By Date: 29 May 2021 I picked up two books in a book store today. One of them is called The History of Philosophy: Three Millennia of Thought from the West and Beyond, written by A.C. Garyling. Another one is The Book of Why, written by Judea Pearl. In a lazy Saturday afternoon, I read both …
Chapter 3 Summary of Managing a Consumer Lending Business
Date: April 27, 2021 This chapter is not about how to develop a scorecard. Rather, it focuses on the key steps, resources needed, and evaluations a manager should know. I have written two summaries on scorecard development which covers most of the points in this chapter, especially on the key steps and resources needed. You …
Understand That People Are Wired Very Differently
I became a fan of Ray Dalio after reading his book, The Big Debt Crisis and his article series on LinkedIn called The Changing World Order. I was really impressed by his knowledge. Then I picked up another popular book written by him called Principles. It is a long book. I brought both the Kindle …
Chapter 2 Summary of Managing a Consumer Lending Business
Date: April 25, 2021 This chapter, although it is called Planning Consumer Products, I think it is about product development. It talks about the variables in developing a product/ adjusting a product. First of all, the product should align with the underlying strategy of an organization. We need to understand whether the company is an …
Chapter 1 Summary: Managing a Consumer Lending Business
Date: April 24, 2021 Coming from an SME lending background, I feel that I need to acquire knowledge in Retail Finance and adjust my thinking for my new position. I asked my previous supervisor, what kind of materials are helpful. He recommended the book called, Managing a Consumer Lending Business. He said it was used …
The Year 2021
Date: 29 November 2020 What do I want to achieve in the year 2021? Since the year 2018, I gave myself 3 goals per year. And, I spend my best time (in the morning) to achieve those goals. So far, this approach is very effective in achieving goals. But, when I set those goals, I …
Reflection on the Year 2020
Date: 8 November 2020 As we near the end of the Year 2020, it is time to reflect on the goals set at the beginning of the year. Reflection is vital as Albert Einstein said: We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein On Goals I …
How to Spend Less?
Date: 4 October 2020 (while I am struggling to not spending money on useless items) If I have an infinite amount of money, I don’t need to spend less. But before I reach that level (just kidding for an infinite amount of money. But I can be rich enough to afford most of the things …
[Efficiency Hack] Read What You Need Using RSS Feed
Date: 3 October 2020 How many news apps are installed on your phone? I used to have many. Every day, you will receive hundreds of notifications telling you what you should read now. I don’t like being passively fed with information that I don’t really care. So, I found a way to read only what …
Reading Math Symbols
By Date : 7 July 2020 Sometimes, it is quite scary to read Maths. Just like learning a new language, we need to understand the symbols/ vocabulary first. In this post, I am going to talk about some common maths symbols. The following content is extracted from my YouTube video. Logic Symbols Conditional and Bi-conditional Connectives …