Hi, I’m David.

If you happen to wander to this corner of the internet, welcome to my digital garden, here I document my learnings in life.

I grew up in Hong Kong, left home at 13 to study alone in New Zealand, and now call Sydney, Australia my second home.

I’ve been a competitive swimmer since the age of 9. I’ve competed internationally, and grateful to hold a few national records along the way.

Currently, I’m with Everlab helping build the future of healthcare. We’re on a mission to prevent disease and help people live healthier lives.

I also invest at NextGen Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund backing young founders doing their life’s work.

Previously, I’ve spent some time at Bain & Company building my business acumens. And before that, I was a mental health coach, personally coached over 1,000 youths 1:1 to help them discover their inner strengths in life.

Here are some of my beliefs that are currently paying rent.

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Hi, I’m David.

If you happen to wander to this corner of the internet, welcome to my digital garden, here I document my learnings in life.

I grew up in Hong Kong, left home at 13 to study alone in New Zealand, and now call Sydney, Australia my second home.

I’ve been a competitive swimmer since the age of 9. I’ve competed internationally, and grateful to hold a few national records along the way.

Currently, I’m with Everlab helping build the future of healthcare. We’re on a mission to prevent disease and help people live healthier lives.

I also invest at NextGen Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund backing young founders doing their life’s work.

Previously, I’ve spent some time at Bain & Company building my business acumens. And before that, I was a mental health coach, personally coached over 1,000 youths 1:1 to help them discover their inner strengths in life.

Here are some of my beliefs that are currently paying rent.

THIS SITE

Why am I writing here?

I started this site for 2 simple reasons:

To understand the world, and
To shape our experience of it

Writing helps me clarify my own thinking. So this is a digital garden for the lessons/thoughts I want to revisit, and the small snapshots of how I see the world at different moments in my life.

Maybe along the way, influencing someone’s experience for the better.

Learning, Collecting Mental Models
Most of my learnings, worldview have been gained non-professionally, shaped by countless books, podcasts and self-directed learnings.

I enjoy collecting mental models, noticing patterns and understand why humans do what we do. Here are some of my favourites.

Startups, Ideas, High-Agency Environments
I’m drawn to early-stage startups and the people crazy enough to build them, I love seeing the world change in front of my eyes.

Philosophy, Long conversations
I get a lot of energy from curious and authentic people. I love long conversations that make us rethink our understanding of the world.

Health, Performance, Longevity
I’m a competitive swimmer, so I’m obsessed with performance systems. Training, recovery, hypertrophy, and longevity.