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Why Better Work Doesn't Get You Picked
Everyone can see your work. Nobody can see your positioning.
Jul 30
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Derek Hui
Traveling With My Mom, Thirty Years After She Took Me
A white plastic bag of loonies and toonies, and what it was actually for.
Jul 28
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Derek Hui
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May 2026
Why Chasing the Thrill Never Stops
A bike with no fear at eight. A highway at 150. A $1,300 bottle at thirty-seven.
May 7
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Derek Hui
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April 2026
Why It Takes About Twelve Years to Make It
Enjoyment, time, skill, value, money. In that order. No skipping.
Apr 26
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Derek Hui
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What Moving Abroad Costs You in Friendship
Turning 37 in Tokyo, scrolling flights at 2am, paying the tax on growth.
Apr 15
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Derek Hui
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Leaving a Comfortable Life in Toronto for Tokyo at 34
Apple pies instead of birthday cakes — and the thing my parents did that made staying indefensible.
Apr 5
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Derek Hui
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March 2026
What 400 Weddings Taught Me About Life
It's the same mistake most people make with their lives
Mar 30
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Derek Hui
6
Why Not Deciding Costs More Than Deciding Wrong
A family meeting at nine. Five thousand dollars in the bank at thirty. Every door I didn't walk through.
Mar 23
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Derek Hui
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You Look Like Your Decisions
What a decade of invisible choices actually looks like
Mar 14
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Derek Hui
5
How to Tell What Someone Actually Feels About You
I cleaned my entire apartment for someone I claimed not to care about.
Mar 3
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Derek Hui
The Skill That Actually Separates Us
Why abstract thinking is the most underrated competitive advantage you have — and how to use it.
Mar 2
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Derek Hui
The Three Things That Decide How Your Life Turns Out
Two of them are easy to collect. The third is the only one that moves you.
Mar 2
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Derek Hui
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