Agalia Tan
@agaaalia
Senior Strategist at We Are Social
RADAR Chapter Lead for Singapore
Agalia Tan
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Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah on knowing what matters:
“In life the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.”
“In life the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.”
Brain Food: The Invisible Advantage
Agriculture was a tremendous invention – it got people fed and freed them to do many things. But agriculture – taken to the extreme in the pursuit of profit leads to a sick and obese population and industrialized farms with little regard for the environment or animals. And in response to that, we now have amazing artisanal and healthy food choices ... See more
Notes on scale + quality
There is a big difference between being interested in something and being committed to something.
Committed people do what interested people won’t.
Committed people do what interested people won’t.
Brain Food: Interested vs. Committed
About > Why Enter the Caples | The Caples Awards
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what's after cannes if it's not it anymore?
an alternative
Something can surprise us because it excites wonder, or because it is new or unexpected… Our soul often experiences pleasure when it feels something it cannot analyse, or when an object appears quite different from what it knows it to be.
— Kyle Chayka, Filterworld [pg. 50]
I find explaining any actually interesting idea usually requires explaining like 5 subsidiary ideas. If you’re lucky. If you’re unlucky it’s like 25 and either they’re ready for a three hour lecture or you’re not going to succeed.
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Mo…
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Stop Ignoring All the Mundane Miracles in Your Life
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things you should remember and what "living life to the fullest" looks like
Phones, with their ability to transport you to other worlds, want to convince you that the one you’re stuck in doesn’t have anything worth paying attention to. But through my journaling, I realized something: We’re shoulder to shoulder with many universes; countless lives, hopes, dreams and fears as complicated as our own, all clustered in the same crowded shops, train cars and sidewalks. Why ignore all that?
