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This is a living archive of my thoughts, experiences, and hard-earned insights, drawn from an unusual life. Here you’ll find reflections on the food I’ve eaten, the things I’ve bought, the people I’ve encountered, the places I’ve seen, the books I’ve read, the quotes I’ve kept, and the trends I’ve spotted and capitalized on.
I write this for you, my children, those already here and those yet to come. Daddy loves you more than words can hold. I want each of you to live lives you’re proud of. This is my thinking, in my own voice, left here for you to explore. I hope one day it proves useful.
If, by some unlikely chance, I’m gone before I can guide you in person, let this stand as a poor substitute. But in the more likely case that I’m still here, let this serve as an intellectual archive, a record that I held these convictions long before you were born. May that give weight to my words, and credibility to the wisdom I hope to pass on to you.
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Fools learn from experience, I prefer to learn from the experience of others. Only a fool learns from his own mistakes, The Wise man learns from the mistakes of others. When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good…
This whole time I thought that changing the world was something you did. And act you performed, something you fought for. I don’t know if that is true anymore. What is changing the world is just about being here, by showing up no matter how many times we get told we don’t belong. By staying…
times of peace are when the wise prepare for violence There’s a time for subtlety and a time for action!’‘There is never a time for recklessness, Leo. Or for vanity You have it in you to be a great man, but you cannot let yourself be swept off by whatever emotion blows your way. Battles…
The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience. The avoidance of suffering is a form of suffering. The avoidance of struggle is a struggle. The denial of failure is a failure. Hiding what is shameful is itself a form…
Singapore is an island republic and is governed by a written constitution (which forms the supreme law of the land, and sets out the functions and duty of the three branches of government). The Executive Branch: Is responsible for the execution and enforcement of the law, as well as the administration of public affairs (all the sub-organizations) …
Is it not written in Sage Kon Fiji’s Tales of Filial Devotion that the younger brother should offer the choicest specimens in a basket of plums to the elder brother as a token of his respect? Is it also not written that an elder brother should try to protect the younger brother from difficult tasks…
You can make a bloody fortune in this racket and maintain just a small portion of your soul in the process. I offer it to you in a voice that was playing inside my head at the very time. It’s an ironic voice, a glib voice, a self-serving voice, and at many times, a despicable…
he was too set in his ways to recognize my brilliance a reformed man is worth ten men virtuous from birth, for he understands temptation and will strive the harder to not stray Rui and Dasu foamed at their mouths and called the edict a crime against civilization. But Mapidéré knew perfectly well that what…
The government solution to government problems is a giant disclaimer that nobody reads. If you take out a loan, they require the loan giver to give you a huge wall of text, that nobody reads. After a while, you realize that a larger disclaimer doesn’t help anyone. People who want to make bad decisions still…
As I got rich, I realized that one of the quickest ways to get rid of a friend is to lend them more money than they can repay. What option does he or she have? To either do something that’s very hard; get rid of free time, try and find some gainful employment to pay…
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