Agalia Tan

@agaaalia

Senior Strategist at We Are Social

RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore

musingsandmore.substack.com

Life is a photograph where the circumstances fall short of ideal and the results are absolute. However, within the flawed photo, there is beauty in finality. It is humbling to relinquish control of the work to limitations. It is freeing to accept the outcome. There is a magic in letting chance and kismet fill the cracks where your diligence and amb... See more
from That's Enough. by bobbyhundreds
A life full of distractions is, at an individual level, diminished. When you are unable to pay sustained attention, you can't achieve the things you want to achieve
— Stolen Focus, Johann Hari
Many of us spend our lives pursuing private acceptance through external success. But no matter the award or honor, our inner doubts will remain. True acceptance comes from inside us. It takes asking ourselves challenging questions like: What do I want from my work? What’s most important about it to me ? How would I create my work differently if I p... See more
from What if you gave yourself the gift of inner acceptance?
A toll gets you to somewhere you want to go to. A tax sucks you dry. Be okay with tolls in your life, they make you better. Taxes on the other hand are a part of life and of course should be paid, but you don't want to live a life with only taxes, no tolls. You want mostly tolls, some taxes.

- Greg Isenberg
Seriousness precludes sincerity.

For the most part, you’d be better served by being sincere rather than serious.
from Be Sincere—Not Serious
There is no such thing as closeness without friction.
from The Friendship Theory of Everything
Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman on making the most of your opportunities:

"This is something a teacher told me years ago, and he's right:

If you're auditioning for something that you know you're never going to get—or maybe you read the script and didn't even like it, but you still have to go—if you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has ... See more
from 3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
We buy back our time not only with the money we spend, but also with the opportunities we decline. The more clearly you know how you want to spend your days, the easier it becomes to say no to the requests that steal your hours.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then differentiation is the sincerest form of insult.
from Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius

from That's Enough. by bobbyhundreds

from What if you gave yourself the gift of inner acceptance?

from Be Sincere—Not Serious

from The Friendship Theory of Everything

from 3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts

from Wisdom from Marcus Aurelius