Category: Lessons from my Father

February 1, 2023

Lessons in Negotiation and Boldness from My Father’s Garage Sale Tale

A note to young leaders. Lessons from my father. As a teenager, I occasionally joined my dad on his weekly…

November 4, 2022

The Permission to Jump

Lessons from my father. My father was a very generous man. You had to fight him for the bill at…

September 28, 2022

It’s Not the Hours, It’s How You Make People Feel

Lessons from my father. When I was in my late teens, I said rather casually about a guest who had…

July 25, 2022

Beware of Easy Money and the Risks It Brings

Lessons from my father. In early 1986, my father – who was a property developer – received a phone call…

June 17, 2022

Embrace the Curves of Life

A note to young leaders. The human mind has a tendency to think in straight lines. This is why pundits…

May 11, 2022

Embrace Difficult Problems as Opportunities

Early in my entrepreneurial career, my father overheard me complaining about a supply chain problem. When I got off the…

April 11, 2022

Keep Humility in Success and Failure

To young leaders. A lesson from my father, who was once asked by an acquaintance how his business was going,…

February 18, 2022

Why Having Kids Can Boost Your Career

I once asked my father whether I should have kids in the next couple of years or wait until I…

December 29, 2021

The Advice I Cherished

Well before my father passed away, I recorded over 30-hours of interviews with him. I wanted to capture his life…

December 13, 2021

Relationships Are Like Wine

My father used to often say: “Relationships are like wine, they get better with time.” Value greatly those relationships that…

November 22, 2021

Work Hard with Passion, Not Stress

My father often counselled me: “Working hard doesn’t make you tired. Stress does.” Don’t fall for the old lie that…

November 5, 2021

Be Honest About Your Priorities

A lesson from my father. When in my youth, I protested: “Dad, I’m too busy to do that. I just…