Blog
This is a collection of stories and daily musings.
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Should you ditch the old model and buy a new one?
It really felt nostalgic having my dead smartphone again in my hands. It felt unusually bulky than the keypad phone I’m beginning to get used to. And this is the time to take it out from its grave. Because my work and lifestyle is way much intertwined with how I connect to mobile devices. I… Read more
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10 ways our education system could stimulate young minds
The title is a direct quote from a summary section in the book Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson. Although the book was published in 2010, I believe that we can still learn something from it, even twelve… Read more
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“Blessedly disconnected”
Perhaps, my smartphone (which died four months ago) gave my brain space to breathe and my small hands some freedom. I know I’ve become like a parrot telling you again and again how I begin to notice the people surrounding me relate to their smartphones because where else would my attention go? There’s nothing much… Read more
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Moving on from past successes
As I ruminate on my past successes, I am haunted by what got you here won’t get you there idea. And it’s true. We must keep improving at what we do, creating new things, and acquiring new skills we’ve never done before so we can progress. However, when we are so preoccupied with the has… Read more
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My workplace in a bag
I still thought about Seth Godin’s ‘Goodbye to the Office‘ blog post from 12 years ago. Here it goes: Factories used to be arranged in a straight line. That’s because there was one steam engine, and it turned a shaft. All the machines were set up along the shaft, with a belt giving each of… Read more
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Everything begins with a thought
Did you ever wonder why you did what you did? Most of the time, you’ve thought about it passionately before committing it. “Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a life.” And we control the thoughts we sow–the thoughts we continually allow our minds to dwell… Read more
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Thoughts on career growth
You’ll eventually get burned out working day in and day out when you don’t have time to rest. And if you are too lazy to do anything, you won’t be going anywhere either. As I turn 30 in a few years, I’m considering going out of the cycle of looking for money just to buy… Read more
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