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When the rainmaker walks out
Most companies worry about cash flow and staying afloat. But while you may not run out of money, you can also die by running out of people.
6 hours ago2 min read


Some things are not meant to be fixed
When people have been brought up accustomed to a lifetime of debt and instalment programs, taking on credit becomes a part of life. Who are you to say otherwise?
Oct 166 min read


Is AI bad for humanity?
Without appropriate human iteration and intervention, we risk creating a knowledge ecosystem that is highly transactional and built on potentially fragile foundations.
Sep 156 min read


The value of an empty morning
When you think of time in countable units, everything suddenly seems finite and few. It makes you also think about how much of your daily life can easily be consumed by simply doing stuff that you don’t like to do, or doing things that disagree with your core values.
Jun 224 min read


Low value human capital
Instead of just sacking the lift attendants, we have gone all out to proclaim that the world no longer needs a whole bunch of people sitting in the corners of lifts to operate them.
May 252 min read


A short note to close the year.
"Nobody checks on a man to see if he’s okay, they check to see if he is still useful."
Dec 31, 20253 min read


Not all of us wants to outrun a ghost
When you have been brought up most of your life learning how to game the system, the metric for success becomes defined as beating someone rather than curating the life you actually want.
Nov 21, 20254 min read


How the good stuff gets killed
"Don’t use a typewriter. The noise will destroy your sense of rhythm, which still needs years of training."
- CS Lewis
Aug 4, 20254 min read


Finding the escape velocity
According to aero-propulsion engineering, most of a plane's fuel is burned when it is taxi-ing and taking off, not when cruising in mid air. Any new venture needs to overcome an initial resistance in order to achieve a breakthrough.
May 17, 20252 min read


A good day to take a walk
“The good news is that the Italians make the pasta and the Swiss make the watches. But if we stop world trade, and the Swiss have to their own pasta, and the Italians have to make their own watches, then people in both countries, arguably, will be a little worse off.”
- Howard Marks
Apr 6, 20253 min read


Be it ever so humble...
When I arrived in Hong Kong in May 2021, I spent over two years of living out of a suitcase in a serviced hotel...
Aug 23, 20245 min read


Doing the things that you don't like to do
If you are not careful in protecting your dreams, someone else will show up and make you build their dreams for them.
Aug 16, 20246 min read


A unique window of opportunity
If we play our cards well today, Singapore’s equities market might have a fighting chance.
Aug 9, 20243 min read


Older, but none the wiser
Reflections on money and true wealth.
Jul 4, 20244 min read


A great way to fly again
Singapore Airlines ends an interesting chapter of its history with the redemption of its last remaining mandatory convertible bonds.
Jun 25, 20243 min read


The good money comes later in life
Once you reach the onset of the forties, it will take just 10 years to recover everything that you had earned in the last 16 years.
Jun 19, 20243 min read


Pivot, change, adjust
"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss." - Eric Roth
May 21, 20248 min read


An English speaking taxi driver in Shenzhen
If someone older with a mediocre income can learn English as a second language, what excuses do we have for not picking up a new skill?
May 15, 20243 min read
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