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STIMY #42 Those Cardboard Beds Want to read past STIMY Newsletter editions? Click here. 👋🏻 STIMIES, Is it just me or is everyone obsessing over those cardboard beds & AC-less rooms in Paris right now? 😝 The Olympic Opening Ceremony is starting in a couple hours so it's only right to talk about the Olympics but since this is the STIMY Newsletter, we'll talk about it from a personal brand angle! ICYMI: Many Olympians are sharing snippets of their life online & it's been fascinating. I've...

STIMY #41 The Art of Networking & Quitting for Passion 👋🏻 STIMIES, Thank you to the ~60 people who attended last weekend's 6th STIMY Hangout! It was far more than I expected, especially as I haven't hosted a hangout for the past 1+ year (since I left law). Past STIMY Hangouts had attendees flying/driving up from Johor and Singapore but this time... we had a first-time attendee who flew in from Vietnam just to attend the STIMY Hangout! 🤯 Thank you for giving up your Saturday to hang out. I...

STIMY #40 I've Been Retrenched?! 👋🏻 STIMIES! First up, here's a reminder that today is the deadline for joining the STIMY Hangout that's happening next Saturday at 2pm: I want to join the next STIMY Hangout! If you can't submit the form by tomorrow but would still like to join, please email me. I'll need the numbers to start preparing materials and that takes time! P/S: The photo is a sneak peek of the location! We will have the chairs/tables removed so that there is plenty of space to mingle...

STIMY #39 A STIMY Course?! 👋🏻 STIMIES! I tried textured art for the first time at a bachelorette party last weekend. It was... interesting. We were split into two rows and to our shock, an instant 'theme' emerged: The 3 of us who were seated along the same row were the 'impulsive' ones. The moment we were handed our paint and plaster, we started slapping them onto our canvas without a plan in sight. As you can see from the photo above, mine was an unmitigated disaster. I was stressed the...

STIMY #38 Oh Lord, what have I done? 👋🏻 STIMIES! We've reached the (temporary) end of STIMY's special Singaporean sub-series with the release of last week's episode with Arthur Kiong, the CEO of Far East Hospitality! What's so special about this episode? Arthur has one of the ultimate rags-to-riches story, with a healthy dose of humility, luck and humour. Editing episodes is often the part I dread the most (and the reason why STIMY episodes don't get released sometimes). It's painful to spend...

STIMY #37 We Don't Need to be Woke?! 👋🏻 STIMIES! This week has been a little exciting. Part 2 of the STIMY interview with Woon Tai Ho (founder of Channel News Asia) was released, and it's been doing really well! Especially on YouTube. 31.2k views and 2,900 hours of watch time over the last 3 days. Now, I've had the privilege of having some things go 'viral', both on a big scale (1.27 million people saw my LinkedIn post when I announced that I was quitting law) and on a much smaller scale (as...

STIMY #36 A STIMY Book?! 👋🏻 STIMIES! It’s been a hectic few weeks. I spent 4.5 days in Singapore and managed to cover 14 appointments, 3 meetings 1 book launch & an evening watching Hamilton! 🤯 The strangest part: I have no regrets. Which might seem surprising for an introvert like myself but I’ve realised that I might also not be quite the introvert that I thought myself to be. And a large part of that has to do with autonomy. I chose to have this trip. I chose to organise those meetings. I...

STIMY #35 "I would starve!" I’ve been a glutton this past week. Little surprise. I’m back in my hometown and my relatives were here for a visit! Which brings about this unsurprising equation: Family + Late Night Conversations + Good Food = Overeating Setting aside the many boxes of durian & kolo mee (a local noodle dish) consumed, an aunt told me this just before she left: “I could never do what you’re doing (being an entrepreneur). I would starve!” Which made us all laugh. But my aunt did...

So This Is My Why | Issue 34 Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here. Hi STIMIES! We're almost halfway through 2024 🤯 It's shocking how time has flown. Almost as shocking as how it's been ~8 months since I last issued a STIMY newsletter (oops) - sorry about that! It's been so long that I figured I'd do a little re-introduction of myself - you've likely forgotten that you'd even signed up to this newsletter 😅 Who Am I? I'm Ling Yah. I was a lawyer for ~10 years until I realised that law...