I was very lucky to meet a good friend of mine, Daryl Chia, for tea to pick his mind and share ideas. He’s a very talented and hardworking investor who was featured in the Business Times. You can check out his site here. You can expect great things to come from him in the future.

Even though he and I share different investment philosophies, having a chat with him is refreshing. I focus on investments on a much more “micro” level whereas he takes a much more “macro” approach to investing, which leads to interesting discussions.

To me, there is nothing more important than someone who is willing to take the opposite view point. It forces you to compose you own thoughts and articulate your views to defend your viewpoint. If you can’t do that, than you need to think twice in whatever you’re doing. There is nothing I find ...