Haircut

Sitting on the barber chair, I realized it was difficult to communicate with the hairdresser. She spoke English with a thick accent and at the end I ended up using signs to tell her what type of cut I wanted.

The haircut "process" seems different than in the US. What used to take about 20 minutes back in the US now took about 50 minutes. Two people worked on me: one cut the hair and the other shampooed it (and massage for at least 25 minutes). That remimded me of the division of labor principle, maybe each person specializes in a particular trade, I'm not sure. The whole cycle seems well rehersed and I liked the detailed process.

Today I also interviewed a candidate for admissions at Johnson School at Cornell. It always amazes me the quality of the applicants. That's in part why I like to interview candidates: I get to know very interesting and driven people and I learn lessons from them. I have forced myself to evaluate Asian candidates with a mixture of both "Western" and "Asian" lenses, since now I understand how different life experiences could be. The constant element I see (and I look for) is the drive to make a difference. I hope I get to interview more people