Teams come in 2 sizes, lean versus volume. Former focuses on mission execution and the later focuses on strategic formation. Recently, I traded 1 headcount in exchange of removing video production from the responsibility. The team becomes leaner and easier to focus on go-to-market planning, asset creation, and channel enablement. It made sense since video…

If we want to become a physically fit person, then the better chance of success is to join a community. The search for community could be a series of trial and error. Begin with signing up for a nearby gym membership, but give up in a few months. Later find a much enjoyable experience in…

We profile the company that we do business with. We might even profile the key contact person’s interest and birthday for gift. Why don’t we do that to our friends and family? Recently while visiting an old friend, I added ‘cooks dinner for the kid’ and ‘enjoys noodle more than rice’ in to his profile…

As an engineering student walking in campus, you’re given a handout by a middle age man on the sidewalk. The handout read “Challenge on French Translation”. Out of boredom after the final exam, you pull out Google Translate and ChatGPT to kill the time. A week later, dean of school called. From this point on,…

The feeling of running out of ink in a middle of a meeting and trying to touch the paper lightly to squeeze its last ink drop is disturbing. That made Lamy Safari a fountain pen worth constant revisiting. It’s a bless not having to unscrew the pen and flip it upside down to check the…