How shit on the bathroom floor reinforced an important business lesson for me.
Minutes before we left our apartment to celebrate my wife’s birthday, the toilet broke and our bathroom was flooded.
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“The struggles of a PR-exec turned startup-founder.” Almost a book title.
I don’t need to write a book or an essay. I can sum it all up in one sentence:
Roots form early…impalpably early.
Our 2.5-year-old daughter Elizabeth has been behaving oddly today.
The Lady in the Sidelines
I saw her in the sideline today
Out of the corner of my eye
Hi Charlie
The main reason for me: Google Voice allows me to make and receive text messages . I want that for 2FA, and it’ll be nice to use SMS with…
So, I got back from the future today… And here’s what I discovered…
Man will cease to MAKE gods; and instead, seek to BE gods.
Why… How we lose our life purpose at age two.
My daughter — at age two — is now asking the one-word question that many dread.
I wake, in the middle of the night, realizing that…
I’ve been resisting doing my best thinking and planning… because of an unconscious fear — that no one can execute those plans, and bring…
There are always two games — yours and theirs.
There are a few things that I love intensely, apart from my family, friends and the startup life.
What’s Your ONE THING?
A social exercise to cultivate success
I’ve moved most of my day-to-day banking to Citibank Singapore, Citibank US, Australia etc.
Local Singapore banks have authentication tokens that I bring with me on travel. So I don’t really need my cellphone to authenticate.
Why I’m giving up a fixed mobile number that I’ve had for close to 20 years.
Everyone has a mobile number that — presumably — never changes. Ever.
The Birth of The Commissioned
The Genesis… I Never Knew I Could Commission Art
‘Like’ or ‘Dislike’: Judgement and Empathy in a ‘Facebook-world’
And why I propose not to work on a ‘Dislike’ button (or an alternative), but to replace the ‘Like’ button with something else…
Letter to Elizabeth #11
Dear Elizabeth