Journey - Bernard Leong

On Limited Time

Since turning 40s, I have been thinking about my life from now to the end. If I adopt a statistical thinking about my own mortality, this is a dangerous period of my life, because I can hit by any illness. Hence I have the impetus to sketch out my thoughts on the limited time and where I want to be heading.

Define Your Own Narrative

If you do not define your own narrative, you can never achieve why you are who you are, who you want to be, where you want to be.

Handling Layoffs in Startups

Many years ago, one of the startups which I co-founded ran out of money, and with the remaining resources we have, I was forced to lay off the remaining employees of the company which they do not deserved to be made redundant. That experience has traumatized me and from time to time, I reflected about the incident. It helped me to frame my thinking around hiring and how to advise people in similar situations. Here’s a framework which hope that it might be of help to those who may have no choice dealing with such difficult situations.

Learn from Everyone, Follow No One, Observe The Patterns & Work like Hell

Here’s the career advice in twelve words which I will offer to anyone: Learn from Everyone, Follow No One, Observe the Patterns, Work like Hell. It’s simple and easy to remember but it is based on two important principles which I have engraved into how I think, work and apply in my daily life: continuous learning & seeking what’s next. Continue reading Learn from Everyone, Follow No One, Observe The Patterns & Work like Hell

Different Facets of My Life captured by Podcasts so far

Recently, I have appeared in different podcasts out there from Asia to Silicon Valley, discussing different topics from my thoughts on Asia technology giants such as the BAT and SoftBank, my corporate work, my perspectives as an angel investor and corporate business executive and my side hustle project, Analyse Asia. At the same time, these different podcasts capture different aspects of my life and hence it might be better if I aggregate them for those who want to see different facets of my life so far. If you want to listen to them, just click on the link of the title and you can listen to them. Continue reading Different Facets of My Life captured by Podcasts so far