Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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Banker and archaeologist John Lubbock on the value of downtime:
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time."
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time."
3-2-1: On the surprising path to success, the value of downtime, and how parenting changes you
... See moreThe time you spend is not your own.
You are, as a class of human beings, responsible for more pure raw time, broken into more units, than almost anyone else. You spent two years learning, focusing, exploring, but that was your time; now you are about to spend whole decades, whole centuries, of cumulative moments, of other people’s time. People usin
... See morePsychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on the value of daily surprises:
"Try to be surprised by something every day. How is this different? What is its essence? Don't assume that you already know what these things are all about, or that even if you knew them, they wouldn't matter anyway. Experience this one thing for what it is, not what you think it
There are the two convictions: one that focuses on the numbers and one that feels.
Anonymous • Conviction
Has love fallen into the realm of planned obsolescence? Where beautifully packaged, terribly fragile emotions are evidence of having reached the summit of our aspirations, only to be left yearning, craving that next big hit? Desire is the newest addiction. The feeling of “want” being much more thrilling than the comfort of being satisfied. Craving ... See more
The way of the tourist is to consume; the way of the pilgrim is to be consumed. To the tourist the journey is a means. The pilgrim understands that it is both a means and an end in itself. The tourist and the pilgrim experience time differently. For the former, time is the foe that gives consumption its urgency. For the latter, time is a gift in wh... See more
The Tourist and the Pilgrim
The number of people who are willing to start something is MUCH smaller than the number of people willing to contribute once someone else starts something.
Clay Shirky • Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Some lessons I have taken away so far:
8 hours of sleep
always be in the present, focus because trying to catch up later is going to be even more difficult and tiresome
you can’t take care of others unless you take care of yourself
rituals are VERY understated — people may not understand and it could possibly come off as selfish but you need that r