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Joshua Tiong
Our Six Pillars for Purposeful Living

This has been frequently requested of me ever since my earlier post about ‘The Six Month Conversation’ resonated with so many people. This follow up is about the framework Alexis and I devised with hopes of guiding our life journey together independently and as a couple. I know this post is arriving several years late, after tons of requests, so thanks everybody for your patience!

Our Six Pillars for Purposeful Living

Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (5 of 5)

Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (5 of 5)

This is the fifth instalment (of 5) to share from my massive backlog of bookmarked Quora answers to share with my community. For the number of posts to share, I’ve picked a number that’s significant to me: 111

As always, I hope you enjoy, learn something, and it helps you one day. Much love <3

  1. https://qr.ae/TUtyWf - What is a summary of major events in world history?

  2. https://qr.ae/TUty9X - How do I consume food at a buffet in the most efficient way? I want to maximize my food eating potential.

  3. https://qr.ae/TUty9R - What is the most difficult thing to learn and accept about life?

  4. https://qr.ae/TUty9p - Should I quit my job and follow my passion, or stick to my job and improve my performance…

Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (4 of 5)

Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (4 of 5)

This is the fourth instalment (of 5) to share from my massive backlog of bookmarked Quora answers to share with my community.

As always: I hope you enjoy, learn something, and it helps you one day. Much love <3

  1. https://qr.ae/TUtyON - What are some uncommon ways to work smarter instead of harder?

  2. https://qr.ae/TUtyOn - What is the reason, everyone I know, especially men, complain about their married life? Is it really that bad?

  3. https://qr.ae/TUtyOA - What are some of the biggest scams/cons in modern history?

  4. https://qr.ae/TUtyOK - What is the strangest way you found out your significant other was cheating on you?

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Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (3 of 5)

Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (3 of 5)

This is the third instalment (of 5) to share from my massive backlog of bookmarked Quora answers to share with my community.

Hmm… I’m now finding out that this bank of bookmarked Quora answers is insane, so I’ll be ramping up the count from 25 per post to 50 per post. Wowza, that would mean 200 Quora answers shared in this December 2018 series!!!

As always: I hope you enjoy, learn something, and it helps you one day. Much love <3

  1. https://qr.ae/TUtyw5 - How good are bad software engineers?

  2. https://qr.ae/TUtywk - What are the biggest myths about owning a business?

  3. https://qr.ae/TUtywH - Mike Rowe, of Dirty Jobs fame, claims that thousands of jobs are available in the US but nobody will take them. In our capitalistic country, doesn't this demonstrate that the rate of pay needs to be increased for these same jobs?

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Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (2 of 5)

Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (2 of 5)

This is the second instalment (of 5) to share from my massive backlog of bookmarked Quora answers to share with my community.

I hope you enjoy, learn something, and it helps you one day. Much love <3

  1. https://qr.ae/TUtyoa - What is the most lucrative business move that you’ve ever made?

  2. https://qr.ae/TUtyoe - Why does Tarkin's CGI in Rogue One look so plastic-y? Could they have made it look more realistic?

  3. https://qr.ae/TUtyoc - What are some useful technology life hacks?

  4. https://qr.ae/TUtyoJ - Why are pineapples called pineapples? In most languages, pineapples are called “ananas”, or something similar.

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Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (1 of 5)

Dec 2018 Quora Round Up (1 of 5)

This is the first instalment (of 5) to share from my massive backlog of bookmarked Quora answers to share with my community.

I hope you enjoy, learn something, and it helps you one day. Much love <3

  • https://qr.ae/TUtrxv - What are some undeniable facts about life?

  • https://qr.ae/TUtrxy - Why are there television ads for milk? Is there anyone who hasn't heard of milk?

  • https://qr.ae/TUtrxY - I irrationally see being a Google engineer as the "dream job". How can I convince myself there's nothing special about it?

  • https://qr.ae/TUtrxC - Do you use a different name at Starbucks? If so, why, and what is the name?

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Dec 2018 - What is Joshua reading?

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Dec 2018 - What is Joshua reading?

Having recently attended a number of events this autumn to speak with university students, young professionals, and small business owners, I’ve fielded many questions about what reading I would recommend to them.

While I’ve previously shared my thoughts on this topic, my journey has taken me down many paths and through many hoops in the three years since then. I have a few more thoughts to share.

The big one is that everybody should learn Sales. > Cue groans <

Listen, I get it: ‘selling’ is thought of as something dirty… but that’s such an outdated notion. The reality is that we are all selling, all of the time. Selling is the art and science of…

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Some Reading on Sales Operations

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Some Reading on Sales Operations

Sales Operations.

What is it? Do I need it? Where does it fit in the org? I've also heard of Sales Enablement; is it different? How do I do it right? What career paths get you to Sales Ops and where can you go from there? Is Sales Ops leadership the same as Sales leadership? So many questions. So few good answers.

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DEF CON 26 - My Thoughts and Reflections

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DEF CON 26 - My Thoughts and Reflections

I was recently in Las Vegas for DEF CON, the world's largest Hacking Conference (Site, Wikipedia). For four days, 20,000+ nerds descended upon Vegas and put security professionals on edge. It was my first time participating in DEF CON, and it won't be my last.

Over the course of my week in Las Vegas, I caught up with old friends, met new people, learned about the Hacker world, was exposed to novel ideas, had fascinating and thoughtful discussions, lived it up Vegas-style, explored the famous city's culture, and ate too much unhealthy food (*cough* Typical West Coast).

I've been left with a lot to ponder since coming home from DEF CON…

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Product Leadership quotes

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Product Leadership quotes

Product development/management is tough as hell. Thankfully there is an amazing community of practitioners. The book, Product Leadership (website, Amazon), has so many nuggets of wisdom encoded in it. Check it out :)

Here are some quotes I found noteworthy and strive to commit to my DNA:

  • Great product people will ask questions about the product, the market, and the business. Not only this, they show an interest in all aspects of the team they work with, from unified vision to individual communication styles. Understand that producing great products can be difficult and frustrating, but still want to do the work.

  • Ultimately, the job of the product manager is to get results through other people.

  • What is common in high-performance teams is that…

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Worthwhile Pursuits

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Worthwhile Pursuits

As I've been pushing hard on pursuing new opportunities lately and working through a handful of challenging projects, I've been pondering the question, "What is truly worth striving for?" in considering how to allocate my limited resources of time and energy.

This is the list of things I keep circling back to:

  • Excellence

  • Integrity…