Sunny Tan reflects on his 37-year career with Singapore Airlines, sharing how kindness, sincerity, and dedication shaped his success. He discusses the importance of genuine care in service, lasting friendships, and balancing passion with perseverance in life and work.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “I think being nice is very important. So it just transcends into everything that you want to be nice, you want to be helpful.” 
2. “Whenever you encounter any problem you just have to put in your sincerity into that matter and try your best to, to resolve it.” 
3. “I have this particular fan who is my mentor in the airline. And I met him on my first flight.” 
4. “We became really like even travel buddies. We would go holidays together.” 
5. “I think it’s very important to be a listener. I think it’s very important.”

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Aldon Chen reflects on his life journey from Singapore to China, building a career in real estate amidst rapid change. He stresses the importance of trust, family support, forward thinking, and maintaining strong, sincere friendships to sustain both career and personal life.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “I will focus on forward looking places. So, ahead of the time, you know, see what is coming.” 
2. “You have to join the sunrise industry instead of sunset industry.” 
3. “Mutual trust, respect, differences are very important, and you have to be sincere.” 
4. “People treat you sincerely. Mostly, right? And also, I believe trust is the best thing.” 
5. “Spend more time physically with friends and relatives and family member. That will be more advisable.”

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Susheela Abraham Varghese reflects on a 40+ year career in education spanning Singapore and the US. She shares insights on perseverance, balancing career and family, the value of lifelong learning, and the importance of kindness and connection in relationships.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “Life isn’t fair. Sometimes things will go our way, but that’s okay. You still have to carry on.” 
2. “Failure is always part of success. So learn to embrace it, learn from it, and then keep moving.” 
3. “Honestly, the thing about love, you cannot love others unless you love yourself at least.” 
4. “Commitment is the word that comes to my mind… day to day life entails quite a lot of commitment and sacrifice.” 
5. “If you want love, at any level, you got to put time and effort into it and figuring out how to make it work with people.”

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Joann Koh shares her journey from manufacturing work to entrepreneurship and volunteering. She highlights the value of kindness, building lasting friendships, and staying connected. Her reflections encourage future generations to balance hard work with empathy and community service.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “I prefer to working in the manufacturing just very simple is fine working day.” 
2. “I become, what pioneer in this factory. And we work together very well because they lead the people and even the really big boss also very nice.” 
3. “I learn how to, manage the staff from my previous company.” 
4. “In the first year, we lose a lot. A lot of money because both of. Whilst we don’t have the experience.” 
5. “Spend more time physically with friends and relatives and family member. That will be more advisable.”

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Catherine Low reflects on a 30-year career in education, emphasizing patience, adaptability, and lifelong learning. She highlights the importance of balancing family and work, staying open to change, and cultivating meaningful relationships through empathy and communication.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “If you’re in this life, you need patience, you need to anticipate, and you need to change with times.” 
2. “I manage my expectations of what I can get from the job, and I find myself having to reframe my thinking every five years or so.” 
3. “Perseverance and precaution. Perseverance. Nothing can seem too easy or promises that sound too good to be true.” 
4. “Life isn’t fair. Sometimes things will go our way, but that’s okay. You still have to carry on.” 
5. “Honestly, the thing about love, you cannot love others unless you love yourself at least.”

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Kelvin reflects on his decades shaping Singapore’s National Day Parade, emphasizing creativity, teamwork, and passion. He discusses love as a value that extends beyond family to community and country, and encourages compassion, resilience, and unity for future generations.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “I am 71 years old. I have gone through quite a bit. I perhaps considered as one of the people who are postwar bloomers.” 
2. “The parade itself was divided into two portions, one, the parade and ceremonial, which is usually the marching, and then the next one is usually the performances.” 
3. “What kept us going was the sense of immense satisfaction that we get out of this.” 
4. “Love comes in many ways. It could be personal part of it. It could be a grandfather-grandmother relationship.” 
5. “I believe it's less about understanding and forgiveness. We are all not perfect. We all have our flaws.”

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Wilson reflects on building a business grounded in integrity, the importance of family support, and the evolving nature of love and parenting. He shares values passed to his children and advice for young people navigating relationships and career choices.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “Running a business is not that easy... you need to be prepared for putting in your time, your life and your passion in building a business.” 
2. “By honoring what you have offered is something I will say any businessman has to undertake.” 
3. “Maintaining a friendly relationship is pretty important, by continual communication.” 
4. “When you get back to community... you may be able to find a solution by yourself, because you are able to slow down and recap and rethink.” 
5. “You know how much you have in your bank account, but you don't really know how much you’ll spend in this life.”

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Philip Chan shares heartfelt reflections on marriage, parenting, friendship, and vocation. A former pastor turned counsellor, he speaks with compassion and realism about love as commitment, the illusion of perfect jobs, and the power of honest, lasting relationships.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “Love means to give yourself and to give yourself also entails sacrificing and, understanding that the rewards of love may not really be what we imagine.” 
2. “There is no perfect marriage, as we all know very well.” 
3. “It is very important that you need to be your true self in order to be able to build a strong relationship.” 
4. “Education is only a very small steppingstone. It is only your character is more important because you need to be okay with that.” 
5. “Even if you are passionate in something, you are still struggling because you are still dealing with people.”

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Ernest reflects on Singapore’s industrial rise through the lens of his own career in manufacturing. He offers candid, heartfelt advice on love, friendship, and sacrifice—urging future generations to live with empathy, responsibility, and soul.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “If I have to put it up in a few words, one of which top most of my mind would be sacrifice.” 
2. “Love means to give yourself and to give yourself also entails sacrificing and, understanding that the rewards of love may not really be what we imagine.” 
3. “Effort has to be put in to achieve that longevity. There is no perfect marriage, as we all know very well.” 
4. “I would also go on to say that charity begins at home… I need to fix things with my society.” 
5. “We really need to focus on the soul… the soul is the only driver for us to move forward.”

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Jeffrey Liew, founder of Sapphire Windows, shares wisdom from his entrepreneurial journey and personal life. He reflects on hard work, responsibility, and the value of nurturing relationships across generations with sincerity and consistency.

Five "Words of Wisdom" Quotes

1. “Besides the passion, you must have very strong commitment. What you are going to do, when you go out to work with somebody else, you can always quit the job.” 
2. “But when you are starting a business in time, you will find that the people who are working for you or with you are your family and you cannot quit any time because their livelihood depends on you.” 
3. “I think your career in business, there is no secret… except that how much effort you put in, to say, give it 100% in order to sustain the bad times that you encounter.” 
4. “So when I do and I do a lot of networking, and each time I go out, maybe pick up three, five people out of 20, 30 people and I stay connected with them.” 
5. “So I hope to connect them together with my older friends and the newer generation… in my own network.”

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