I never considered myself “strong”. I’d see those huge guys in the gym deadlifting plates the size of car tyres, and I’d think to myself, “Okay forget it, I’ll never be like that so let’s just go do some bicep curls and call it a day.” But late last year, I started feeling like I […]
I used to read nonfiction books exclusively. I’m not sure when it started. Probably sometime in college when I – like so many delusional males my age – decided that I wanted to become rich. And so I started reading anything that could help me get rich. I read books about entrepreneurship, personal finance, productivity,
My team decided to do a meetings purge this week. We went on a rampage, cancelling hours of recurring meetings from our calendars. It felt great. It also got me thinking: Why do we hate our meetings so much? Why do we bemoan the fact that we don’t have time for lunch, because we have
I’ll always remember the moment when I decided that I wanted to jump to the tech industry. It was 2015, and Twitter had invited us, as clients, to their new Singapore office on Cecil Street. It was filled with colourful lamps and beanbags and Peranakan tiles. It might have looked conventional by today’s standards, but
A couple of weeks ago, I was trying to explain passive investing to some friends. I could tell from their expressions that my message wasn’t landing, so I decided to switch it up and use an analogy that they understood best: Alcohol. Here’s what I shared. The cocktail sampler set Imagine that you love cocktails.
Hello from Europe! I’m taking some time off and writing this on a 5-hour train ride. I FINALLY have some mental capacity to write after taking a couple of days off from the craziness of work. I know, I know, I haven’t been writing even though I said I was going to do more writing
Here’s an idea: Take a whole week off and just stay where you are. Don’t travel. Don’t fill it with a activities and classes and errands. Just take the time off, with no plans, and see what happens. I tried this for the first time last year, in the second-last week of December. And it
You have to watch The Devil’s Plan on Netflix. It’s a Korean reality TV series where 10 contestants face off playing games of strategy and intelligence. It’s like Physical 100, but for smart people. What I found particularly interesting was that it wasn’t just a game show, but there were several metagames being played throughout
The person who writes down the thing has tremendous power. One of the ways you find the up-and-comers at a tech company is just like, “Okay who wrote down the plan?”That doesn’t mean that they came up with everything, that doesn’t mean that they had all the ideas, but they actually have the energy and
