How are your 2023 resolutions going so far? There are loads of strategies that you could adopt to hit your goals: But now that we’re two weeks into 2023, some of your especially tricky goals might be starting to feel a little shaky. For example, I had a goal of going to sleep by 10.30pm […]
The biggest news in the tech world in the past couple of weeks was the release of of OpenAI’s ChatGPT interface. If you haven’t played around with it, you should. It’s a cool experience to see how a machine can immediately spit out a philosophical discourse, a scientific explanation, and even an entire song with
“We are surrounded by knowledge, yet starving for wisdom” Tiago Forte, author of Building A Second Brain Everyone knows that starting a new job is stressful. When I started at my new job two years ago, people would throw decks, templates, SOPs, client intel, and a whole barrage of information at me. It was like
I love bathroom breaks, especially when it’s time to get down to uhm, “serious business”. That’s the only time in my day when I get to mindlessly scroll through Facebook and Quora without feeling guilty. But this week, as I sat down in my usual cubicle, I started to panic. As part of an experiment, I
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You’re waiting in line to order your ban mian. There are about 5 people ahead of you. What do you do? You pull out your phone and check your Instagram feed. You head to the office bathroom to do your morning ahem, rituals. After settling in, you pull out
So I was hoping you could help me out with something. I’ve been pondering it all weekend and I just can’t figure it out. Usually, when this happens, I sit down and do a brain dump of all the thoughts swirling in my brain. Then I organise it, write several drafts, find a nice picture,
Heyyyyaaa! I know, I know, I’ve been away for awhile now. No, I’m not dead (yet). I haven’t posted for several weeks because work has been crazy busy in the past month: 3 countries, lots and lots of meetings, a bunch of presentations, and my wife got baptised over the weekend (Yay!). I’m won’t bore you
One of my favorite movie scenes of all time comes from the film Limitless. Bradley Cooper plays Eddie – a down-and-out loser who’s struggling in his career as a writer. He comes across NZT-48 – a “smart drug” that lets him access 100% of his brain instead of the usual 10% (this is a myth, but hey,
Ugh, I swear if I read another life-coach blogpost talking about “SMART goals”, I’m going to stab myself in the eye with a plateful of ikan bilis. Today, SMART is THE cliche of the personal development world. It’s the equivalent of a student ending his essay with, “…And then he realised it was just a dream.” It makes us all roll out eyes.
