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.
When you think about it
No one grows up thinking: "I'm passionate about tax law", but the best tax lawyers fly private jets and have a much broader selection of mates than they deserve.
Finding the escape velocity
Every new venture has to overcome an initial resistance to achieve a breakthrough.
Shortfalls of conventional wisdom
Lessons on getting educated, unhealthy comparisons and staying humble.
Read and heard recently
A few hours of distraction every day is the most common recipe of an average life. Cut the noise and get things done.
Reality and limitations
Do not believe anything ever again, time to slow down, and no more executive roles after your fifties.
Seen and heard
You could be professionally correct, but being correct does not mean that it is the right thing to do.
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...
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.
Older, but none the wiser
Reflections on money and true wealth.
Pivot, change, adjust
"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss."
- Eric Roth
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?