Dealing With Failure in an Achievement Oriented Society — Being a startup founder is one of the toughest things I’ve done. It’s a lot of hard work for very little financial reward/ security. This post will hit home. I’ve been struggling with imposter syndrome for the past few months, its been hard to work my business. …

Don’t Just Slap a Band-Aid On Burnout. — Some mornings I stay in bed for 2 hours when normally I would be up in 2 minutes. I lie in bed deep in negative thoughts and pumping anxiety in my heart after a night of bad sleep, and I tell myself, “It’s okay, I got this” 20 times. We…

Write Smart, Not Just Hard. Optimize How You Write Your Articles. — It is said that to be successful on any platform — Medium/ YouTube/Twitter/ LinkedIn, all you need to do is publish/ post consistently. Yes, at least once a day. For those starting out, once a day seems immensely daunting and effortful, but fortune favours those that outlast the rest. If…

Don’t Lose Out. The Most Underrated Skill — Learning and Growing Through Self-Reflection. — Entrepreneurs typically make the mistake of just being workhorses, fighting fires every day and making sure they’re at peak productive performance. Getting through to-do lists that never seem to end, sitting through back to back meetings and building the business is a full-time job. It never seems like we have…

Going From 10 Instagram Stories a Day to None — Confessions of an Ex-social Media Addict — In 2020, when Singapore was in lockdown, I remember having a fond conversation with a good friend of mine. I noticed that I stopped receiving his constant stream of Instagram Stories — Books he was reading, Clubhouse hangouts he was having and his delicious goodies from his sudden baking obsession. …

Running a Business Isn’t Easy, Fall 2 Times, Get Up 3 — Running a business isn’t easy, fall 2 times, get up 3 Most of us don’t have the benefit of being 3-time entrepreneurs. We started from scratch and this is our first foray stepping into the world of business. No matter the stage you’re at now, running a business is tough. We’ve made mistakes and cried over spilt milk, but we’re still…

Learning More About Myself, One Trip at A Time — I’ve always struggled to put words to this experience, it inspired, it refreshed, and recentered me in ways I never knew possible. “Cover the earth, before it covers you.” — Dagobert D. Runes In 2019, before the madness that was covid, I spent 6 months backpacking Europe. …

Track > Measure > Iterate — I’ve mentioned a couple of times that I obsess over improving my life and getting better at everything. I’m a strong believer that to get better at anything we need to follow the simple formula of track > measure > iterate. Tracking would mean observation of goals and success metrics…

Are You Making a Living or Making A Dying? — This week marks my 1st year in my current company. Which also prompted me to think about how stress levels seemed to have risen for me and my colleagues. We all talk about how we feel we’ve aged 10 years since starting work.