J D

JD - jonathanding_. *Thoughts are mine*

[J D @JonathanDing_]

Cuties

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Pigs are naturally clean animals. They only roll in mud because they can't sweat and need to cool down.

The filth you associate with pigs is what happens when you take away their space and water.

[Jackson @Jacksonsrule]

Call it a millennial crisis if you want.
But in my 30's, I realized l don't actually want the life I worked so hard for. I don't care about titles. I don't care about climbing anyone else's ladder. I care about time. I care about slow mornings. I care about peace. I care about bare feet at the beach with nowhere to be. I still want to make money.. just not at the cost of my life.

[J D @JonathanDing_]

At the stage of being introduced as “kawan mak/bapak” at bars haha

[maMvelase ❤️ @Nocylove123]

I am sick of the Microsoft authenticator like who would be logging in to do my work? 😭😭😭

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

A 13-year-old Canadian kid uploaded R&B covers to YouTube in 2008 from his bedroom. A talent manager named Scooter Braun stumbled on the videos and signed him.

For the next 15 years, Braun controlled everything. Tours, branding, business deals, public image. The kid became the biggest pop star on the planet, sold 150 million records, racked up 32 billion Spotify streams, and had three Diamond-certified singles before turning 25.

Then in 2022, he got hit with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Partial facial paralysis. Cancelled the world tour. Disappeared from public life entirely.

Here's where it gets interesting.

In January 2023, he sold his entire 290-song catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 million. Every song he'd ever released. "Baby." "Sorry." "Love Yourself." All of it. Gone. At 28 years old, he cashed out his past.

Then he dropped Scooter Braun. After 15 years. No manager. No agent. For the first time in his career, nobody was making decisions for him.

Fast forward to this weekend. Coachella calls. He picks up the phone himself. Rolling Stone confirmed he negotiated his own headlining deal directly with Goldenvoice. No agent commission. No manager cut. $10 million for two weekends, and he kept all of it.

Then he walked onto the biggest stage in music, sat down behind a MacBook, and pulled up YouTube.

He played "Baby" from 2010. He played his bedroom covers from 2008. He harmonized with his 13-year-old self in front of 100,000 people. Katy Perry joked about whether he had YouTube Premium.

Half the internet called it lazy. The other half called it genius.

They're both wrong. It was a receipt.

He sold his catalog for $200 million. He fired the man who discovered him. He negotiated his own deal. And then he went back to the exact platform where it all started and said: I built this from a laptop. I'm headlining Coachella from a laptop. And for the first time in my life, every dollar is mine.

The kid from YouTube just closed the loop.

[Kristal ␌🎢 @kristal_bieber]

🥹🫶🏼

[J D @JonathanDing_]

https://t.co/5nfgJk1emH

[J D @JonathanDing_]

Haih 🥹😭 https://t.co/kq4P0wdZAQ

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Manager : WFH is prohibited here.

Gen Z: Noted.

Manager: A key client texted you at 8pm yesterday, why didn't your reply?

Gen Z: WFH is prohibited.

[J D @JonathanDing_]

Selamat pagi warga kota raya

[Ask Rapid KL @askrapidkl]

Kemas Kini Laluan Kelana Jaya: Perkhidmatan tren sedang mengalami kelewatan kerana terdapat halangan dahan pokok di landasan berhampiran Taman Paramount . Kerja baik pulih sedang dijalankan.

Perkhidmatan tren alternatif telah diaktifkan seperti berikut:

[ham @plainthinker_]

@meinmokhtar Semua Oil Co. mmg menyumbang melalui cukai korporat & royalti. Tp bezanya, Petronas ni milik penuh negara, jadi 100% dividen dia utk rakyat. Syarikat lain dividennya prg dkt pelabur/shareholders dia sendiri. Dua dua ada sumbangan, cuma impak Petronas lebih direct dkt bajet negara

[Saad @lolnvmtho]

please don't let your corporate job stress you out because at the end of the day it's really not that serious ..

[J D @JonathanDing_]

@MAS hi. I need to update my contact details and enrich for my upcoming flight. I am unable to do via manage my booking. Need assistance. Thanks

[F @rjanzall]

Boomers ni takut sangat pekerja diorang WFH.

[Marissa Anita @MarissaAnita]

Look around you. Everybody has their own struggles and everybody is only trying to do their best.

[Wow, He’s Tsonga! @_aboihasnoname]

When you have been working for the company for a long time nothing surprises you anymore.

[J D @JonathanDing_]

@malindoair do you still operate from SZB to KCH?

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Log off at 5PM, not 8PM.
Take your full lunch break, not 5 minutes at your desk.
Use your PTO, don’t accumulate it.
Set boundaries at work, don’t just push through.
You’re an employee, not a machine.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

The longer you work in corporate, the more you realize …Urgent is a feeling, not a fact