by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 15, 2009
At the age of 38, I finally figured out what I when to be when I grow up. When I grow up, I want to be some combination of Warren Buffett, Barack Obama, and the Dalai Lama: A calm, highly intelligent, deeply wise and compassionate Nobel Peace Prize-winning...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 15, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jan/15/religion-buddhism-google Searching for enlightenment Is Google’s ‘school of personal growth’ a spiritual boon or corporate fig leaf? Ed Halliwell guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 January 2009...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 14, 2009
I have three insights about doing great things and achieving major breakthroughs, and they all turn out to be contradictions. Exhilarating Discomfort Making a commitment to achieve a breakthrough is very exciting, but very uncomfortable. I discovered that the...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 13, 2009
Meng’s self-discovery of the day: It turns out that when I do something “semi-randomly”, the extend of randomness is the part that is random.
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 8, 2009
1. The Ultimate Hedging Strategy Buy a piece of furtile land with access to fresh water. Learn to farm. Stock up on ammunition. Lots. Invest in making your neighbours like you enough to not want you dead. Bury pieces of gold in your backyard (small pieces, easy to...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Jan 8, 2009
I saw David Copperfield in Las Vegas in 2007. But before I could ask him to take a photo with me, he disappeared.
