Tag: growth

  • A More Human Pace

    If you could relive one year of your life, which one would it be? If I could relive one year of my life, I would choose our first year of marriage. It was an exciting year, but there was too much change too quickly. I had just finished my studies and begun work as a…

  • People Were the Point

    If your future self could send you one sentence,what do you hope it would say? If my future self could send me one sentence, I hope it might say: “The people mattered more than the projects.” My mother often told me that I took on too much and needed to do less. She was probably…

  • The Common Thread

    What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? They say most people will work four or five different careers in their lifetime. That’s certainly been true for me — though looking back, I’m not sure I’ve ever really changed careers. The work has always been the same: helping things grow. I began…

  • What I Didn’t Plan

    I’ve always been a learner—curious, studious, and passionate by temperament. At times, it has felt more like an obsession than a strength. The rhythm of learning, the unravelling of new ideas, the delight in fresh perspectives—it energises me. But looking back, I realise that one particular decision set in motion a pattern that has shaped…