I am convinced that there are no disadvantaged people in life. There are only people who refuse to make the most of the resources available to them. I know that there are people who have had it far worse than I have in life, but I have also seen people from much poorer backgrounds who have achieved far more than I have. We need to stop complaining about what we do not have and start maximizing what we do have.
Our world has changed forever, and we may not even realize the full extent of that transformation for a while. When news broke about a new virus from China early in 2020, it felt so far away from the rest of the world. Three short months after, the entire world had ground to a complete halt. Never in recent history,… Read More »The New Normal is Here. Embrace it.
What excites me today is that I am not making the same mistakes that I made last year. With each new advancement comes different challenges, but I have learned focus, empathy, stress-management, delivery, and a quality-first mindset from some of the managers with whom I have been privileged to work. I can only hope that I have done a good enough job of passing off some of these lessons to my teams as well.
When I was in university some years ago, I was primarily involved in journalism. I loved it. I was also a part-time Geography teacher in a private high school while running tutorials for my peers and juniors. Then I took on debating and public speaking in my second year and won a range of competitions; I then interned as a… Read More »For Discovery, Before Purpose
You hate to fail. You cannot stand the pain of disappointment. You work very hard and push yourself to the farthest limits, because you’ve tasted victory once in life, and you want that same taste over and over again. You have the best work ethic anyone can aspire to, and your incredible skills are designed to bring you great results… Read More »In The End