Some things about me:
- CEO / Co-founder of Grain and Atlas.
- Grew up in Malaysia, spent 2 years in Papua New Guinea, studied in Australia, now in Singapore.
- Ex-tech management consultant, built a charity rounding-up app, and developed software for companies.
- I have a golden retriever called Eden, have lived in a bus and a bomb shelter, and collect bar coasters.
- yongyisung@gmail.com
Some things I believe:
- Chop wood, carry water. Focus on what you can do and is right each day, not the outcomes.
- People can get much more done if they don’t care who gets the credit.
- Raise other’s aspirations - at critical moments in time, you can use relatively little effort to raise the aspirations of others significantly. It will cost you little, but the benefit to them and the world can be enormous. It’s one of the most valuable things you can with your time and your life.
- Be kind and helpful. It’s harder to be kind than to be nice. You can have everything in life you want, if you help other people get what they want first.
- Small teams accomplish a lot more. At the same time, it’s less about the individuals and more about building complementary teams.
- Human beings can do a lot more than we think.
- Pain and suffering are important to build resilience and good character. 力求上进.
- Doing what you say you do (being reliable) will help you go a very long way in life.
- Healthy relationships with family and friends make us happy. You don’t need that much.
- Context always matters.