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Flourishing Fintech Innovation Through VISA Everywhere Initiative Time for Indonesian Fintech Startup to Solve Most Pressing Problems in The Country
As a Nation, we’re progressing to be better and smoother in terms of our daily financial transactions and investments. Some innovative solutions have been created in the industry, but as a developing country, technology innovation needs a lot of catch up to fix problems in society. One simple problem that yet to be solved is about the ease of sending and receiving money from abroad. Right now, it’s still expensive, difficult and mostly need manual process to do that. More products and innovations needed to make this process easier. Last week, VISA Indonesia has launched the inaugural Visa Everywhere Initiative in Indonesia, a competition which challenges the country’s fintech startups…
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Gary Vaynerchuk Wants You to Post It Already Focus on your vision to give values to your audiences
We’ve been doing it all wrong. Most of us would be obsessed with the amount of likes that our pictures get on Instagram. It’s far from the actual point of creating the post in the first place: to create awareness of whatever it is you want to say to the world. According to Gary Vee, we need to create a content with empathy, a content that is going to entertain our audience or keep them informed. We don’t just post a picture because we look good in it. Tell people, what’s in it for them. Tell a story. Gary said written word is important, even on Instagram posts. Make sure…
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The Quest to be Free
Have you ever fall in love so hard it kills you? You can feel anxiety creeping in your back bone. The kind of fear with no exact logic. The what if he woke up one day and decide that he doesn’t love you anymore? Sitting alone with my juice and healthy food, I thought keeping it clean will help me clear my mind. But nothing can help you when you’re falling in love. Hoping that the damage is not too irreversible, that’s the only thing you can do. Nobody wants to be in pain. You’re kind of upset of how the same feeling that can move you, would be the…
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Essentially Essential Oil
I noticed something pleasantly different when I write my book last weekend. Now, the book I’m writing at the moment has a different difficulty level. You have to understand stock market like an expert, because I’m writing the biography of one. With my work during workdays and all that shit that happened in my personal life, it was so difficult to focus to write. I can’t write for so long because my brain just seem to stuck. But two weeks ago, I found these gems: essentially essential oils! I use Copaiba, which I bought because I burnt my fingers from nail polish remover (stupid wounds, really, but it might gave…
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When You’re Tired: Rest
I always need minimum once a month getaway and I’ve been neglecting this need for the past few months due to work. Just recently, I have moved past a relationship, opening a new chapter in life, and I want a new fresh start. So I head to Bandung. My friend Heera was opening her house for me, where I found peace, and the warmth of belonging. Spent my day at Bandung’s many parks and breath in as much as fresh air as I could get. Reading Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations once again, to remind myself how to be stoic in the hardest situations in life. “I am willing to be ok,”…
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Best Books I’ve Read in 2017 that’s Changed My Life
I read hundreds of books in 2017. In case you’re wondering how to do that, you can watch my video ‘How to Read One Book a Day’ on YouTube If you don’t have the kind of craziness and insatiability towards books like I do, I’d recommend few books I’ve read in 2017 that changed my life. Note: These are not new books, some of them are, but I put them in the list mostly just because I read it in 2017. Diamond Cutter and The Karma of Love both by Geshe Michael Roach Diamond Cutter concept is basically GIVE WHAT YOU NEED. Which is very simple and mind-blowing in the…
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NOT a New Year’s Resolution 2018 Just creating new better habits
2017 is not an easy year for many people including me. But, it’s not fair to label it a ‘bad year’ because when I read the whole journal of 2017, I discover 20+ yayness and only 3 wtfs. My 2017 turns out to be not bad at all. It’s a sign that human’s brain only focus on problems and need exercise to practice gratitude. To review my 2017, let’s look at them one by one and I’m going to make comment when I need to. The YAYY: I dance more! This is surely the year of dancing. New year’s eve was opened with me and Vera stranded in a very…
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Just Call Me Llia
To conclude a total hustling week, full of Go-Jek ride from meeting to meeting, let’s celebrate it with a selfie and a new name, sort of. Was born as Aulia, family called me Lia, changed my name to Ollie when I was in university, then now I officially want to change it again, back to my root, with a twist. Just call me Llia.
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Selecting Gifts for The Newborn
My little brother just become a father few days ago. My first instinct was to get the mother a gift. Most baby gifts are for the baby, not the mother. And it usually very functional gifts, you name it: baby socks, breast pumps, etc. But I want something different. So, I know my sister-in-law loves lipstick. So I get her 3 lipsticks and 1 cheek blush in shades that she used to wear plus some other adventurous colors. I also get her flowers and teddy bear for Baby Al. And guess what, she’s happy with the parcel!
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Meeting Sheryl Sandberg in Vietnam
When we got the phone call to come for a meeting with Facebook in Da Nang, Vietnam, they didn’t tell us who we’re going to meet. Girls in Tech Indonesia has been working with Facebook for the past 2 years for #SheMeansBusiness and #WhyNot program. But I have a strong feeling, this time is different. I feel that I’m going to finally meet Sheryl Sandberg in person. And boy… I was right. She has the charm and the charisma of a queen. She didn’t speak much, more because she wanted to listen. I bought Option B just before we got on a plane. It’s about how Sheryl cope with the…
