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Moments That Defined My 2021

Moments That Defined My 2021

Merry Christmas, everyone! Here is a little gift for you all - a silly little piece of reflection. I hope you will enjoy it~ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The Bandwagon of 2021 * The Change of 2021 * The Shittiest Shit I Said I Wouldn’t Do But Did Anyway in 2021 * The Most Sudden

On Communication, Books in '21, Amazon Rules X'mas

On Communication, Books in '21, Amazon Rules X'mas

Hello! ❄️ It's winter. 🎁 It's the holiday season. 🗓 It's the end of the year. How are you wintering [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593189485/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=siudavid-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=

Role Ambiguity, How God Creates, The Art Of Fauci-ing

Role Ambiguity, How God Creates, The Art Of Fauci-ing

A Few Things Worth Sharing This Week: 1. Watch this clip and witness how God [https://twitter.com/tedgioia/status/1465049482933030913?s=12] (reincarnated in Paul McCartney) creates [https://twitter.com/tedgioia/status/1465049482933030913?s=12]. 2. "The Way of the Househusband" shows you how a Mafia boss

5 Digital X'mas Gift Ideas For Work, When Elon Met Bezos, Simple Beautiful

5 Digital X'mas Gift Ideas For Work, When Elon Met Bezos, Simple Beautiful

A Few Things Worth Sharing: 1. When Elon Musk Met Jeff Bezos, when they were young and no less geeky and bold. 2. Look at this old Mcdonald's menu. It's simple and beautiful. 3. Take a (stunningly well-made) virtual hike to Mount Everest's Base

Record Family Memories, Beat Squid game, Problem vs Person

Managing and Measuring Work

Record Family Memories, Beat Squid game, Problem vs Person

Hi 🍻, I have changed the format of this newsletter. I want this to be more valuable and easier for you to read. Let me know what you think [siu.david@hey.com] by replying to this email directly. I am using my personal email to talk to you, and I

Why Do Hard Things, Surviving the Great Video Games Ban, Fat Adorable Bears

Why Do Hard Things, Surviving the Great Video Games Ban, Fat Adorable Bears

Hello. Thank you for trusting me with your email. You and I are now connected, 直到永遠, till death do us part. 💍 What you are reading is a newsletter of 3 things that you can enjoy in 3 minutes . And, this newsletter is a piece of us, at this moment of

Hacks to Practice Better Bossing, The Great China Crackdown, Nostalgia

Developing People

Hacks to Practice Better Bossing, The Great China Crackdown, Nostalgia

1x FACT: The Great China Crackdown Here are some of the industries China has been cracking down on [https://supchina.com/2021/09/09/chinas-red-new-deal-a-guide-to-all-the-different-crackdowns-on-companies-going-on-right-now/] , from Crypto to feminine young male [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/world/asia/china-masculinity-schoolboys.html] : 1. Fintech companies [https://supchina.com/2021/09/

Storm from Hell, Leading Yourself, Samurai Laser Swords

Storm from Hell, Leading Yourself, Samurai Laser Swords

1x FACT: Hurricane Ida is a storm straight from hell [https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/25/us/ida-ironton-caskets-trnd/index.html]. Its storm surge was so strong that it temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River [https://twitter.com/currently/status/1432044277920641033?utm_campaign=Currently&utm_medium=email&

Scaling Founders, A $19 Trillion Failure, Rats vs Car Wires

Scaling Founders, A $19 Trillion Failure, Rats vs Car Wires

1x LEADERSHIP THOUGHT: Ultimately, the success of the founder/boss/CEO is defined by your leadership team. I was pitching to a corporate client on a leadership team training project. We discussed how to train managers. The conversation started with the skills they wanted to train their manager on -

Honing an underrated Leadership skill, 3 shockingly doable ways to stop the world from dying, beautiful boxes

Honing an underrated Leadership skill, 3 shockingly doable ways to stop the world from dying, beautiful boxes

1x LEADERSHIP THOUGHT: Composure is a highly underrated leadership skill [http://www.tralib.com/projects/2016/6/12/lominger-67-competencies-and-describtions-for-leadership-training] . It is the ability to not lose our shit. While calmness is a big part of composure, composure also includes the ability to control how we appear to others under all

Thoughts from Finishing 3 Books on Amazon, The One Who Likes Honey, Tech Trash

Driving Performance

Thoughts from Finishing 3 Books on Amazon, The One Who Likes Honey, Tech Trash

👋🏼 The Olympics have started! I almost forgot about this newsletter because I have spent all my hours enjoying beautiful competitions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1x LEADERSHIP THOUGHT: I finished the "Amazon Trilogy" books: The Everything Store [https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/The-Everything-Store-by-Brad-Stone/9780552167833] , Amazon Unbound [https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/

I am now a gig worker. Facts about 🍆. Run like a world record holder.

I am now a gig worker. Facts about 🍆. Run like a world record holder.

👋🏼 This week I want to tell you about why I have become a gig worker, fun facts about emojis, and what it is like to try to run at a World Record marathon pace (ouch). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1x SILLY THING: Watch humans fall and fumble trying to keep up with Eliud

A Brain Twister That Saved A 45 Year Old First-Time Entrepreneur

A Brain Twister That Saved A 45 Year Old First-Time Entrepreneur

Hi. I have been struggling. As a 45 year old first time entrepreneur, I find being on my own surprisingly difficult. I now truly know what "I am too old for this shit" feels like. I didn't realize how much I have gotten used to surviving

Find Awe, Meditation & Leadership, A Fact About Happiness

Find Awe, Meditation & Leadership, A Fact About Happiness

You are still here! Me too! Yay? Yay! 🙌🏼 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1x FACT, 1x LEADERSHIP THOUGHT, 1x SILLY THING - A 3 min newsletter of 3 things I collected and curated for you and I. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1x SILLY THING: I created a website [https://ohwowohwowohwow.me/] where I collect things that bring

Cicadas Orgy, An EQ Skill (That Works), Singapore Hawkers' Tables

Cicadas Orgy, An EQ Skill (That Works), Singapore Hawkers' Tables

I am still around. So are you. Thank you. Here we go, 1x FACT, 1x LEADERSHIP LESSON, 1x SILLY THING- a 3 min newsletter of 3 things I collected and curated, for you, with fried cicadas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1x SILLY THING: Last night, we found a baby cicada in our room.

A Dog, The Nostalgia of Innocence, The End of Humanity

A Dog, The Nostalgia of Innocence, The End of Humanity

We adopted a puppy. Her name was Honey. She had a simple back story [http://sallyhkdr.blogspot.com/2021/03/fri-12th-march-introducing-new-arrivals.html] - Folks at Hong Kong Dog Rescue found her and her 3 sisters and put them up for adoption. The interesting thing about these sisters? They looked too