Transformative Purpose
Aaron Pang
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Transformative Purpose is an unfiltered self-growth journey into the lives of people, who have reinvented themselves.
Aaron sits down with inspirational people to discover untold stories, life lessons and wisdom, that will help you think differently. If you are an avid reader, you can also check out Aaron's latest bestselling self-improvement book Unstuck at www.TransformativePurpose.com
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'I Will Come After Your Family' - The Truth About Human Trafficking w/Matthew Friedman EP46
In this new episode, Aaron sits down with Matthew Friedman, a global expert on modern slavery and human trafficking. Matthew is the Founder and CEO of Mekong Club.
Key questions asked:
0:00 Highlights
5:02 Introduction
5:58 What is the most important lesson in life
7:33 How did you get into human trafficking and modern slavery
11:28 How did not being able to save the little girl affect you mentally
12:22 What should everyone know about modern slavery and human trafficking
15:53 Can you tell us about your book 'Where Were You'
18:44 How did you become an activist
21:15 What is the one story you want to share
24:35 How do you stay sane
27:10 How does your day look like
38:38 What tactics do scammers use to lure victims into human trafficking
What you'll learn from this episode:
- The truth about human trafficking
- How you can help the 99.8% victims in need
- Stories which will change your life and you have the power to change theirs
- What you can do to stop human traffickingSupport the show
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May 17, 2023
I Tried to End My Life. Then I Embraced My Autism and Beat Depression w/Nathan Cornfield EP45
In this new episode, Aaron sits down with Nathan Cornfield, a professional writer who beat depression after trying to end his life 3 times, and found a way to work with autism.
Key questions asked:
0:00 Highlights
3:29 Introduction
4:22 What is autism and what growing up was like
9:40 When were you diagnosed with dyspraxia and autism
12:21 What happened at school
18:31 How were you bullied
22:05 What can parents do if their children have autism
25:08 Have you forgiven the people who bullied you
29:46 What is your favourite country
32:30 How do you manage sudden changes
36:48 How did you get into writing
46:09 What is the most important lesson in life
What you'll learn from this episode:
- Challenges growing up with autism
- Bullying at school
- Opportunities for people with autism
Nathan Cornfield was born in Stockton-on-Tees in June 1989, where he still lives today. After leaving school at fourteen, he studied a variety of different subjects including ICT, drama and teaching, but his first love has always been writing. He has written consistently since his first short stories appeared in his school work and specialises in a number of areas including fiction, copywriting, content writing and ghost writing. He published his first book in 2018 and is now working on his first collection of short stories. Besides writing, his hobbies include Formula 1, travelling, history and reading.Support the show
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May 10, 2023
How to Overcome Stage Fright and Debate with Confidence w/ Joy Pamnani EP44
Joy Pamnani is Hong Kong’s Youngest Public Speaking Champion. Joy has coached over 7,000 students and launched a Speaking course on Skillshare in 2018. Joy is an Award-winning Public Speaker. She has represented her school, university and Hong Kong in several competitions including In-Person and Virtual Speech Contests.
Key questions asked:
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4:42 Introduction
7:15 What got you into public speaking
12:18 What are the common myths about public speaking
14:29 What are the techniques to calm our nerve
17:13 What lesson did you learn from public speaking
19:06 What is the right mindset to debate with confidence
22:56 How to answer when asked on the spot
26:25 What is the difference between debate and argument
27:32 What is Aaron adamant about
31:05 What do we win an argument
34:15 What to separate ourselves from our emotion when debating
38:10 How do we nurture emotional intelligence with the next generation
41:00 How do we promote critical thinking skill
What you'll learn from this episode:
- How to overcome stage fright
- Debate with confidence
- What to do when we feel nervous
- How can we perform better on the spot
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Apr 18, 2023
EP43. Golddy Kaur: Parents have NO idea about the challenges children are facing
To raise emotionally resilient children, we need to nurture their intellect, emotional and social development.
Golddy Kaur has more than three decades of MedTech experience and held many positions including executive leadership roles. She has experience across general business management, strategy development, commercial functions, operations, engineering, quality, regulatory & clinical research. She possesses a unique blend of Med-Tech industry subject knowledge and business/financial acumen.
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Mar 23, 2023
EP42. Veronica Smith: How to create your brand, build 10,000 Followers and 1m+ views contents in 6 months
"I Had No Job, No Network, No Brand with 2 Kids all of a sudden."
Veronica Smith speaks 6 languages, a triathlete, DEI thought leader and worked for big corporates like Apple, Estee Lauder. But last year, Veronica found herself in the unknown unknown. She was stuck jobless with her two daughters, her network was not relevant overseas, and was unemployed for 6 months...what would you do to reinvent?
Listen in as Veronica and I talk about personal branding, content creation, community building and monetisation.
"1 in 8 billion, that's how special YOU are."
In less than 8 months, Veronica built her own community.
With more than 1M+ views on Linkedin
Close to 10,000 digital followers
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Mar 15, 2023
EP41. Emily Hu: I Became a Multi World Record Holder in Powerlifting in My 30s
Do what makes you happy, and not what your parents want. This is the advice Emily would give to her younger self. Emily was looking for a new hobby after she turned 30. She was having a quarter life crisis moment. Despite having no prior experience in strength training, Emily became a multi-record holder in powerlifting and made her appearance on NBC's "The Titan Games", hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. She's best known for her bench press and continues to push boundaries across multiple weight classes. Emily joins Aaron to talk about her transformation journey, health, diet, exercise and much more. Enjoy.
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Feb 25, 2023
EP40. Michael de Haas: I Was Given Up for Adoption At Birth
Michael de Haas comes from a humbling background. He was adopted at birth, married to his wife who was also adopted. Michael and his family proactively give back to different underprivileged communities. Listen to this episode as Michael narrates his own experience and a few others who were also adopted.
If you are interested in giving back, Michael recommends a few charities which you can check out:
*Crossroads *if you are based in Hong Kong.
For international audience, there are *Habitat for humanity and Movember.*
Thank you for having a chat with me Michael.
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Feb 19, 2023
Reflection (1-min) - What Do You Focus On
If you focus on what you don't have, you will never find it.Support the show
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Feb 16, 2023
Reflection (1-min) - Is your PURPOSE progressive?
How do you view purpose?
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Jan 17, 2023
New Book Announcement: Unstuck - Think Like a Kid and Free Your Mind
I am excited to share with you that my first self-improvement book *Unstuck - Think Like a Kid and Free Your Mind* is now available on Amazon. I have poured my heart and soul into writing this book for the past year. With two young kids, a full-time job; it hasn't been easy and I am really happy with what we produced. Thank you to every one of YOU who has been part of my publishing journey.
A few years ago, I got stuck because of a life-triggered event. I was lost, unmotivated, I didn't know what my purpose for life was. That made me anxious, I thought something was wrong with me. I started reflecting more whenever I experience negative emotions, asking more questions to confront my self-limiting beliefs, trying things that are out of my comfort zone such as this podcast. Little by little, things started to change. In this book, I share my journey of finding clarity in times of uncertainty, through my own struggles and the stories of many others.
I hope you'll enjoy it, I can't wait to hear your thoughts about the book. Please help spread the word to the community to help more people in need. I'll announce a social media campaign shortly.
Find out more: Unstuck - Think Like a Kid and Free Your Mind
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Dec 1, 2022
EP39. Sylvia Friedman: "I Investigated Brothels and Notorious Red Light Districts in Asia."
Want to live a remarkable life? A life with no regrets? When we are young, we think we are invincible, we do perilous things. This chat is about how Sylvia turned herself from a Reporter, to an Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author and Philanthropist. She visited some of the most dangerous brothels in Asia. She encountered thugs and pimps during her investigations for sex trafficking and slavery. Some of her stories are going to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Sylvia Yu Friedman is an award-winning filmmaker, Penguin author, TV host, serial entrepreneur, and philanthropy consultant. She is the author of three books, A Long Road to Justice: Stories from the Frontlines in Asia (Penguin Random House, September 2021); Silenced No More: Voices of Comfort Women, the only journalistic account of historical Japanese military sex slavery during WWII, and Heart and Soul: The Life Story of Pastor Augustus Chao.
Forgive your younger self.
Trust your current self.
Create your better self.
Aaron Pan…
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Sep 30, 2022
EP38. Mark Drager: Why You Owe It To Yourself to Pursue Your Passion
I was blown away by my long and fun chat with Mark. We literally talked about everything from our childhood, to marriage, how imposter syndrome can motivate us, parenting, his view on doing something we love, the winning formula to pursue passion at all costs. When asked about Mark's favourite Disney character, he told me Rapunzel. Listen to the end to find out why he said it.
Mark is the Founder of Phanta Media and the host of We Do Hard Things Podcast where he interviews remarkable entrepreneurs, athletes, and creatives to inspire dreamers to dream bigger than they ever thought possible.
It was fun and energising talking to Mark. I was electrified by his presence and positive energy. We need more people like Mark to spread hope in this world. I hope you enjoy this chat.
Better-self together.
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Sep 19, 2022
EP37. Dr. Steven Segal: How to Work with Anxiety and Depression
Dr. Steven Segal was a popular lecturer at Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) where he taught postgraduate MBA students for more than 20 years. His classes were highly sought after and I was fortunate to attend one of them.
In this episode , Steven and I talk about the ancient history of purpose discovery, how an increasingly individualistic world affects our mental health and relationships, the relationship between self-actualization and purpose, the limitation of solution-focused thinking in the context of finding our purpose, how to work with anxiety and depression. During our conversation, Steven also shares interesting stories about Ian Thorpe, Nelson Mandela and Robert De Niro.
Are you on the journey or off the journey? This is a question Steven likes to ask himself.
I am honoured to have this chat with Steven. It is thought-provoking.
Steven is a professor and psychologist, he is passionate about combing his psychological approach with a practical philosophical l…
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Aug 30, 2022
EP36. Sarah Vee: How to Forgive Your Younger Self and Propel Forward
Have you accepted your younger self?
Everyone struggles in life. We might be ready for the expected things that come our way, but what about the unexpected ones ? This was a heartfelt conversation with Sarah Vee. She is a single mom and her parenting journey has not been an easy one. We talked about the relationship with her son Jayden, how she struggled and handled the difficult questions when her son asked about his father and their marriage, and some of the issues women are facing. Inclusiveness starts with awareness.
Sarah is the Founder of Women of Hong Kong and has built one of the biggest communities in Hong Kong to provide a safe space for women who are dealing with different challenges in life.
A raw and emotional conversation. Definitely one of my favourites to date. As a parent of two and having lived through conflicts in my childhood, it's important as Sarah says, what grown-ups say to our children can shape up their belief system for many years to come.
Better-self tog…
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Aug 11, 2022
EP35. Ali Ghorbani: How to Differentiate Yourself and Pivot to a New Career
Ali was given a 35mm camera by his uncle. He took one of his first photos in Germany in 1989 when they were tearing down the Berlin wall.
Ali comes from Iran, where he lived through a war and a revolution, seeing people hung in the streets. He has been an immigrant in three countries, getting his Engineering degree in the US. He then pivoted, setting up and running a chicken-feet business. Again pivoting when the financial crisis hit in 2008, turning his hobby into his career by moving into professional photography.
He had a late start, but as a self-taught photographer, he worked his way up from nightclubs all the way to Hollywood and Bollywood celebrities, family portraits for high-end families, and one of the top wedding photographers in Asia. How did he transform his career and life?
I am joined with Ali Ghorbani this week to talk about his story, how he pivoted multiple times in his life and became either best, first or different in everything that he does. First of its kind in…
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Aug 4, 2022
EP34. Gary Lo: Wake Up the Kid in You
We were all happy when we were kids, when did we lose it?
Gary started out as a marketing professional for a small company which no one had heard of. He made his way into the Fortune 500 circle and after working with Apple, LVMH, Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline and Nestle, Gary found his north-star: he wanted to become a corporate trainer and share knowledge with others. He had no prior experience in corporate training and no customers. How did he do it?
I am joined with Gary this week to talk about his entrepreneurship journey, the impact of his parents' divorce, as well as tips and examples all of us can use to motivate ourselves, navigate difficult decisions and conversations with others.
I love this chat and hope you find some inspiration from our conversation too.
Better-self together.
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Gary is the Managing Director and Principal Instructor of Glo Consulting. He is a TEDx Speaker and seasoned trainer with extensive corporate experience. He spent most of his career working…
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Jul 22, 2022
EP33. Elaine Chung and Sook Hyung Paek: How to Lead Yourself
Leading authors Elaine Chung and Soon Hyung Paek joined me this week to talk about their new leadership book You Lead You.
You Lead You is a different kind of leadership book. The book emphasizes authentic, inner-inspired leadership. Becoming an authentic leader requires listening to our own voice, gaining greater clarity about our purpose and goals, and having the courage to take action.
Listen in as Elaine and Sook talk about the GRA3CE model and offer practical steps to develop your authentic self as you change how you manage and empower yourself.
Purchase this book: https://amzn.to/3v8PD2l
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Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders, inspiring individuals and unsung heroes to learn about their transformation stories and what we can do differently to become a better self and to make a better world than how we found it.
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Jul 14, 2022
EP32. Cristiane Ross: How to Show Up with Intention
How do you create a job when there is no job? How do you expand your job scope? How do you navigate in an increasingly complex world and remain focused and feeling fulfilled each and every day? Cristiane Ross joins with Aaron Pang to talk about the importance of showing up with our best intentions.
Cristiane is a people enabler and customer experience leader. She is someone that uplifts you when you have her around. Truly grateful for our conversation. I am sure you can feel her energy just like I did.
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders, inspiring individuals and unsung heroes to learn about their transformation stories and what we can do differently to become a better self and to make a better world than how we found it.
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Jun 23, 2022
EP.31 Aaron Pang: How to Become a Better-self
Most of our life-defining moments happen before the age of 35. The loss of someone, illness, getting fired, divorce, our life is never linear and goes through many ups and downs. What matters most is what can we learn from our own life lessons to become a better person than we were yesterday. I am humbled and honoured to share my personal story in a recent interview with Zach Xu, host of Microsoft's Powered by the People podcast.
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders, inspiring individuals and unsung heroes to learn about their transformation stories and what we can do differently to become a better future-self and to make a better world than how we found it.
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Jun 15, 2022
EP.30 Hannah Yurk: How to Become an Effective Communicator
Big words, idioms, talk fast, do you have someone in mind? How do you encourage someone to speak up and ask for their feedback in different cultures? Do you need to speak perfect English with idiomatic expressions in your speech to be effective in communications? Hannah Yurk joins with Aaron Pang to chat about some of the myths around effective communications and best practices you can try today to become a more effective communicator.
Hannah is a communication coach and works with companies and individuals to maximize the efficacy of their communications.
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Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders, professional athletes, authors, inspiring individuals and unsung heroes to learn about their transformation stories and what we can do differently to become a better-self.Support the show
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Jun 6, 2022
EP.29 Angel Wong: How to Motivate Yourself with an Athlete Mindset
Professional gymnast Angel Wong joins with Aaron Pang to chat about how the athlete mindset has helped her overcome her ups and downs in life.
Angel is a professional athlete and was the first female gymnast to represent Hong Kong in the London Olympics, with a balance beam move named after her.
About Transformative Purpose
Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders, inspiring individuals and unsung heroes to learn about their transformation stories and what we can do differently to become a better future-self and to make a better world than how we found it.
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May 16, 2022
EP.28 Karen Seymour: Why Purpose Matters for Everyone
The term Great Resignation or Great Re-Evaluation has been popping up, with good reason. What does a Chief Purpose Officer do? Karen Seymour, Chief Purpose Officer at human at work joins us to discuss the role of chief purpose officer, the issues with burnout, how to find one's purpose (our north star), and what we can do when there's a misalignment between our company's purpose and our purpose.
Karen is an Impact-focused, results-driven leader, connector and collaborator with a passion for purpose and sustainability. She has built a career spanning over 25 years and forged strong partnerships, ecosystems and community impact for decades, where purpose has played centre stage in building action for a better world.
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Apr 25, 2022
EP27. Kevin Shee: How to Break Down Big Issues and Solve Them Creatively
Kevin has faced many business and personal crises in life. He managed to pull himself up every time. The mounting debt from his family in his 20s, the failed IPO of his company, an unexpected fire which took two lives and the recent stock market crash. To overcome life's challenges, he always breaks down big challenges into bitesize milestones and celebrate small wins to stay motivated. His natural motivation comes from curiosity and continuous split testing. Fire bullets and then cannonballs from Jim Collins is one of his favourite business books.
Kevin is the pioneer of the self-storage industry in Hong Kong and Macau. Kevin founded SC Storage in 2001 and organically grew the company into a 63 self storage chain with over 1,100,000 sf. In 2013, and 2014 independent research firm Ipsos ranked SC Storage as the biggest self-storage in Hong Kong . Kevin was awarded Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 (SCMP/DHL Business Award ).
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Apr 15, 2022
EP.26 Dr. Gordon Chiu: 10 Lessons To Make a Difference with Your Life
In the second part of the interview, Dr. Gordon Chiu returns with make-believe examples and chats with Aaron about t*op ten lessons to make a difference* with our life, future of AI and why *kindness *and *positive sum-game* are important for humanity. Dr. Gordon Chiu's daughters changed his life - and motivated the noted inventor and researcher to turn from solving complex technical and scientific challenges to analyzing those elements of daily life which deliver true happiness.
In 2017, Gordon made a conscious decision to refocus his priorities. While his academics, resumé and accomplishments were pretty, his personal obituary (what he wanted his children to remember him by) was not where he wanted it to be.
Gordon is a scientist and an inventor. He is also an educator, entrepreneur, speaker, lecturer, husband and father. He is a former Research Scientist at Pfizer and Merck, later invented a series of patents and collaborated with world-renowned institutions and universities in m…
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Apr 7, 2022
EP.25 Dr. Gordon Chiu: Why You Need To Be Crazy Sometimes
Dr. Gordon Chiu joins with Aaron to talk about we sometimes need to be a little crazy and drop our ego to find happiness in life. Dr. Gordon Chiu's daughters changed his life - and motivated the noted inventor and researcher to turn from solving complex technical and scientific challenges to analyzing those elements of daily life which deliver true happiness.
In 2017, Gordon made a conscious decision to refocus his priorities. While his academics, resumé and accomplishments were pretty, his personal obituary (what he wanted his children to remember him by) was not where he wanted it to be.
Gordon is a scientist and an inventor. He is also an educator, entrepreneur, speaker, lecturer, husband and father. He is a former Research Scientist at Pfizer and Merck, later invented a series of patents and collaborated with world-renowned institutions and universities in many countries.
He is a 2x TEDx speaker most known for highlighting realization around what it takes for “Inventing Happi…
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Mar 29, 2022
EP.24 Julien Rio: Why We Should Always Trust First
Julien and Aaron used to be peers back in 2015 when Julien was the Regional Marketing Leader and Aaron was the General Manager for Lalamove. In this chat, Julien joins with Aaron to chat about how we should rethink about customer service and people at work. Julien stresses the importance to look at employees and customers as humans instead of some numbers hidden behind spreadsheets.
Julien is a regional marketing leader, author, and co-founder of CX Therapy where he proactively shares how customer experiences go wrong and what people can learn from it.
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Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders, inspiring individuals and unsung heroes about what we can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
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Feb 6, 2022
EP.23 Emery Fung: How to Feel Fired Up at Work
Emery Fung joins with Aaron Pang to explore how people should think about the role of career, how it serves our life rather than just a stable paycheck. We chat about the life lessons he learned over the years and his personal transformation journey which he has embarked on.
Emery shares failing is one of the biggest things which can help us grow and learn how to deal with adverse situations.
Emery is a TEDx speaker, podcaster and host of Awkward Turtle at Work and a talent acquisition leader.
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Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders, inspiring individuals and unsung heroes about what we can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
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Jan 20, 2022
EP.22 Ray Liew: What Are The Life Lessons and Surprises When Entering into Adulthood
Ray Liew joins with Aaron Pang to chat about his perspective on life, common surprises for teens and young adults when transitioning to adulthood.
Ray is the co-host for Talk Lah podcast. He is a technology strategist at Microsoft and is passionate about fitness.
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Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders, inspiring individuals and unsung heroes about what we can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
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Jan 10, 2022
EP.21 Mahesh Pamnani: How to Stay Positive and Be Happy
Mahesh Pamnani joins with Aaron Pang to chat about the art and science behind happiness and positive psychology.
Mahesh is a 2-time TEDx, laughter yoga instructor and Chief Happiness Officer at Inspire2Aspire Consulting. He helps employers and employees to achieve optimum health, wellness, happiness and success in their career, relationships and daily lives.
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Dec 8, 2021
EP.20 Benita Chick: What You Should Know about LGBTQ+
Benita Chick joins with Aaron Pang to share what it was like growing up as LGBT, her emotional struggle and how we can best support those in need to build an all-inclusive community.
Ben runs an award-winning LGBT tour in Hong Kong and is the Founder and CEO of a social enterprise, Encompass Hong Kong.
About Transformative Purpose
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Nov 26, 2021
EP.19 Mac Ling: How to be the Real You
Mac Ling joins with Aaron Pang to explore the space of coaching and radical authenticity. In this chat, we talk about the benefits of having a coach, how to tell if a coach is good, what happens during coaching, the concept of radical authenticity, empathy and psychological safety.
Mac shares many people are living without self-belief and are constantly seeking external validation. He adds kindness starts with all of us by doing little, Mother Treasa’s things to make someone’s life a little better, even if it is as small as sweeping our doorstep.
Mac is a certified transformational leadership coach and public speaker.
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Nov 20, 2021
EP.18 Alyn Mitlyng: How to Develop Your Life Goals and Get Momentum in Life
Alyn Mitlyng joins with Aaron Pang to discuss the limitation of traditional goal setting. She shares how she discovered the power of personal goals (she calls them DIRTY GOALS) and how dirty goals have helped her find meaning, fulfillment and happiness in life. Alyn also mentions we should all learn to be kind to everyone. When we are kind, people want to be around us.
Alyn is the author of Dirty Goals: Breaking Conventional Rules to Achieve Your Dreams and is currently based in Colorado. To purchase a copy of her latest book, click here.
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Nov 11, 2021
EP.17 Lousin Mehrabi: How to Become a Better Negotiator
Lousin Mehrabi sits down with Aaron Pang to talk about her remarkable life story of becoming a successful professional negotiator. How negotiation can make all of us better human by staying true to ourselves, showing empathy and listening to others. Lousin will also share how she moved from grievance to acceptance when she found out her son was diagnosed with a fatal and incurable muscle degeneration disease Duchenne, accepted the non-negotiable while determined to move to another country in order to give the quality of life to her loved ones.
Lousin is an internationally recognized professional negotiator and sought-after inspiration speaker on Negotiations, Emotional Intelligence and Leadership. She's also the host of Life Negotiations podcast.
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Nov 4, 2021
EP.16 Regina Larko: Why Everyone Should Do Podcast
Podcast veteran Regina Larko joins with Aaron Pang to talk about how we can use our voice to make global impact and save lives. Regina shares her humble upbringing, her podcasting journey, the occasional imposter syndrome she experiences and the importance for all of us to truly listen, become aware of those who are left behind. Regina lost two loved ones to mental health and that made her more determined than ever to make things rights: using her voice to make a better world.
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Oct 27, 2021
EP.15 Chhin Lee: How Should We Raise Our Children
Chhin Lee joins with Aaron Pang to talk about the common struggles behind parents and the key to maintaining relationships with our spouse. Parenting requires active communication, feedback with good intent and teamwork, listen in as Chhin shares her parenting journey, her hero, the conversations she had with other parents and how she and her spouse resolve the different challenges.
After a successful sales career, Chhin turned her parenting passion into her side hustle. She became a socialpreneur and founded Little Monkey, Hong Kong’s first child-friendly facilities’ directory.
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Oct 13, 2021
EP.14 Perry Lam: How To Become A Better Storyteller
Perry Lam sits down with Aaron Pang to discuss the power of storytelling and how it can be used to build relationships and humanity. Perry highlights the key elements of good storytelling to deliver the Contents, Context and Emotions and provides examples of where people tend to get it wrong.
"Never start with the S-word." That's a big no-no for storytelling.
Perry is the Founder and CEO of Lam Institute, an executive coach to CEOs and also trains young talents and TEDx speakers on storytelling. He was a Regional Director at DHL where he looked after all the country sales director in Asia Pacific and also launched DHL's first "Sales Force Academy and Leadership Center".
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Oct 4, 2021
EP.13 Waki Chuang: How to Read and Write Book Summaries
Waki Chuang joins with Aaron Pang to share his favourite books and why he thinks reading can help us build kindness, have an open attitude, provide us with a sense of serendipity and help us learn and develop a better version of us.
Waki is the founder of Reading Outpost 閱讀前哨站. A native Taiwanese and an avid reader who grew his email list from zero to more than 13,000 loyal followers in less than a couple of years.
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Every week we speak to some of the world's most successful leaders and unsung heroes about what each and every one of us can do differently to make a better world. Our mission is to help you relearn and rediscover to become a better future-self.
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Sep 24, 2021
EP.12 Vincent Siu: How to Help Children Learn Better
Vincent Siu chats with Aaron Pang on how to make learning and education stick. He's going to share with us on the importance of reinforcing imagination with young children through analog play and and how parents, educators and leaders can make education and training more effective by making it fun. Vincent is the Founder and CEO of Press Start Academy.
Everyone loves having a little bit of fun.
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Sep 6, 2021
EP.11 Yifan He: How Blockchain Will Change Our Future
Yifan He joins with Aaron Pang to talk about the progress of blockchain, how blockchain can improve society, issues with crypto-trading and his prediction of where blockchain is headed for the next ten years! Yifan is the CEO of Red Date Technology, the founding architect firm who built Blockchain Service Network (BSN).
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Aug 31, 2021
EP.10 Fyiona Yong: How to Speak to Different Generations and Resolve Conflicts
Fyiona Yong chats with Aaron Pang on how to manage generational diversity and work through differences. After a 14-year successful career at Shell, a Malaysian Chinese who grew up in Germany named Fyiona told her dad she wanted to leave her job and pursue something of her own. Her father said to her at lunch, "why do you millennials all like to chase after your dream!" Fyiona was intrigued by the question. Through this discovery and conversation, she found out the crazy adventure that her father once did when he was 19 years old.
Fyiona is an intergenerational leadership coach. She works with leaders and young talents to help them understand each other better. Different generations have more similarities than you think.
Are we listening to understand or listening to respond and give advice?
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Aug 24, 2021
EP.9 Michael Crossland: "My Video Went Viral and Had 80 Million Views"
Michael Crossland chats with Aaron Pang about how despite spending a third of his life in illness, he emerged seeking to bring a change in the world we live in.
Michael is one of the world's most sought after inspirational speaker and has shared the stages with Sir Richard Branson, Dalai Lama and Tony Robbins. He is the author of *Everything Will Be OK: A Story of Hope, Love and Perspective*. From battling all odds to surviving a rare form of life-threatening cancer, overcoming an impossible drug trial, fighting for his son's life, Michael teaches us that we all are capable of achieving anything in life - if we simply replace fear with faith. Michael is a proud father of two children and firmly believes that a parent's love has no bounds.
To purchase a copy of his book Everything Will Be OK, click here.
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Aug 20, 2021
Welcome: Why I Do What I Do
If you're here for the first time, welcome! This short episode explains why I do what I do. If you are looking for inspiration, positivity and new knowledge to start your week, you've come to the right place. Each week, we tab into the stories behind some of the world's most successful people and unsung heroes, to understand what made them who they are. Our mission is to build a global community to spread love, positivity and inclusion, to *inspire all of us to become a better future-self.*
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Aug 17, 2021
EP8. Stephen Wong: How to Reframe Our Mind and Ask Better Questions
Stephen Wong sits down with Aaron Pang to talk about how we can build better communities and businesses through design thinking.
Stephen is the former CEO of Asia Miles. He is using big data, design thinking, innovation and technology for his two social enterprises, me2you and newgig.me Stephen is a household name in Asia when it comes to design thinking, one of the early pioneers who brought design thinking into Hong Kong. He and his team had to oversee 10 million customers and 700 business partners in the ecosystem when he was the former CEO at Asia Miles.
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Aug 11, 2021
EP7. Ricky Cheung: How to Create a Memorable Guest Experience
Ricky Cheung joins with Aaron Pang to share how Rosewood builds a purposeful workforce through The Calling and relationship hospitality. We will explore a wide range of topics such as the importance of looking after humans and their feelings as companies push towards digital, what the right culture in a business looks like and how Rosewood empowers their people to greet customers without giving them any operating manual / playbook, but still managed to impress Aaron with their above and beyond service!
Ricky currently looks after global talent acquisition for Rosewood Hotel Group, an international luxury hotel group.
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Aug 4, 2021
EP6. May Tran: How to Deal with Postpartum Anxiety
May Tran, Founder of Parent Poppin and our guest for today’s episode, explains how their cafe helps supercharge young parents in Australia overcome the anxiety post-childbirth.
After a brief episode of postpartum anxiety and the associated treatment, May realized the experience had transformed her into a liberated and genuinely happy person. She discovered the need and power of holding open conversations around the same to help young parents begin a brand new chapter of their lives. Quitting her corporate life to switch to working with startups, May found herself aligned with her vision of building a rejuvenating environment for young parents, Parent Poppin.
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Jul 28, 2021
EP5. Fion Leung: Why Volunteering is Real World Education
Fion Leung chats with Aaron Pang about her decision to pivot from a full-time bank job to focus on her passion entirely, her journey co-founding Time Auction with her friend. Time Auction is an asset-light charity which has achieved 90,000 volunteering hours after 7 years of operation.
Fion is the CEO and co-founder of Time Auction. She used to work with a renowned investment bank before she turned full-time into her passion project and now a highly-regarded charity organization that advocates volunteerism. Time Auction has successfully made its presence reach nine countries worldwide.
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Jul 21, 2021
EP.4 Ashley Dudarenok: What I Learned about China as a Russian
Ashely Dudarenok joins with Aaron Pang to share her journey moving from Russia to China to pursue her studies and how the experience seeded her business career going forward. Ashley also discusses being a woman entrepreneur while explaining that the Chinese market has seen more businesswomen than many other countries in the world. She will also touch on insights about Chinese consumer behaviours, marketing in China and recent regulations facing internet companies.
Ashley founded two successful businesses - Alarice (social media agency) and ChoZan (training company).
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Jul 14, 2021
EP3. Dr. Allan Zeman: How to Succeed in Life
Allan Zeman sits down with Aaron Pang to talk about his life lessons. Allan enlightens us with his positivity, unbending routines and principles in life, breakthrough experiences, and learnings, and shares his thoughts about the world.
Dr. Allan Zeman has been named as one of Asia’s 25 Most Powerful Business Leaders by Fortune. He made US$1million profit at 19 from his first fast fashion trading business which he founded after arriving in Hong Kong. People call him the Father of Lan Kwai Fong (LKF), he turned LKF into one of Hong Kong’s most popular tourist attractions. During his tenure at Ocean Park, Dr. Zeman managed to raise visitor numbers despite the opening of rival Hong Kong Disneyland.
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Jul 4, 2021
EP2. Sudesh Thevasenabathy: Why Diversity and Inclusion Can Help You
Sudesh Thevasenabathy joins with Aaron Pang to chat about societal conditioning of racial and gender stereotypes, existing discriminatory practices, first-hand examples of having experienced the same, teaching our kids inclusivity, and devising BOTTOM-UP inclusion and diversity practices in organizations.
Despite the recent progress made by some organizations on the DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) agenda, our spearheaded efforts continue to be reactive , failing to create lasting effects in society.
Sudesh is currently Head of Asia for DEI at Manulife.
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Jun 18, 2021
EP.1 Peter Birch: How to Build a Community through Podcast
Peter Birch joins with Aaron Pang to chat about how he successfully built a global healthcare community through his podcast. We explore the existing bottlenecks to intensifying Healthcare Technology in the APAC region and discover incredible ways to reinvent the healthcare industry there.
Peter has made it his passion to enable health tech change in Australia. Believing strongly that technology can be both the problem and solution, if technological tools aren't promptly integrated or interoperable, they would only aggravate the current issues.
Peter is the founder and CEO of Talking Healthtech.
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