Author: Datuk Beatrice Nirmala

INSTINCT

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s. — Billy Wilder, Austrian-American film director If I have learnt one thing over the last few years, it’s that we need to listen to our hearts more than our minds. We have been taught

The strong horse that pulls the cart

Instead of freaking out about these constraints, embrace them. Let them guide you. Constraints drive innovation and force focus. Instead of trying to remove them, use them to your advantage. — American web software company Winston Churchill said it best about entrepreneurship. “Some regard private enterprise as if it were

Southeast Asia’s hidden gem

We are united in diversity. Sarawak is like a garden full of colourful flowers, so beautiful and so unique, and the commitment of the government is to ensure that this is continuously maintained. —  Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, Deputy Premier I am going to take a short break

Is this it?

 A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure. – Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state At some point in our business, we realised we were sitting in a cave creating niche publications and dealing with a teeny weeny part of a greater ecosystem not realising

THAT YELLOW BRICK ROAD

The year was 2000 – the year of the dragon. The year my little boy arrived. This time, we were more settled.  We had moved into a lovely bungalow, still rented, but such a wonderful home with the best memories of my little kids growing up. We worked from home

The plastic playhouse

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. — Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing Before the babies came, it was just us and the dogs. When the first baby came, it was us, the dogs, the baby and the business we had started. PETWORLD

Charting the future

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. —  Michael Phelps, American Olympics swimmer Welcome to Episode 3 of my column. So life as I knew it, changed. All we had was the little house we had bought

Following the instinct

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. — Don Marquis, American humourist and author Welcome to another episode of Through The Looking Glass. As you read from last week, it was a struggle to not lose my identity, from what my society expected of a girl and her

The journey

I’ve always loved life, irrespective of all the ups and downs that have filled my journey. —  Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer Sometimes when I think of where I began and where I have travelled since, it seems almost like I have lived in parallel universes within one lifespan. Growing