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


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