My reflection or thought on random matters
Having read one too many posts on LinkedIn about the enviable lives of digital nomads working at the beach, sitting under the sun while sipping away their pina colada, I decided to try that myself. And so last week, I…
Writing a full year recap is no different from doing an annual performance review. Recency effects kick in and one can barely recall what happened a month ago, let alone things in the first quarter of the year. So how…
When the final paper for this year’s Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) was done and dusted, all 12-year-olds in Singapore and their parents did a little dance of joy. I was close to tears of joy after my son completed his. No…
My father died of a heart attack when I was 13. Perhaps I was too young but I don’t remember crying when I heard the news. It wasn’t that he wasn’t a good father – he was – he worked…
As I continue my educational journey with ThePowerMBA, it never ceases to amaze me the level of detail that each of the modules gets into. Most recently I completed a module titled “Targeting: looking vs. not looking”. Targeting is something…
Early 2020, I started a habit of noting down quotes from books, articles, podcasts that resonated with me in my Evernote. Occasionally I revisit them as a reminder, especially when I feel lost and overwhelmed. Although they touch on very…
It is hard to talk about 2020 without mentioning about Covid. The virus has radically transform the way we live. It erased our plan to visit Australia (would have been my first) in June 2020 and my first speaking engagement…
A few weeks ago I shared that I am taking ThePowerMBA program, an online business qualification, with a curriculum that features business leaders from companies like Shazam, Waze, and Airbnb. It can be completed in 15-minute chunks from the comfort…
