Tag: patience
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“Not what you know, but who you know.”
If you’re looking for practical advice on running a business, you’ll find a wealth of information online. But, what makes these interviews truly invaluable is the firsthand insight gained from the rough-and-tumble experiences of ordinary people who took bold steps to turn their ideas into reality. Each person has their own unique strategies that worked…
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Branding an online electronics business
Every success story has a plot that is littered with bruises from tripping and falling. Stories of sharp regret. That moment when you think with paralysing horror: “Whoops” on realizing that you messed up an opportunity, and wishing you could turn back time, and do it all over again. However, here’s an unremarkable truth: we don’t need to…
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Intense & Intimate
I don’t always get a chance to chat with the traders. For instance, just as I took this photo, a flock of older Chinese and Malay women surrounded me on all sides and essentially nudged me from the scene so that they could pick through the vegetables while firing an endless bullet of questions to…
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Body-more Art (Baltimore)
What does it take to be a tattoo artist? We speak with Dave Wah who draws back the curtains on his journey, and shows us how his curiosity evolved over the years into a serious profession. Follow your curiosity “When I was about 17 or 18 years old, I kept wondering: “How do they do it?…
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Writing your destiny
I came across a visually-arresting bookshop in Mal Deodoro (a neighbourhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil). The space was packed floor-to-ceiling with books! Start small, and grow gradually The owner has been selling books for an impressive 25 years. It all started with a humble street stand offering magazines and books, and over time, his business…
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