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, 2025
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.
May 30, 2025
Finding the escape velocity
Every new venture has to overcome an initial resistance to achieve a breakthrough.
May 17, 2025
Shortfalls of conventional wisdom
Lessons on getting educated, unhealthy comparisons and staying humble.
May 1, 2025
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.
Mar 15, 2025
Reality and limitations
Do not believe anything ever again, time to slow down, and no more executive roles after your fifties.
Feb 20, 2025
Seen and heard
You could be professionally correct, but being correct does not mean that it is the right thing to do.
Nov 1, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
Older, but none the wiser
Reflections on money and true wealth.
Jul 4, 2024
