Ep 101.1: The King of Singapore [Part 1] | Adrian Tan (President of Singapore's Law Society & Partner, TSMP Law Corporation)
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 🙊 Like STIMY? Buy us a ☕️?: https://beacons.ai/sothisismywhy 💌 Weekly Newsletter on upcoming STIMY guests/interesting reads to make you the most interesting person in the room: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/ebf231f605