I’ve Left My Stable 9-5 Job, Now What?
For anyone thinking about doing a career pivot, here are some early learnings from my experience.
Why I Left My Iron Rice Bowl
Sometimes, not changing or evolving might be the greatest risk.
Is Business School Worth It?
Life has to be lived forwards but can best be understood backward. Some guiding thoughts on how to best decide.
The Advice I Didn’t Need
You become what you feed your mind. Regardless of how smart, savvy or inspired you are, if you don’t guard the door of your mind, you are giving the tacit approval of the disempowering, uninspiring, and cynical.
How Much Allowance I give my Mum
Singaporeans love comparing so much, it’d probably be mistaken as our favorite pastime.
How I Got by Uni and Poly Without Paying
Getting a scholarship would significantly ease your family’s finances. Read more on the tips to increase your chances!
The Problem with Perfectionism
The quest for perfectionism is a defense mechanism that prevents us from doing anything. It is the worst procrastination tool around.
Start the process by not judging yourself.
Advice to My 20-Year-Old Self
In my early 20s, I remember asking older folks a bunch of questions. Trying to pick up some guiding principles for decision-making. Choosing the ‘right’ university, career and on how to manage money.
Fast forward a decade later, these are advice…
Becoming 30: Receiving a Message from My Younger Self
On 23 Jan 2020, I opened my inbox and read the subject title “WHAT’S NEXT?”
It was a delayed message sent by my younger self to pause and reflect. I set the delayed message years back.
Looking back at my journals, I…
How to Ask Better Questions
Successful people are not more talented than you and I.
What makes them successful are often uncommon habits and asking bigger questions. The more ridiculous the question, the more profound the answers.
If we want to learn from the best…
Winning the Ovarian Lottery
While some of us were less ‘lucky’ than others in the ovarian lottery, all of us have the opportunity to create our own luck. Because luck simply comes down to a series of choices. As the saying goes “chance favors…
The S-Curve of Life
Every process, be it a business, a country, or your life, is like an S-curve lying on its side.
We first start out by putting more in.
By way of education, investment, or experiment before it starts going up. And when it…