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Book of the Year 2021

It is time of the year to select the most impactful book to me. Note that I choose the book of the year by the time I read it and not based on when it was published. The key factor in selecting the book lies in its...

December 21, 2021| CYH Read More

The Creator Economy plays a part in the Great Resignation

The Great Resignation is a term coined to describe the wave of resignations happening in the U.S. and Europe after the Covid pandemic subsides. Those who have managed to have a job during the pandemic would have stayed...

December 21, 2021| CYH Read More

How your personality affects your investments

1. I was in a panel discussion with Chris Ng and he shared about using the Big Five personality test to help you narrow down the kind of investments you should do. Thought it was interesting to share some details here....

December 16, 2021| CYH Read More

Volatility cannot be understood until it is felt

No matter how much theories you went through or how much you explain it to yourself, you will never understand what is balancing until you have experienced it on a bike. 2. Likewise, investors will never understand...

December 14, 2021| CYH Read More

Evolution in learning

(Excerpt from The Almanack of Ravikant) The most important skill for getting rich is becoming a perpetual learner. You have to know how to learn anything you want to learn. The old model of making money is going to...

December 13, 2021| Learning, Success Read More

Career map vs unmapped career

(Excerpt from Monday Musings 6 Dec 2021 by David Perell) Every industry has a map. Not a literal map, but a cognitive one filled with different skills needed to make money and produce products. Because of this, building...

December 7, 2021| Strategy, Structure drives behaviour, Success Read More

Where would this company be without this individual?

(Excerpt from Monday Musings 6 Dec 2021 by David Perell) …what if pay is determined by asking: “Where would this company be without this individual?” The higher the number, the higher the pay should be — no...

December 7, 2021| People, Success Read More

Air Travel Entropy

Most of us have not travelled out of the country after Covid struck. Air travel has not fully recovered its capacity yet, if ever. And now we have to do testing before and after a flight. Air travel is a complex system...

December 7, 2021| CYH Read More

On Grab and Sea

It was a proud moment for Singapore’s business scene as Grab became the largest company to list via a SPAC merger. 1) While the focus might be on the share price tumbling 21%, it is worthwhile to celebrate this...

December 3, 2021| CYH Read More

8 years of investor observations

After training and interacting with investors for the past 8 years, here’re some bad world views I have observed. 1) Some don’t want to hear that they can have $x millions if they invest for the next 30 years. They...

December 3, 2021| CYH Read More

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