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Managing Is Not the Same as Transmitting
Most founders fill the managing layer and leave the transmission layer empty, then wonder why their team can execute but cannot navigate.
Spend It Well
Most builders don't sit long enough with what they're actually asking their team to give. The math, and what I owe the people on the other side of it.
While They're Still Here
I met someone full of life. A few days later her father died. My parents are in their sixties too, and I had to stop pretending the bet I'm making doesn't exist.
My Base Case Is Their Bull Case
What a month carrying dishes at a Malaysian restaurant in Sydney taught me about money, work, and what to do with an advantage I didn't earn.
The Standard Setter
What Molly taught me without ever sitting me down to teach me anything.
No Way Back
On the 5km run with asthma, the driving instructor who tried to break me, and what I learned about cutting off your own exit.
The Conversation I Didn't Plan to Have
Past midnight at a quiet mamak. My primary school art teacher across the room. An hour I didn't go looking for, but I think some part of me was ready to be found.
The Honest Reason I Considered Corporate
Why I almost joined a Big 4, and what it taught me about how I'm actually wired to meet people.
I Was Thinking About the Launch When I Crashed the Car
I used to want a Lamborghini. After 3am, I just want a mind that's actually where my body is.
The Closest People Got the Least from Me
I confused carelessness with intimacy. A friend's one quiet sentence taught me the difference.
The Most Insecure Person in the Room
Real security is not the job. Real security is not the business. It is the person you become in the absence of good choices.
You're Heard. I Think.
What 'heard' really means when you're moving fast and the call has already been made.
No One Cares More Than You
You can't give someone your hunger. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll find the right people for the right reasons.
Built for November
Why I closed an Instagram account that still worked, and what walking away from your own proof actually costs.
面对离开
On grieving a future that never happened, and what it taught me about holding on, letting go, and 成全.
Why I Chose Accounting and Finance
I didn't choose it to become an accountant. I chose it because I already knew what I didn't need a degree for.
Why I Came Home
I didn't leave Sydney because something went wrong. I left because I got clear.