Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
musingsandmore.substack.com
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.
— C.S. Lewis
- Seriousness precludes sincerity.
For the most part, you’d be better served by being sincere rather than serious.from Be Sincere—Not Serious
- Fear is a yield, not a stop sign. It doesn’t always mean not to proceed. Sometimes it just means you care.
- In our society, the spaces for adults to play are mostly constrained, for example, to sports, or going to the pub. And opportunities to live a life of imagination are reserved for exceptionally privileged people, like designers, actors, artists and film directors. This lack of imagination in our lives is an existential risk for society and humanity... See more
from Rewilding the Imagination by Medium
- 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 morefrom 3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
- “A lot of mistakes come from copying people playing a different game than you.”
from Brain Food: Perfection is Impossible
- Find invigoration trips. Trips that give you a dose of inspiration. You feel like a new person. Could be your favorite coffeeshop to 24h in a cabin in the woods. Know you invigoration places and visit often.
from 20 years of juicy startup & life knowledge in 1159 words
Just because someone is saying things you don’t like doesn’t mean that they are not on your side.
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.