Building People - Sunday Emails from a CEO

Liew Mun Leong (LML)'s successful transition from a civil servant to become a CEO of a profit-driven entity gives me some hope that I might be able to do the same some day! (Of course, there's a huge gap btw our abilities which I do hope can be narrowed with time.)

Many deep insights in the book, and it is surprisingly a very easy read. Some of the key takeaways....

1. LML's work philosopher is founded on the 3Ps - Paranoia, Perseverance and Perfectionism. It must be pretty stressful to live by these mantras ... but I can see how they can contribute to success
2. He pays great attention to details, despite being in a high position where he can afford not to. Somehow I see this trait being exhibited in many of the civil service's leadership as well.
   
3. He sees growing and building people as the fundamental foundation for his business. Methinks this is very true. Ideas, ventures, profit, are all output from living bodies.
4. Work-life balance seems to come easily to him. (I suspect he doesn't sleep very much.) What is interesting is what he calls his "3rd home" or "3rd wind" - the 3 hours in the morning where he runs, works out, takes a cold shower and have breakfast. The more stressful his job becomes, the more he runs. This is the period where he gets inspiration and solutions to the most challenging problems. Maybe I should try building this into my routine. The only problem now is that I can't run that much, hahaha.