My 5 perspectives of 2020

Looking beyond to another new decade.

Alden Tan
8 min readDec 27, 2020
Credits: Pexels

In summary:

  1. He/she who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
  2. You will always be who you are when you keep thinking the way you think.
  3. Time is an asset. Don’t take it for granted.
  4. Your only fear should be the fear of regret.
  5. Focus on the things that matter.

1. He/she who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

Credits: Pexels

This quote originates from Friedrich Nietzsche, and I first came across it in Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. In this engaging book, Frankl describes his thoughtfully raw experiences in the Nazi concentration camps during WWII, and how he managed to miraculously survive them. While there was an undeniable element of luck involved in all this, the message that stood out more distinctly lay in the fundamental realms of human pscyhology — you may not be able to control what happens to you, but you can control how you think about or react to these occurrences. And it is this autonomy that allows you to go one level deeper, to the…

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Alden Tan
Alden Tan

Written by Alden Tan

I design products for a living in Singapore 🇸🇬 Also, I like to write and think about how to inspire a better world.

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