Open in app
Home
Notifications
Lists
Stories

Write
Charlene Annabel
Charlene Annabel

Home

About

Published in About Me Stories

·Pinned

About Me — Charlene Annabel

Born on the sunny island of Singapore, I’ve always been the kid who’s slightly more tanned than her peers, a goody-good student to her teachers, and a girl next door as my friends would come to describe me as. A Travel Lover Growing up, I’ve had my fair share of travelling to various…

About Me

3 min read

About Me — Charlene Annabel
About Me — Charlene Annabel

Published in Better Advice

·Jan 21, 2021

To Anyone Who’s Heartbroken

3 lessons we can learn from my friend’s love story — At 11:35 pm, my phone chimed, and a notification message popped up on my lock screen. I picked it up, and it read, “I feel like I’ve lost my best friend.”. A second later, another chat bubble appeared that read, “I don’t know what to do without him,” and before…

Relationships

5 min read

To Anyone Who’s Heartbroken
To Anyone Who’s Heartbroken

Published in Better Marketing

·Jan 16, 2021

Meatballs and DIY Chairs: How IKEA Gets You To Spend More

The store’s creative marketing techniques are extraordinary — If you asked which brands were coming out with a Valentine’s Day ad, the typical options would be any chocolate, flower, wine, or jewellery company. A home furnishing brand wouldn’t come to your mind, right? Wrong. IKEA, a home furnishing store, rode on the wave and made a Valentine’s Day…

Marketing

5 min read

Meatballs and DIY Chairs: How IKEA Gets You To Spend More
Meatballs and DIY Chairs: How IKEA Gets You To Spend More

Published in Curious

·Jan 8, 2021

4 Stoic Practices To Help You Thrive in a Chaotic World

Mental shifts that you can easily adopt — Since childhood, Epictetus was lame in one leg. In some stories, his physical impediment was a result of harsh beatings from his slavemaster. Early in life, he came to Rome as a slave, and when he was 34, Epictetus was banished from Rome by Emperor Domitian. Fortunately, his study with…

Life

6 min read

4 Stoic Practices To Help You Thrive in a Chaotic World
4 Stoic Practices To Help You Thrive in a Chaotic World

Published in Better Marketing

·Jan 8, 2021

Psychological Hacks To Boost Your Digital Marketing Game

You don’t need to spend big budgets. Use psychology to increase your marketing outreach. — In 2013, the new rounded Cadbury’s Dairy Milk chocolate bar had made some consumers irate because it’s sweeter than the original, more rectangular bar. In Cadbury’s defense, it announced that its formulation hasn’t changed. Who’s right? What difference does a rounded and a rectangular chocolate bar make? …

Marketing

6 min read

Psychological Hacks To Boost Your Digital Marketing Game
Psychological Hacks To Boost Your Digital Marketing Game

Jan 5, 2021

5 Ways to Get Better at Holding Conversations

You’re not the highlight in the conversation, the person you’re talking to is. — Over the years, I’ve met people in different social contexts. When I meet people who’re great conversationalists, we will click right away, and our chemistry is off the charts — the kind of conversation where an hour feels like a minute. Yet, on the other end of the spectrum, I’ve…

Communication

4 min read

5 Ways to Get Better at Holding Conversations
5 Ways to Get Better at Holding Conversations

Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Dec 30, 2020

5 Practical Tips From Authors to Help You Write Better

First, put away photographs of famous authors on your desk — I’ve never considered myself a talented writer. I don’t have a degree in writing, nor am I an editor by profession for the New York Times. Ever since I’ve taken my passion for writing to Medium, I’d like to think that I’m an experimentalist who embodies the philosophy of learning…

Writing

5 min read

5 Practical Tips From Authors To Help You Write Better
5 Practical Tips From Authors To Help You Write Better

Published in SUPERJUMP

·Dec 29, 2020

If Life Were a Video Game

What lessons could we draw from the experience? — Here’s a thought experiment: It’s the year 0. You open your eyes and find yourself in a white, windowless room constructed with an abysmal ceiling and walls. A metre across from you stands a silver metallic podium with a digital tablet attached to it. …

Games

6 min read

If Life Were a Video Game
If Life Were a Video Game

Published in The Startup

·Dec 28, 2020

Pixar’s Secret Formula That Any Business Can Use to Supercharge Marketing Strategies

From movies like Toy Story and Monster Inc, storytelling is no secret — If you had to pick a favourite movie of yours — one that remains etched in your memory throughout the years— what would it be? For me, Pixar’s Ratatouille is a film I hold dear to my heart even till this day. It not only teaches us that sky’s the…

Business

8 min read

Pixar’s Secret Formula That Any Business Can Use to Supercharge Marketing Strategies
Pixar’s Secret Formula That Any Business Can Use to Supercharge Marketing Strategies

Dec 21, 2020

4 Types of Toxic People to Avoid Like the Plague

Understanding them helps us steer away from unintended troubles — It was a lazy Monday afternoon. My friend Amy, and I visited Starbucks to catch up on an assigned project that was due tomorrow. Two cups of lattes sat atop our table with our laptops opened in front of us. “Oh my god. This is driving me nuts. He was…

Life

6 min read

4 Types of Toxic People to Avoid Like the Plague
4 Types of Toxic People to Avoid Like the Plague
Charlene Annabel

Charlene Annabel

Following
  • Sean Kernan

    Sean Kernan

  • May Pang

    May Pang

  • Sinem Günel

    Sinem Günel

  • Tim Denning

    Tim Denning

  • Andrew Hutchinson

    Andrew Hutchinson

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Knowable