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What It Means to Inspire. My Proudest Moment

I don't particularly care for competition, so with one good leg, why do I continue to train as a powerlifter when most friends quit?

EssaysDaniel LeeAugust 14, 2019OMD VenturesIntrospection

Are They Respecting You Or Your Title?

When I entered Holt Renfrew with my bespoke suit and Swiss watch, I received a certain level of service. It never replicated when I returned in a v-neck shirt and shorts as the same person.

EssaysDaniel LeeAugust 6, 2019OMD VenturesIntrospection

The Path to Growth per Lobsters

Constant fear and anxiety doesn't mean you are growing but an absence of it may mean you aren't.

EssaysDaniel LeeJuly 31, 2019OMD VenturesCareers

The Company We Work At Is More Important Than The Country We Live In.

Given how work is a major cog in the system of our life, it seems highly possible to conclude that a company is a nation of it's own.

EssaysDaniel LeeJuly 24, 2019OMD VenturesBusiness

Anchor Hobbies Make Lasting Habits

I think habits start with a genuine hobby. Not what a billionaire does, a book prescribes or what your boss tells you to do.

EssaysDaniel LeeJuly 16, 2019OMD VenturesHabits

Leaning into Rejection and Pain

I had a student ask me how do you handle the pain of rejection when someone doesn't reply to an email?

EssaysDaniel LeeJuly 10, 2019OMD VenturesIntrospection

The Signals We Want

It's frightening how the same signal we seek to live is one we wish to avoid for living.

EssaysDaniel LeeJuly 3, 2019OMD VenturesBusiness

The Leader Evolves: Financial to People Allocation

With the transition from the industrial age to the internet age, the iconoclasts will come in their ability to allocate people.

EssaysDaniel LeeJune 25, 2019OMD VenturesBusiness

Questioning Defaults In Life

What are the things in life we choose to accept as the default setting? Have you asked yourself what settings in your own life you've left as the default option rather than deliberately setting it to the option you want?

EssaysDaniel LeeJune 18, 2019OMD VenturesCareers

Happiness is Like a Cloud

Nearly a year and a half into my journey, the most common question I get asked from friends, colleagues and family is: "Are you at least happy?"

EssaysDaniel LeeJune 11, 2019OMD VenturesIntrospection

I'll be Ready When I Need To Be. No Time Is Wasted To Get There.

How a book made me cry and I needed all five years to get to this point.

EssaysDaniel LeeJune 4, 2019OMD VenturesHabits

Most Who Wander Are Lost.

The neglected question is: Do you know where you are and why you are wandering?