There I was, peacefully enjoying my Saturday morning coffee when my eyes landed on the Chinese New Year decorations still stubbornly clinging to my house.
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Working Soundtrack
I have a slightly obsessive relationship with background music while working. I like to match beats to brainwaves.
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It was supposed to be a casual meet up but we ended up poisoning each other.
Last Sunday, three friends (me included) wandered into a digital mall in PJ, armed with credit cards and lethal doses of persuasive skills. You see, when marketing folks shop together, we don’t just encourage each other– we deploy the same psychological tactics we typically reserve for work.
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“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”
I wish I could claim that nugget of wisdom as my own, but unfortunately, some Harvard Business School professor beat me to it decades ago.
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Not being a local food connoisseur of the Pulau Tikus market, I relied on my trusty Foolproof Food-Finding Formula to sniff out the best eats.
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Let’s be real: interstate family reunions are magical but the journey to get there? Not so much.
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