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.
Escape velocity
In aero-propulsion engineering, it has been found that the most amount of fuel per kilometer is burned when a plane is taxi-ing and taking off, not when it is cruising in mid air.
Some shortfalls of conventional wisdom
"I hereby sincerely apply for a job"
"Back in the old days"
Being humble.
Stuff which I have 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.
Truth, reality, limitations and executive roles
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.