Ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things — “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” This is a debut novel by Rachel Joyce, a British playwright who has won numerous awards in the British stage theatre industry. When the book was first published, the work became a hit, popular in 30 or 40 countries, and sold nearly 5 million…

The latest article is my greatest article — What if? A few months ago I was at a crossroads wondering if I should take up writing. Then, I was new to Medium, new to writing and new to the publishing industry. While I enjoy writing I wouldn’t count it as my forte. My writing isn’t good, still, I needed a…

This is the second part of a two-part article: Follow this link for Part 1 — The Rise and Fall of Medium Giants — Are you still writing in the hopes that your article will go viral on Medium? If you are, then perhaps you do not know this place well enough. In this new era, trying to get a viral article is much like buying a lottery, if you don’t have to depend…

What Can You Learn From Them — Lessons from another platform I started an account on Instagram during the period when Instagram was still on its own and not part of Facebook. Back then it was considered the golden era and the algorithm favours all the prominent Instagrammers and regularly features their posts for curation. It was during that era that…

And for the rest of your life — “Reading and writing are the most nutritious forms of meditation ever discovered by man.” — Kurt Vonnegut Writing, to me, is a pleasant little pastime. It has saved me a thousand times from my misfits, my unhappiness, my ego, and my shortcomings. …

You are missing a secret ingredient in your strategy — There are many inspiring people writing articles of success on Medium. They are shouting to everyone that their success can be replicated, can be copied and if you work hard enough, success can be yours too. And so, you analyse their advice and do what they advocate in the hope…

This is why I insist on writing even though I have a day job — It has been three years since the outbreak began. Under the prolonged pandemic, the pressure of life, the ups and downs of work and family have more or less affected our outlook on life. Such major encounters will always have valuable life lessons for us to learn. Below are six…

I believe in the meaning and the importance of clapping — Are our greetings genuine or fake? In Singapore, we don’t have a culture of greeting every stranger we meet, sometimes not even the people we know, because we often regard them as fake engagement. According to Harvard Researchers, the most useless words used in greetings are “How are you?”. This is the classic “fake engagement” in…

Project DigiMag: Realising the dream of a small publication — The Dream of a Small Publication Think big start small — A vision for the future of Coffee Timesmedium.com Last year when I started Coffee Times (CT), I didn’t have the slightest idea what it would become in the future. Starting a new pub proved to be daunting, filled with many challenges and obstacles. It was not surprising many people have tried and given up. …