Mathew is an acquaintance I’ve known for a long, long time. Even though we were just ‘social media’ friend, I really admire his persistent and passion for building ‘y=mx+c’, a Youtube channel for SPM & Pre-U Math tutorial. When I was thinking about people around me who has a story to tell, I thought of…
Tag: entrepreneurship
Own Your Story #16 with Tom Kuegler: Take a chance doing what you love
In my journey of creating a podcast channel, Tom Kuegler is the first person I spoke to virtually for the first time. I told him frankly that I was nervous. He laughed and told me not to worry, the person being interviewed is probably as nervous as you are, he said. For a 25-year-old, Tom…
5 ruthless questions to ask before making a massive leap
I was on the running track one day, thoughts racing in my head. I could taste fear and anxiety, a sort of existential crisis that wasn’t estrange. I felt that I hadn’t lived up to my best self, I felt that clock is ticking faster as I approached late twenties, I felt torn between choices,…
Courage
I’ve always thought that coffee is love of my life, until all hell broke loose one day. The moment of truth struck during my first coaching session when I was required to write down the ‘why’ behind my ‘wants’. I wrote: I want to help people to live a happy and fulfilled live in their…
Give Life Who You Are
Life might give us everything we want, it might give us nothing we want; but we can give life who we are. – Unknown This quote has given me so much strength when my world is shaken with changes. I met my mentor on a plane ride early this year. After working with him on…
5 Ways to Embrace Challenges as Frenemy
Entrepreneurship becomes the ‘in’ thing when people started celebrating and worshiping unicorn companies. However, there are numerous articles circulated in the web telling us about sweat and tears behind the pride in telling people ‘I run my own business’. I couldn’t agree more having gone through some crushing moments myself, like how it hurt when…
Is it worth it?
One and a half months into being a (over-rated) ‘startup founder’, a friend asked me this question knowing that my team was making coffee in an event until 4 am in the morning. It was a weekend. He started to project our total revenue, profit margin, earning per hour and all the hard figures, leading…
Entrepreneurship vs. Love
I broke up with my VC boyfriend.He told me that he wasn’t in the right place to have a relationship when the hours and workloads are getting crazier and crazier. I can’t give up as I’m getting so close and I have a lot of people to prove wrong. Wrong timing? I read an article…