Chris Hare

But as that mountain range, the Altai mountains subsided into the flatness of the Gobi, you know, we struggle with navigation to the point where we'd have to double check where we thought we were with stars. And what I think is interesting about cellular navigation, this millennia-long way of getting around the world, is you follow stars, but you never really expect to set foot on them.

But as that mountain range, the Altai mountains subsided into the flatness of the Gobi, you know, we struggle with navigation to the point where we'd have to double check where we thought we were with stars. And what I think is interesting about cellular navigation, this millennia-long way of getting around the world, is you follow stars, but you never really expect to set foot on them.

So you can follow the north star, which is the one everyone talks about, or you can navigate by it, and it can guide you to incredible destinations. It can get you to exactly where you want to be at various points of your journey. But by following this thing, you're not going to ever reach it. And I think in some way, good goals are like that.

So you can follow the north star, which is the one everyone talks about, or you can navigate by it, and it can guide you to incredible destinations. It can get you to exactly where you want to be at various points of your journey. But by following this thing, you're not going to ever reach it. And I think in some way, good goals are like that.

Good goals guide your day-to-day decision-making, whether they're immediate, random threats to whatever it is you're building or doing in your personal life or in your business life, or totally big decisions to make. You can always refer to your so-called North Star or whatever star it is that you navigate by. I think about that analogy a lot. What's a goal worth pursuing?

Good goals guide your day-to-day decision-making, whether they're immediate, random threats to whatever it is you're building or doing in your personal life or in your business life, or totally big decisions to make. You can always refer to your so-called North Star or whatever star it is that you navigate by. I think about that analogy a lot. What's a goal worth pursuing?

were you to spend your whole life pursuing it and you were to never reach it and you're in your old frail years you could still say to yourself that was a hell of a shot and it was totally worth it You know, what are goals that are so important that failure is expected and not a disappointment because the goal itself is just too important for that.

were you to spend your whole life pursuing it and you were to never reach it and you're in your old frail years you could still say to yourself that was a hell of a shot and it was totally worth it You know, what are goals that are so important that failure is expected and not a disappointment because the goal itself is just too important for that.

And that just, that was a thought process I had back on the Adobe expedition some time ago.

And that just, that was a thought process I had back on the Adobe expedition some time ago.

Okay. So in short, I worked, I studied at Harvard from having graduated in Hong Kong, took a gap year, in that gap year applied to uni, ended up going to Harvard and a year and a half into that degree, I dropped out. I did what's called an indefinite leave of absence. So you don't lose your seat at the university, but you're basically allowed to take as much time as you want at the university.

Okay. So in short, I worked, I studied at Harvard from having graduated in Hong Kong, took a gap year, in that gap year applied to uni, ended up going to Harvard and a year and a half into that degree, I dropped out. I did what's called an indefinite leave of absence. So you don't lose your seat at the university, but you're basically allowed to take as much time as you want at the university.

And in that time, I transitioned from being a charity founder to a software founder. And I have a lot of thoughts about the evolution of software since I started working in the industry in 2014 till today. As a matter of fact, my background, I started at Harvard studying a very generically named field, East Asian Studies.

And in that time, I transitioned from being a charity founder to a software founder. And I have a lot of thoughts about the evolution of software since I started working in the industry in 2014 till today. As a matter of fact, my background, I started at Harvard studying a very generically named field, East Asian Studies.

mainly focused on China, and in particular, Ming Dynasty Chinese history onwards. And I transitioned to the field of computational neuroscience, which is eventually where I got my degree. So I was always attracted to the field of technology. And anyone who was alive in 2013 or 2014 could see it was really early days for adopting and deploying technology into various industries.

mainly focused on China, and in particular, Ming Dynasty Chinese history onwards. And I transitioned to the field of computational neuroscience, which is eventually where I got my degree. So I was always attracted to the field of technology. And anyone who was alive in 2013 or 2014 could see it was really early days for adopting and deploying technology into various industries.

So I made that transition. That being said, everything, every success I've had, and for that matter, every failure I've had while working in the full profit technology and software sector, I can basically trace to an analogy from an expedition that I've partaken on. So

So I made that transition. That being said, everything, every success I've had, and for that matter, every failure I've had while working in the full profit technology and software sector, I can basically trace to an analogy from an expedition that I've partaken on. So

Talking about, for example, team building, there's an expression that I first heard when I was rowing in high school, at boarding school, which was the first boat is only as fast as the second boat. And I think what was meant, I was on the second boat, by the way, I wasn't on the first.

Talking about, for example, team building, there's an expression that I first heard when I was rowing in high school, at boarding school, which was the first boat is only as fast as the second boat. And I think what was meant, I was on the second boat, by the way, I wasn't on the first.