From a movie based on the life of a 20 something female who built the most exclusive high-stakes, an underground poker game in the world and a book written by a shame researcher on her life work, I learned a common life lesson in these 2 vastly different sources — the power of owning our story. In…
When I saw Sadhguru on Impact Theory podcast, I was so excited to explore the intersection between the world of spirituality and entrepreneurship. While Tom Bilyeu, a Type-A entrepreneur, was passionate about inspiring people to be more and do more, Sadhguru’s teaching is about seeing the world as a whole and we are part of the…
When K. Wanderman (a creative entrepreneur and active contributor of OYS) brought up the subject literature for Own Your Story community, my first internal reaction was a huge question mark. Somewhere along the process of exploring our approach, I had a paradigm shift when Kevin mentioned a quote scripted under the statue commemorating Vietnam War in the US — ‘freedom is…
I came across the book ‘The Alchemist’ when I was on a ‘soul-searching’ trip in Vietnam. I was in a noodle shop when a man I just befriended showed me the book he read on the mountain top that morning — The Alchemist. At that point, I’ve heard of the book but haven’t read it yet. So…
At the mark of the 40th episode of Own Your Story podcast, I decided to put a stop to this journey and focus on turning the audio contents into a book, something tangible that people could hold, a medium in which I could express myself most honestly. 40 episodes. They represented 40 times of putting myself out…
I connected with Yi Xuan on social media before we met in an event. When I invited him to participate in a magazine sharing session as a curated sharer, he gracefully accepted and brought us a heartfelt story about quarter-life crisis. It took a lot of courage to share his struggles as a millennial who…
Ever since I met Yong Tien Cin during Christmas season in December 2018, she injected a stream of fresh air into our community by initiating a monthly Yoga and Sutra session. Besides the relaxing and therapeutic activities that take place in nature, what we appreciate even more is her yummy and healthy homemade snack! While Tien always…
I’ve been swimming in doubt for a while in the midst of planning for a new book until a friend pointed me to the right questions: what is the big question that you are trying to answer? Why does the book matter? While I have the clear intention to gather all ‘Own Your Story’ podcast…
“If someone isn’t even seeing or hearing you, what they have to say isn’t relevant to the world you live in.” Zat Rana When I finished watching the movie ‘Temple Grantin’, I was engulfed in a mixed feeling of guilt, love, and gratitude. Temple Grandin was diagnosed as an autistic child and only started to speak…
It was hard to believe it when Heidy, the coach and captain of Malaysia dodgeball team, told me that he used to be a chubby kid who was bullied at school. Some kids could have resorted to drugs and negative demeanour, but he found sports. Maybe, it is also this experience that taught him to…
“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out I am brave, I am bruised I am who I’m meant to be, this is me” – This is Me, The Greatest Showman I love the version of this song when Keala and the crew performed it in a studio…
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…