When I entered the ‘real world’ with a degree in commerce, I never thought I would find myself in the creative industry one day. It happened after a few ups and downs, and someone took a big risk to give me a book project, giving me the confidence I needed to call myself a ‘writer’.…
Interviewing Jayshen for ‘Own Your Story’ podcast was a fun experience that awakened the geek in me. From the intention to replace formal learning with video games to propelling human civilization, it was fascinating to pick this ‘out-of-the-box’ brain and learn his thought process. In his current position as a ‘business psychiatrist’ for start-ups, Jay…
I was recently engaged to conduct a sharing session with a group of design students about creativity and ‘owning my story’. The lecturer who invited me told me that some students are lost without a direction after college. I smiled, but I didn’t tell her that I feel the same sometimes. After 5 years of…
When I met a new client recently, I told him about my work in two different directions — writing for entrepreneurs or corporates and building a movement around ‘own your story’. Somewhere along the line, I mentioned my goal to empower people ‘to come alive doing what they love’. Hearing myself saying that, I thought…
It is rare to meet a wine maker in a tropical country like Malaysia, let alone a financial consultant who turned into wine maker before diving into movie making. I knew I had to dig into his story when I first met Kevin. It was such a bliss to explore life from his angle distilled…
When I put down the book ‘Untethered Soul’, I could still feel the goosebumps I got from the chapter ‘Contemplating Death’. It’s true, death is the best teacher in life that we are too scared to face. One breath is all it takes to make everything disappear and we are all equal at the end.…
When I first met Nicholas, a mutual friend jokingly told me that I should do a podcast with him to hear his interesting story. I looked at the humble young man who didn’t talk much and thought, sure, I was eager to find out what I can learn from him. Sometimes, the smartest person in…
Sometimes, I run away from life. I ran away when all the plans in my head didn’t feel right, and yet I couldn’t grasp what my heart wants. I was told that this is a typical millennial’s self-induced problem. Just do something, they said, get a job. No books or coach could elevate my internal…
I’ve always loved books. When my friends and I came up with the idea to host a book club, my past experience where a discussion was dominated by a few people made me cringe. How can we make it more interactive, inclusive and diverse? So, we decided to do a democratised book sharing session where…
“Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun.” ― Muhammad Yunus Maybe it’s the Nobel-Laureate effect, Professor Yunus’ guest lecture at Sunway University was one of the most intriguing lectures I’ve ever attended. To start with, the eager student on my left was a retired consultant in his 60s.…
I got to know Lalaina Rackson when she wrote an article citing my quote ’to live a life true to ourselves, we need a strong mind and a breakable heart’. After following her account on Medium, I was impressed that this creator from Paris posted a new piece of content almost every day on the…
“Death is giving meaning to your life. You’re the one who throws your life away.” — The Untethered Soul My heart skipped a beat when I saw this line. THROW-YOUR-LIFE-AWAY. A year ago, these exact four words were like a heavy pile that pinned me down on the ground, so harsh and so strong that I was…