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Category: V1. Self-Awareness

From ‘Just Do It’ to ‘Outdo It’

We don’t settle for ‘just doing it’; we aim to ‘outdo it,’ continuously refining our efforts to exceed expectations and drive meaningful change.

Turning Back is the Shore 回头是岸

“Turning back is the shore.” It’s never too late to change course, start over, or pursue a new goal. Today is always the best day to begin—whether it’s starting a new habit, breaking an old one, or embarking on a new venture.

Walking and Swimming: 2 Distinct Skills

Delegating, empowering others, and adapting to changes are vital whether you’re leading a business, managing a family, or pursuing personal growth. Walking may serve us well in shallow water, but as we venture into deeper waters, we must learn to swim.

Reflections from a Meaningful Camping Trip

In the past, marriages endured longer, but today’s culture, with its emphasis on self-love and individualism, often treats relationships as disposable. The notion of “just take care of yourself” and “you come first” can be harmful to long-term commitments. In a consumerist society, the mentality of throwing things away when they break—including marriages—has become prevalent.

Go Passive to Go Active: Reluctant Leadership Reflection

I Am Driving a Logo Car

Real freedom doesn’t come from doing whatever we want but from having the freedom to choose what not to do. Living authentically isn’t about perfection; it’s about progress. It’s about making conscious choices that reflect your true self, even when faced with challenges or contradictions.

Reflections from Buying a Thermomix for Family

To me, what’s truly expensive is losing the opportunity to create meaningful memories with my children while I still have the chance. My kids will only be three, six, and eight years old once in their lives, and if I miss this moment, it’s gone forever.

Reflections from the Road

Being born and raised in Johor Bahru, I’ve always believed that my roots here are part of a greater purpose.

Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

Creating a culture is a tough process. With a team of fewer than 20, it’s relatively easier. The primary challenge is how you live as a leader. Culture isn’t something you can teach—it’s not knowledge you pass on to someone. Culture is life itself.

Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose: The Stellar Way

We learned that growth involves a process, and as leaders, we had to endure certain difficulties to grow. We didn’t have all the answers, but we relied on our core team’s belief in our mission and supported each other through tough times.

Think Global. Act Local.

Empowering the next generation of global citizens by equipping them with lifelong learning skills in this ever-changing world.

Fully Utilizing Every Minute: A Day in the Life (Part 2)

Don’t worry about how you’re going to die. Worry about how you’re going to live.

Fully Utilizing Every Minute: A Day in the Life (Part 1)

There’s a thrill in running, in pushing myself. It’s about maximizing what we can achieve in a limited amount of time. How do we manage that stress or pressure? I just love it.

Reimagining School Purpose (Part 2)

In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. —Jim Collins

Reimagining School Purpose (Part 1)

Being socially compassionate, possessing humanity, is in fact the highest form of self-actualization. The highest position you hold, the greater you should serve.

Protected: Building Stellar: The Promised Land.

Protected: Building Stellar: From Vision to Reality

If you ever experience miracle once in your life time, you are considered blessed. We at Stellar experience such miracles and provision of God over and over again.

Don’t Break the Bridge Between Education and Life

Who knows? Maybe some of these students will become the next generation of entrepreneurs. Perhaps they’ll be the ones who create innovative businesses that solve real-world problems and inspire future generations.

Why Are We So Passionate About Sustainability?

New technologies sometimes positively change societies and cultures. However, this change may come at a high cost.

How to Live Up to 999 Years?

In the end, just like a bright flame is more important than the number of candles, it is not the years in your life, but the life in your years that truly matters.

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