Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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What people really want is permission to feel and act in ways that ordinary life doesn't allow, and this is the right time to start pushing your experiences into uncomfortable territory.
We’re Desperate For Potency
Simplicity takes an enormous amount of time and effort.
Lessons I'm still learning
Where does grammar begin and end? You got to know where you want to go, and why you want to go there.
It’s not just about analysing sentences, it’s about communicatively understanding why the sentences are being used — from a semantic perspective, it’s about what the sentences mean, and from a pragmatic perspective, what’s the effect of using these sentences on other people. That’s when grammar goes out in the real world.
The joys of yes, this.
Boundaries not as keeping things out, but as holding our dreams a bit more softly.
Step in to this moment that I’ve made for you. For what it is you need.
Boundaries not as keeping things out, but as holding our dreams a bit more softly.
Step in to this moment that I’ve made for you. For what it is you need.
some of us writers start out wanting to write excellent fiction (or nonfiction, in my case) and then get stuck because that’s . . . the wrong starting point? At the end of the day, the writing is just a vehicle for something else—some feeling about the world or human experience that you want to suggest or precipitate in your readers.
Mason Currey • What if your ambition outstrips your talent?
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy, but we believe that from the fracture, we can build something bigger, better, stronger, more just.”
Nikita Walia • If You’re a Strategist, You Should Be Keeping Up with Davos
We can give ourselves permission to make things without those things being perfect. And the fact is, once you get started, you don’t stop. The more you make things, the more you can make things and the more you want to make things.
Redefining "Handy" and Learning How to Make Things
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.