What value can you give to others? — Hendric Tay

R: Can you introduce shortly yourself?

Hendric: My name is Hendric, and I’m a full time traveller and co-founder of The Travel Intern (https://thetravelintern.com), an online media ran by a community of storytellers. Our aim is to inspire others to travel better, smarter, and braver.

I used to teach and work in advertising. Now I train others about social and content marketing in the travel sphere through our trademark Travel Intern Programme.

R: Do you do some ritual every day outside of work even while travelling?

Hendric: There’s this simple mental exercise I do to help myself rest and focus better. Before sleeping, I’ll ask myself these questions:

What have I done today? What was good, what was not so good? Whatssup tomorrow?

Whenever I’m home, I’ll also do a short 10min yoga and 5min meditation sequence!

Running a startup can be quite stressful, so all these little things help.

R: What do you do that allows you to work efficiently being able to finish all work?

Hendric: Lists! I absolutely survive on lists. I also automatically categorize things into 4 categories and work through them systematically.

Urgent & Important🔥🔥🔥

Not urgent but important🔥🔥

Urgent but not important🔥

Not urgent not important 🤷‍

It also helps to get tasks that can be finished quickly out of the way! At the end of the day, it’s about creating an environment around you where you can work efficiently.

R: What thought or tip would you give to yourself in the past?

Hendric: Have faith in yourself.

R: Any study tip for a high school, university student?

Hendric: Pursuing your passion is overhyped.

Instead of finding your passion, find something that you are willing to suffer for. In life, we’d often find ourselves in situations we don’t want to be. So find that thing that will push you through all the hardships. It’s easy to do something you love. But finding something that makes you want to continue doing it despite the hardship is what ultimately drives you on.

R: What would you focus(work,love,life)on now if you would go back to high school time?

Hendric: Wouldn’t change a thing!