| As we embrace the new year, it may help to remember that the turning of the year doesn’t call for grand plans or perfect routines. Instead, it invites calm, adaptability, and trust in small, consistent steps. The collection of articles gathered here speak about the value of steadiness over speed, flexibility over force, and provides a quiet assurance to just keep going—even without clarity. | | Most Resolutions Collapse by February. Here’s the System High Performers Use Instead If your resolutions fade fast, it’s not a discipline problem. This piece shows how high performers skip rigid goals and build simple weekly systems instead—focusing on identity, small habits, and structure to create change that actually sticks. | | Beyond the New Year: How to Turn Family Resolutions into Everyday Rituals Make family resolutions stick by setting small, realistic, shared activity goals, involving children in planning, focusing on behaviours not outcomes, building connection, and staying flexible—so routines become enjoyable habits rather than abandoned ambitions. | | Why humans are surprisingly bad at being happy | Laurie Santos | | Proudly Brought to You I seek to reach out to people who believe in safeguarding the interests of their loved ones. Let me know if I can be of help to someone you know or care about. We can make a difference to lives when it matters most. Cheers. | | Tan Teck Loon, Brian | | | | | | | | unsubscribe | You are receiving this email because you're my client, a friend or you've given permission to receive this email. If you'd rather not receive our emails, you can unsubscribe from our mailing list by clicking 'Unsubscribe' above. DISCLAIMER This is not an official AIA newsletter. The views and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of AIA Singapore Private Limited (Company Registration No. 201106386R) (AIA), any other agency, organisation, employer or company. Assumptions made in the analysis are not reflective of the position of AIA other than the author. © Tan Teck Loon, Brian, All rights reserved. | | | | Vincent, Irvy & Family.Engineer Unparalleled professional service and advice rendered by Brian! Always so patient listening to my priorities, and crafting out the best policies for me!
Brian is by far the best insurance advisor I have encountered with; Someone with excellent work ethics and knowledge in his field, and never fail to go the extra miles for his clients! | | | | Sarah Naw Paw Wah.Financial Services Consultant Brian Tan ကို လွန်ခဲ့သော ၅ နှစ် ကျွန်မအရင်လုပ်ခဲ့သောအလုပ်မှာ Logistic ကိုယ်ပိုင်လုပ်ငန်းရှင် အဖြစ် သိခဲ့ပါတယ်။ သူသည် ကိုယ်ပိုင်လုပ်ငန်းလုပ်သလို ငွေကြေး၀န်ဆောင်မှုလုပ်ငန်း Manager (Financial Services Manager) တစ်ဦးလည်းဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ သူ့ရဲ့ clients များကို စေတနာအပြည့်ဖြင့် ကိုယ်ချင်းစာစိတ်ထားပြီး clients လိုအပ်သည့်အတိုင်း လုပ်ဆောင်ပေးသူ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ကျွန်မသူ့ team မှာ မနှစ်ကစပြီး အလုပ်စတင် လုပ်ခဲ့ပါတယ်။ သူသည် အဖွဲ့သားများကို အလုပ်မည်သို့ တိုးတက်အောင်မြင်ဖို့၊ စိတ်ဓတ်ခွန်အား မြှင့်လာဖို့အမြဲ သင်ကြားပေးပါတယ်။ Financial Services Advisor လုပ်လိုသူများကို Career Coach အနေဖြင့် ၄င်း၊ Insurance နှင့် Financial Planning လုပ်လိုသူများကို Financial Planner အနေဖြင့် ၄င်းကူညီပေးပါတယ်။ သူဟာ ယုံကြည်စိတ်ချရပြီး စေတနာအပြည့်လုပ်ဆောင်သူ ခေါင်းဆောင်ကောင်း တစ်ယောက် ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ | | | | Tiffany Woo.Staff Nurse After an accident requiring surgery in 2016, I realised the importance of insurance but was at a loss on where to get started. I was introduced to Brian at the time. 4 years down the road, he has not only become my insurance planner, but also a great financial advisor and friend. He is unlike other agents. Brian really explains policies in a way that I can understand. He is also willing to just sit and discuss, as well as teach investment concepts and strategies to a first-timer like me. A efficient, knowledgeable, reliable and most importantly, trustworthy, agent - I have not trusted anyone else with my policies since. Hope to continue to working with him for many years to come! (: | | | | Nineki Lee.Manager, Product Design It is my pleasure to consult with Brian since he embarked on his new career with AIA in 2013. Armed with years of good networking and inter-personal skills from his previous logistics career, there was never a doubt that he would forge out a new path for himself and never look back. Over the years, I have witnessed his growth from a knowledge-hungry novice advisor, who is learning the ropes from his mentor, to an independent, full-fledged financial consultant and leader who is honest, confident & trustworthy.
Brian does his homework well before his meetings to explain the fine details of policies patiently, providing his own detailed analysis on the pros and cons of various products (not limited to AIA) in the market. He is well prepared for every meeting to answer my numerous questions so that I am crystal clear on what I am signing up for, before proposing cost-effective plans to cater to changing needs of my finances.
Through sheer hard work, perseverance and an expanding customer base, Brian clinched the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Award in 2018. His positive character traits stood out as you can feel his genuine concern for your well-being from his active listening and thoughtful questioning; his way of establishing lasting relationships and taking a holistic view of your finances.
Brian is an open and honest professional, providing above and beyond service for his clients and truly cares for you like a friend. | | | | Samuel & Mandy We are very appreciative of everything Brian has done for us.
He is extremely diligent and responsible
We had dealings with several insurance agents, but never have we met someone like Brian before. Who is very responsive and patient.
As such, my wife and myself sincerely wishes to express our gratitude to him | | | | Leon and Vivienne We’ve had bad experiences with previous insurance agents — many came across as pushy and only focused on closing the deal as quickly as possible. So when we first met Brian, we were naturally skeptical. But very quickly, he proved to be different.
Brian is the kind of agent who genuinely listens. He didn’t rush us or try to hard-sell anything. In fact, he came to meet us three separate times, each visit thoughtfully planned to understand our needs better and refine the policies accordingly. Even though he could have easily closed the deal on the first meeting, he insisted on taking the time to make sure everything was right for us.
To our surprise, he even proposed options that were more affordable with better benefits — something we’ve never seen other agents do. That level of sincerity and integrity is rare.
Because of the trust he built, our entire family ended up buying insurance from him. Brian is someone we can truly rely on.
There are so many more things we would love to rave about him — but let’s keep some of that a surprise for you to discover yourself. We wouldn’t want his hard work and unique approach to be copied by other agents. | | | | |