college. Always seated near each other.…
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One Hand to Hold, for a Lifetime AOE-262
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AOE-262 She stood under the sunlight on the train platform, wearing a simple white blouse, shielding her eyes with her hand. A train passed behind her as she turned and smiled at me. In that moment, it felt like all the light in the world had gathered in her smile. I never thought this…
