G’day G’day friends,

For the last 6 months, I’ve been learning to speak Indonesian.

I have weekly lessons with a tutor.

Do my daily Duo Lingo.

Why?

• I’m based in Bali, Indonesia.
• My mum and grandma can speak Malay (which is similar to Indonesian).
• My first language was actually Indonesian when I was briefly raised in Singapore.

Learning Indonesian felt like reconnecting with my roots and culture.

It’s been fun seeing my progress and being able to speak to more locals and putting more complex sentences together.

Speaking to my grandmother is also pretty cool.

The surprising thing?

I developed a new identity.

I’ve discovered parts of my personality I didn’t know I had.

I felt connected to a new place.

I created bonds with people I otherwise wouldn’t have.

This is the same feeling I had when I quit my job and started my first one person business.

I had to learn a new language of solopreneurship.

• Creating offers.
• Delivering value.
• Generating traffic.

This all felt new and foreign to me.

But I had to develop a new identity away from my previous executive role.

I had to divorce myself from a brand that was never mine.

I had to take more responsibility to curate my colleagues and environment.

But there’s one difference from learning a language.

Most of my corporate experience could be translated into my business.

I just needed the framework to know how to repackage my corporate skillset, experience, and expertise effectively into my one-person business.

That’s why next Thursday I’m hosting a workshop called ‘How To (Re)Package Your Corporate Experience In 2026' where we will be learning all about how to learn the language and identity of a solopreneur.

​Get your tickets HERE.​

Let’s Launch Together,

Michael ‘never start from zero’ Lim.