You know the saying, 'even a broken down clock tells the time correctly, twice a day'? It's the same with the England team at the Euro 2024. They weren't all bad, at least now I know if I have trouble falling asleep, I'll rewatch the game.
What other good that come out of watching England play?

• I have no issue scrolling social media. These days, lots of ads popped up, and many of these on teaching others how to use Chat-GPT, or any of the AI tools available. No doubt, it's the hottest thing to happen in the tech world. I'm just wondering, when the main products are available less than 3 years, yet we have self-professed gurus selling courses that promise 10x productivity, on using a product that's still iterating on its own. With all the money going into AI, it's likely the fastest to get commoditized. Granted, probably most of these are affiliate selling but how will these courses age? Not very well, perhaps. This is why watching the England games is good; it allows your mind to wander, with a lot more creativity than the game itself.
• Invariably, my mind turned to my startup. Every time I mentioned that I'm doing a startup, I'm asked if I'm the CEO. I cringed. Which is strange for me, coz, what am I executing chiefly? Am I even managing anything? Over the last dozen years, I've come across countless new startups, most with less than 3 team members, and they'd all be titled as CxO. Maybe I'm being too pedantic, but I feel that you shouldn't be saddled with a title that's a CxO, if you have less than 20 members in your team. I believe calling yourself a founder suffices. You are expected to found, not manage. There's no one there for you to manage other than continually iterating and founding, and discovery. In my conversations with many young founders with CEO title, they possess this complex that it's a step-down if they were to move to another position. Psychologically, it limits your potential. Everyone in the founding team should experiment and experience various roles. Be flexible, be self-challenging, be a janitor as well. This is why watching the England game is good; I'm allowed to freely wander my mind, without missing out on any action, unless a goal is scored, which is far and few in between, over 90 minutes.
• Back to Euro 2024. So far, the Spaniards are playing the best football. Free flowing, skillful, and highly entertaining. It's reminiscent of days of old, where you see passion on the field, and not Oscar-worthy performance when you get brought down. Alright, maybe not Oscar-worthy since Neymar is not playing but you get the drift. I know the simpler days of football will not return. It's money game these days. Seeing the fans on the stand, I wonder if the players share the same fervor, whether it's a win or loss. Maybe they do, I don't know, but I doubt it. This is why watching England play is good; I can be philosophical, in line with aging, where I lament on the loss of the good old days of football.

Ps: it's Sunday, just taking the mickey out of how bad the Euro 2024 has been, as well as sharing some quirky random thoughts.

Have a great week ahead…🤣 🤣 🤣

While giving a refresh on the website, I re-read the post. To put into context, it was written prior to major lockdowns in Vietnam and Singapore. Particularly the last paragraph, "...and when you look out, the air may be fresher, and the colors brighter."
Well, if we recall, after a couple months of lockdown, the air did get much fresher and clearer, and the colors much more radiant. 
I remembered thinking and expressing, that mother nature does take care of our planet rather well. That just with a couple of months of non-industrial activities, the pollution index went down to mere high single to low double-digits. 
Alas, we're perhaps back to pre-pandemic levels of pollution with resultant smoggy air. When will we ever learn? Even the best efforts of greening initiatives would take decades to equalize the cleaning of environment. 
Here's a thought; random thought, I might add. What if we regulate production of anything to 10 months, and total production reduce to 80%, maybe over a period of 24 months. When a sizable percentage of produced items end up in landfills, could we reduce even further? 
Do we even need so much things in our lives?
I know this sounds downright naive, to think that it could ever be. But the critical fact is, it needs to be. 
Did we even consider, and the 'we' as in, relevant authorities around the world, that a reboot and a deeper examination of our living habits is sorely wanting. The future generation will look to this period in history and conclude that we didn't learn much, and that we missed the biggest part of the lessons given to us. 
Here's the irony. I heard that Shein is looking for someone to look into the environmental impact of its business. Well, how about reducing production by 30%? Again, another random thought. 
​So much for my Sunday. See you in another couple years...NOT.