Chap 3 The Balance of Calculation and Serendipity - Sze Yuan and Sky by Elizabeth Tang https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes en-us 2024-10-12 09:51:48 UTC 2024-10-23 01:01:21 UTC hello@padlet.com The Balance e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181126686 Calculation: An assessment of the risks, possibilities, or effects of a situation or course of action


Serendipity: The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way

]]> 2024-10-22 07:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181126686 e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181141029 2024-10-22 07:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181141029 DELIBERATE STRATEGY e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181744773 2024-10-22 14:12:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181744773 e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181749283 2024-10-22 14:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181749283 EMERGENT STRATEGY e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181756835 Developed "from unanticipated problems or opportunities", and are "sometimes explicit decisions, or coalesced from a myriad of day-to-day decisions."

]]> 2024-10-22 14:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181756835 e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181788439 2024-10-22 14:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181788439 e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181790560 "A continuous, diverse and unruly process"

]]> 2024-10-22 14:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181790560 When the Wall Street didn't Respond e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181797799 - His deliberate plan was to be a Wall Street Editor

- Took up various roles, including being a consultant, starting a business and eventually, becoming a professor.

]]> 2024-10-22 14:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181797799 Business to Individuals e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181799935 Just like how the story shifts to one that impacted the author on a personal level, we can see that the author's lessons can apply to us on an individual level, and guide our strategy in navigating life.

]]> 2024-10-22 14:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181799935 The Balance e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181801914 Calculation: Taking deliberate steps to achieve goals that have clear motivations.


Serendipity: Always being open to react to emerging opportunities and problems.

]]> 2024-10-22 14:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181801914 What I would like to change in my life e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181916559 Striking a balance in Strategising: To be more careful with chosing which strategy to adopt, yet being more open to allowing this strategy to diverge and adapt.


Living with less regrets: Treating experiences as part of an iterative journey, rather than a means to an end.


]]> 2024-10-22 15:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181916559 Honda Takes America by Accident e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181930489 - Initially aimed to sell larger bikes to compete with the likes of Harley Davidson, but was seen as a "poor man's" bike

- Gave employees smaller bikes "Super Cubs" to run errands

- Super Cubs gained traction as an off-road bike, with customers asking to purchase them.

]]> 2024-10-22 15:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3181930489 e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182046500 2024-10-22 17:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182046500 What he Learnt from his Journey e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182106565 - Reacted to opportunities as they came

- When his career provided clear motivations, he set new deliberate goals to work towards

- Never shut the door on emergent opportunities and problems

]]> 2024-10-22 17:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182106565 What I Have Learnt e1121737 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182167723 How to shape my strategy towards life, be it career or otherwise

How to approach and make big decisions in life

]]> 2024-10-22 18:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182167723 Which strategy should we actually pursue? skywong3206 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182286494 Deliberate vs Emergent

]]> 2024-10-22 20:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182286494 What has to prove true for this to work? skywong3206 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182312571 1. Articulate assumptions

2. What needs to be true for these assumptions to work

3. Retailor our expectations



]]> 2024-10-22 20:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182312571 Career Choice skywong3206 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182327747 Do you know what you want to be?

]]> 2024-10-22 20:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182327747 Disappointed Student at Venture Capital Firm skywong3206 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182329589

  • Based expectations of initial assumptions

  • Felt deceived

    • ]]>     2024-10-22 20:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182329589     Insights gained skywong3206 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182363562

  • CAG Internship Experience

    • ]]>     2024-10-22 21:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182363562     What has to prove true? skywong3206 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182367353 Refine Initial Assumptions

    • Develop better predictions

    • Raising the barrier

    ]]>     2024-10-22 21:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182367353     skywong3206 https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182538511 2024-10-23 00:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/elizabethtang01/7imty5ikuuve4tes/wish/3182538511