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Talks

A few of the talks I’ve given. Please email me if you have questions, comments, suggestions, and/or revisions to any of them. I’d very much appreciate learning how useful you find them.*

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Highlighted

• Releasing Personal Growth: a talk on using mindfulness and self-compassion to release disempowering self-criticism and set the stage for personal growth. Venue: TEDxNTU. Latest version: 3/26/11.

• Life by the Numbers: Self-Quantification: a show and tell talk about my 4 years of daily “life performance” data and lessons learned from self-quantification for the past 12 years. Venue: Self-Quantification Singapore Inaugural Show & Tell. Latest version: 2/6/12.

• The Hub Singapore Promo: not a talk, but a promo video for launch of The Hub Singapore.

• H3ROES Promo: not a talk, but a recap of a wonderful program I had the honor of helping design called the Canon-NEA H3ROES Green Initiative.

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• Lifehacking: Concrete Strategies & Tactics for Personal Awesomeness: practical talk on some of the most efficient and effective ways of  “hacking your life” to achieve more and maximize your growth. Venue: BarCampSG4/BarCampKL/BarCampSG5. Latest version: 10/14/10.

• Meeting Girls & Guys: “Pickup” for Smart People: Singapore-focused introductory talk on how to ethically meet people you are romantically interested in. Tailored for smart people (i.e., nerds) and focused on daytime connections and online dating. Venue: BarCampSG5. Latest version: 2/8/12.

• Productivity & Lifehacking: a group podcast on the strategies and tactics of productivity and lifehacking, as well as the underlying philosophy. Venue: Tech65.org Simply Geek podcast. Date: 1/3/11.

• A Conversation About Self-Actualization: a short conversation about what self-actualization is and how we all have different but unspoken perspectives on what constitutes our ideal lives. Venue: TEDxKRP. Latest version: 3/1/11.

• Googlepocalypse: a lightning talk outlining a possible future where decisions, tasks, and information are “streamed” into our lives in a constant flow but managed effectively through open enterprise processes. Venue: WorkCampSG. Latest version: 3/23/11.

• Behavior Change 101: a quick talk on the basic mechanics of behavior change (B=MAT) and how it ties into happiness. Venue: Self Spark Private Fire Pit. Latest version: 5/29/11.

• Changing the World = Social Entrepreneurship + Venture Philanthropy + Social Innovation: a talk about what I consider the top three ingredients to social change with a focus on how to “get started” as a social entrepreneur in Singapore. Venue: neB0 Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium 2011. Latest version: 6/9/11.

• Singaporean Social Change Ecosystem: a talk examining three paradigms for social change and steps on how to learn more about the ecosystem in Singapore. Venue: Rotary Youth Social Entrepreneurship Challenge (RYSEC) Idea Launchpad. Latest version: 8/6/11.

• 10+ Years of Personal Growth in 20 Minutes: a talk summarizing the most salient lessons I’ve learned in consciously focusing on my personal growth for over a decade. Venue: BarCampSG7 / blinkBL_NK #18. Latest version: 1/18/12.

• Best Place in the World for Social Entrepreneurs?: a lightning talk where I asked the question, “Where is the best place in the world for a social entrepreneur to live and build a social enterprise?” I argued that Silicon Valley was currently the best place, but that Singapore had a shot at taking the mantle and possibly becoming the world’s first “Social Silicon Valley”. Venue: BarCampSG7. Latest version: 9/10/11.

• Emotional Intelligence & A Life Story of Behavior Change: a talk introducing the basics of emotional intelligence (EQ) and then using an EQ perspective to understand 15 key lessons from consciously trying to change my life. Venue: AIESEC Youth Dialogue 2012: Success Through Empowerment. Latest version: 2/8/12.

• =)  Emotional Intelligence 101: a fast-paced, interactive workshop where participants “work out” their EQ muscles through games, challenges, and odd questions. Venue: Raffles Institute Inter-Junior College Council Symposium Interpret 2012. Latest version: 3/31/12.