Growth - Jia Shing

⚓ Finding your Anchor

Sunday Scoop #17 - After continuous months of working to meet deadlines, I finally caught a break. Instead of feeling relieved, I felt lost until I found my anchor, which helped me to recalibrate.

Self-Help

🎼 Saying Yes to New Opportunities

Sunday Scoop #13 - This week, I narrate to you one of the most productive evenings I’ve had in a long, long time. I then bring you along for a brief but deep dive on the lessons I’ve learned.

Musings

🙏 The Serenity Prayer

Sunday Scoop #11 - In this issue, we discuss about The Serenity Prayer before following Bob's journey through his rather miserable morning and how The Serenity Prayer could potentially help him turn things around.

Life

👼 Doing Good and Doing It Well

In this long-form article, we go on a deep dive about doing good deeds, explore the 3 Levels of Doing Good, discuss the 2 Toxic Mentalities and find out what the 'Ideal' State is all about.

Growth

🌱 The Giver and The Receiver

Sunday Scoop #10 - To celebrate the 10th issue of this newsletter, I'd like to share an insightful short story that left quite an impression on me. Later this week, I'll be writing a long form article expanding on this very idea.

Musings

📡The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Incompetence Inspire Ignorance

Sunday Scoop #7 - As we return to the good old life advice-ish content, I write about my experience(s) with the Dunning-Kruger Effect: why the incompetent people fail to realise their incompetence.

Self-Help

How to Deal with 'Bad' Grades

In this article, I distill and discuss the main insights I gained from an almost 2-hour long conversation with my collegemate who was awarded triple B by the CAIE board. In it, we talk about her experience, how she picked herself back up and her plans moving forward.

Growth

👋 Bidding Burnout Goodbye

Sunday Scoop #3 - In this issue, I share with you how I narrowly avoided burnout and some of my personal thoughts on happiness and fulfilment (for now). If there is one thing you engage with this post, read the article I linked towards the end of the newsletter. It is absolutely paradigm shifting.

Entrepreneurship

Anything You Want - Derek Sivers

Anything You Want is a quick read that packs way more insights than its length suggests. It is an account of Derek's journey as an entrepreneur and how his 'accidental success' led to him creating a company worth $22 million.

Relationship

🥀 Re-appreciating Relationships

Sunday Scoop #2 - In the second issue of my weekly newsletter, I’m sharing with you one of the most life-changing insights I ever stumbled upon in a TV show. I also share a podcast and a video that resonated with me. Subscribe to my newsletter for more!

Growth

Reflection on a Year in KYUEM

In this post, I share the key takeaways from my first year in college in hopes that it can bring you some inspiration and hence add value to your life. I've also included a ToC to make it more user friendly and you can skip to the sections that interest you!

Growth

What I learned from running Project KYVID

In this post, I distill and discuss the top 3 lessons I learned from running Project KYVID , a crowdfunding campaign which raised RM 11590.00 for families who lost their livelihood due to the COVID-19 lockdown. I also share how I came across these lessons and how you can apply them in your life.

Growth

3 Life Lessons I picked up from High School

In this post, I highlight the top 3 lessons I picked up from my time in High School. It's quite a lengthy read so feel free to use the Table of Contents to see if anything interests you.