The 3 keys to progress and why being busy isn’t one of them. — Even though I love the self-improvement genre, I despise its common trope: productivity. Nobody should strive for sheer productivity, because productivity distracts us from the true goal: doing work that matters. Here’s why: Productivity Misses the Point Productivity is about completing the greatest quantity of tasks possible. A productive day is one spent ticking…

Even as we judge the actions of others, are we equally critical of ourselves? — Cancel culture has been bugging me for several weeks as racial tensions ramped up in the middle of an election season. Tweets and Facebook posts from as far back as 2011 were dug up, nasty comments were exchanged on social media, and police reports were made. In Singapore, law enforcement…