"Then two years ago, when I moved to Singapore, I decided to do the opposite. I wanted to get to know my local community. I met with over 400 people, one-on-one, went to every conference and get-together, and said yes to every request. I spent most of the last two years just talking with people. And I really got to know the Singapore community.
But something never felt right. After a day of talking, I was often exhausted and unfulfilled. Two hours spent being useful to one person who wants to "pick my brain" is two hours I'd rather spend making something that could be useful to the whole world (including that one person).
Then people around the world email to ask why I've been so silent. No new articles. No progress on my companies. Nothing.
So there's the trade-off. By being so local-focused, I'm not being as useful as I was when I was making things online.
So I'm finally admitting : I'm not local."
