The King of Singapore has spoken… to me! 😮

His accolades are every Asian parent’s wet dream:

👉🏻 President of Singapore’s Law Society;

👉🏻 Partner at TSMP;

👉🏻 Bestselling author of The Teenage Textbook & The Teenage Workbook, which were turned into a play, movie and TV series etc.; and

👉🏻 LinkedIn writing extraordinaire (all his posts go viral & even hit the mainstream media headlines!)

But who is Adrian Tan, really?

How did Adrian Tan end up where he is?

What was it like growing up in a HDB community that didn’t understand the concept of “privacy”? 

E.g. Everyone treated Adrian’s family TV as their own, and crowded outside to watch together. 🤣

How did he end up writing bestselling fiction novels (whose royalties put him through university)?

Why is he the King of Singapore?

And how has cancer ☹️ impacted him? 

🔥 So much to cover in STIMY’s spanking new Episode 101 Part 1.

You’ll just have to listen to find out more! 😏

Highlights:

• 2:23 Singapore’s immigrant story
• 10:33 Getting into Anglo Chinese Primary School through ballot
• 15:54 Maternal gaslighting
• 19:20 The TV belongs to everyone! 😫
• 21:59 Top grades doesn’t guarantee success in life
• 24:59 Chinese people can be very racist
• 30:02 Failing to get a scholarship to study law because Adrian’s English was too good
• 33:10 Why law?
• 34:31 Writing for magazines & getting a book offer
• 36:31 Getting a book deal to write The Teenage Textbook & The Teenage Workbook
• 38:38 How much royalties do authors get?
• 40:56 Why did a subversive book become a bestseller?

Part 2 of Adrian Tan’s interview is coming out this coming Sunday (27 Nov)!

📍Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/101

🍿 YouTube: https://youtu.be/QOEeOIiQvyk

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