Mai Le

What is love?

I just received the call on the secure phone line from the CIA. They warned me about Tokyo’s fast reactions; following the escalation…

How you’ve made me

The doctor informed me that I had a few days before she would pass away, due to the irreversible damage from the stroke. He…

Strangers Again

It was one of those unremarkable business trips on a Friday, outbound from London to…

Selfishness

He could not remember how long it might have been since she was gone. The thoughts of her came in waves of varying intensity, often…

Optimising Love | Mai Le

“Have you ever thought about optimising love?”, she asked, after a few…

11 cold hard truths about helping others

Some brief thoughts came to my min over the last few months about helping others that I…

My Personal Finance System

Last month, I pondered over the idea of writing about the various systems I have in place in my life to automate and reduce its mundanity as much as possible; since some readers seem to be interested in the practical steps of how I manage different compartments of my life. I…

Earn vs. Make

The vivid memories come back to me of a winter night in the Alps when I was skiing with a group of friends in finance and banking a…

Follow The Money

I had a call today with someone who’s in her final year at university, coming to doing an internship with GS this summer, but also working on her start-up venture. She was offered £50,000 for 20% of her company (which is pre-revenue) and asked me what my thought was about the situation.