Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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"We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side."
— Charlie Munger
Look at how we’ve changed the capturing of the passing of time. Before we rewired our brains to connect personal with commercial, down time as wasted opportunity, we used to talk about our accomplishments as memories. We remember the marathon we ran, the little moments that made that day feel so significant. That marathon included training, but we ... See more
Posting Nexus • Here's What the Fight for Your Attention Really Looks Like
what’s indulgent is just doing, not documenting
A good short story is, among other things, a highly organised system. Its parts feel in connection with one another. There’s very little waste or randomness. Many decisions have been made along the way, by different means, some conscious, some not. It feels fraught with intention, full of direction. It doesn’t necessarily know what it is, but it w... See more
How the work really gets done
What they thought was a priority and what I thought was a priority diverged.
Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
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
"When you're on the field, play as if nothing else matters.
When you're off the field, remember that the game doesn't matter at all."
When you're off the field, remember that the game doesn't matter at all."
3-2-1: On living with lightness, the root cause of sin, and how to compete without losing yourself
U.N.N.A.M.E.D.
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a principle isn’t a principle until it costs you something