Elevates Life

What I Learned from Sitting Alone at a Conference

Darren Lai | 17 September 2025

I sat in a circle of empty chairs at an open space session during the Shanghai Regional Scrum Gathering. The facilitator hadn't shown up. Everyone else had moved to busier sessions. I stayed. Something about those empty chairs felt like possibility...

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The ordinary courage within reach

Darren Lai | 11 February 2025

A runaway train, a massive, unstoppable force of metal, hurtling through a crowded city. In the midst of this chaos, a lone figure emerges, a man clad in a red and blue suit, swinging from the towering skyscrapers that line the city streets. Peter Parker knows that he must stop the train before it reaches the end of the track and causes a catastrophic disaster. He attaches his web shooters to the side of the train, slowing its momentum and bringing it to a screeching halt. The train comes to a stop just inches from falling down. (a scene from...

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