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Ideas, questions, discoveries, and the occasional rabbit hole.

The Best System Isn’t Always the Smartest One

I recently learned that a former client of mine had passed away, and it brought back memories of the work we did together. One project in particular has stayed with me because, although I didn’t realise it at the time, it taught me something about what it actually means to build a good system for…

New Territory

There is something rather surreal about entering completely new territory at a point in life when you thought you had become fairly familiar with the terrain. People around you begin talking about the things that tend to occupy this particular season of adulthood. Long-postponed trips. Businesses they finally have time to build. Financial plans. Retirement.…

How Much of What We Believe Is Actually Ours?

We usually think of consent as having enough information to make a decision. You know your options. You understand the facts. Nobody is forcing you. You choose. But what happens when the environment in which you make that choice has already been carefully constructed for you? Have you heard of Edward Bernays? You may not…

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I’m Lala

Diwang Malaya is my corner of the internet for thinking out loud, following questions, and occasionally wandering pretty far down a rabbit hole. Ideas, patterns, history, spirituality, and everything in between.

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