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A poem, in Chinese. 商以利为本，得衣食富有。事成了助人，芳名流街头。施教于庙堂，终得无价酬。 Translation: If a businessperson prioritises profit, he will get a good material life in clothes and food.After being successful, if he helps people, his good name will flow in the streets.Finally, if he gives knowledge in a public institution, he will get a priceless return. By me. Date: December 2020Continue reading “Business Rules”

Originally posted on The Thought Depository Many a time, we expect others to reach our standards/levels of ability, be it intellectual, emotional, or physical, in what we can sometimes refer to as the Expectations Model. But we too often fail to recognise that there are limitations we do not see. We cannot expect the rest ofContinue reading “Empathy & Expectation”

Context: the year is 1136, Song dynasty, and I’m asked to write a management article. 君之志，以人志为本；军之志，以战胜为主。君尚可调军，以国为先；军尚可叛君，以法为天。 Translation:A ruler’s ambition is based on his people’s; an army’s ambition prioritises winning battles.The ruler can (overwrite his generals) and move the armies based on the country’s interests; armies can betray their sovereigns, only if such movements are basedContinue reading “A Betrayal?”

I’m in a chat group and people were talking about LGBT. One person was saying rather calmly & matter of fact-ly that he doesn’t support LGBT: “apple supports lgbt, their CEO is I know..if u heard n saw the news”Which created a barrage of lynches from the mob: “Whats wrong with being an lgb orContinue reading “Diversity of Views”

Over the past few centuries, or even across the history of civilization, monetary currency has evolved; but knowledge has remained as valuable, if not more so (given the proclamation of half-wits as ‘experts’ and prevalence of ‘fake news’). We should start including in heirlooms libraries of books, with the size and prestige of these collectionsContinue reading “Knowledge as Assets?”