ComebaCK: What’s Your Story?

Mads Singers is a people management consultant and outsourcing expert, with over 10 years experience in helping businesses become more successful. Topics include ⁃ His motivation to jump into the worlds of entrepreneurship and management ⁃ The core values of basic management skills and how they can be developed ⁃ The power of building strong, empathetic, caring relationships with your team ⁃ Outso...

Disclaimer: This episode contains strong language and descriptive details of domestic violence. Some of the contents of this episode viewers might find distressing. Lucille, a French expat in Vietnam, joins the ComebaCK podcast to discuss her experiences and “nightmare” of domestic violence, including a large period of being physically and mentally abused, the four step cycle of a narcissist, her...

Noah T is the owner of Overmorrow Brewing Company, a brewing company in Hanoi, lives as a Tokyo expat, and joins me to discuss F&B, business, brewery, challenges, dealing with people and much more. It’s wide ranging, succinct and insightful - thank you, Noah! Topics include ⁃ Putting people at the heart of your business, both with staff and customers ⁃ Dealing with the inevitable challenges that w...

In a solo episode based on my recent YouTube venture, I dive into my top five tips on settling as a Saigon expat and making the most out of your experience. I hit my three year anniversary on July 30 2022, and I’m here to share my journey and hopefully help current and aspiring expats alike. These tips are 1. Embrace change and novelty 2. Communicate, communicate, communicate 3. Get a hobby and se...

Mike Davison is a Youtuber, content creator and digital nomad, currently based in Saigon, Vietnam, helping people set up their online businesses from scratch. He joins the ComebaCK podcast to discuss an extraordinary story from music to teaching to remote work to network marketing, expat life, content creation and more. Topics include ⁃ Starting out in the music industry, having fun post universit...

Wes Jackson is a recurring guest, from ComebaCK episode 103, and heavily involved within digital marketing and online work both in his native San Diego, USA and Saigon, Vietnam, including his HCMC Digital Marketing Meet-Ups, and events with Omega Digital. He comes back to the podcast to discuss his year abroad, coming back to Saigon, his present and future projects, including his new podcast, ‘Sur...

Angela Usher MBE is a musician and teacher from Manchester, focusing on Irish traditional music, has been active for over 30 years, and has recently been awarded an MBE for her services and contribution in helping out disadvantaged children. She joins ComebaCK to discuss her career, highlights, teaching and much more. Topics include ⁃ Beginning with Irish dancing and experimenting with multiple in...

Conor and Nick discuss Chapter 3 of Napoleon Hill’s book ‘Think And Grow Rich’, focusing on the concept of faith. This adds to our previous two chapter discussions on imagination and desire. Topics include ⁃ Faith being the antidote to fear and reframing your definition of failure ⁃ Faith taking you through the seemingly immovable force of resistance , with examples of Ghandi and Lincoln ⁃ Being e...

Neelam Parab is the founder of ‘The Healing Zone’ here in Vietnam, a spiritual concept store that aims to create a place where all the spiritual products under one roof. She joins the podcast to discuss setting up business abroad, moving from Mumbai to Vietnam, balancing her time and her work, and more. Topics include ⁃ How The Healing Zone manages science and spirituality and aims to raise your v...

Ashley Le is a Vietnamese athlete, student, marketer, previously involved in plenty of sports including semi professional MMA, boxing, basketball and more, and has a background in the South of Vietnam, Saigon. Topics include ⁃ Growing up 100% Saigonese ⁃ Becoming a business and marketing major and her enthusiasm for these industries ⁃ The mental and physical challenges of the MMA world, especially...

Quieny Nghi is a dancer and artist from Vietnam having previously spent time in Newcastle, England for study, and joins the podcast today to discuss her experiences abroad, avenues into dance and art, overcoming self doubt, and much more. ⁃ Experiences adapting to the UK environment and learning to be more independent ⁃ The value of strong, positive teachers and mentors and the key lessons she’s l...

Andrius Grizitskas is the owner and general manager of ‘Cheers Distillery’ here in Saigon, Vietnam, and joins me to discuss his industry, setting up business in Vietnam, management and more. If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Conor and Nick dissect Chapter 2 of Napoleon Hill’s ‘Think And Grow Rich’ focusing on the concept of desire. Topics include ⁃ Taking direct action and why “The Secret” falls short in certain areas ⁃ Using the example from the chapter of Barnes’ burning, persistent desire to become Edison’s associate ⁃ Examples related to this from authors such as Tony Robbins, Robin Sharma and Rhonda Byrne ⁃ The c...

Christina Melante is from Ukraine, has ten years experience as an expat both in China and Vietnam, and joins me today to dive into recent events with the Ukraine situation, events for support in Ho Chi Minh, and her expat experiences, tips and techniques for living and moving abroad. Topics include ⁃ The Ukraine experience and recent events in Saigon, organized by the French consulate, looking to...

Wayne Pickett “Wanye West” is a Saigon based Aussie sportsman, musical comedian and teacher, and joins me to discuss a wide range of topics within the vibrant expat community of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Id highly recommend this podcast episode to anybody interested in coming to Vietnam and immersing themselves within the expat life. Topics include ⁃ His background in Melbourne and how he found himsel...

Dave Burgess is a professional development speaker, ex award winning teacher of US History in San Diego, and author of ‘Teach Like a Pirate’, looking at encouraging teachers to be more unorthodox mavericks, with entertaining, engaging and creative teaching styles, using techniques and philosophies such as presence, question forming and state shifting, advocated by self help authors such as Tony Ro...

Guillaume Rondan is heavily involved in entrepreneurship, content creation and digital marketing, working at Movetoasia, and joins me to discuss real estate, business in Vietnam, and online/offline work. Topics include ⁃ His background in France and settling down in Asia after a year of remote working here ⁃ How business in Vietnam is different to the Western model, what to expect as a start up, a...

Jack Sylvester is the video editor and producer for chart topping No.1 UK and Europe podcast show, ‘Diary Of A CEO With Steven Bartlett’, which has over 150 episodes with guests such as Jordan Peterson, Matt Hancock, Lewis Howes, Liam Payne, Terry Crews and many more. We discuss his journey with The Diary Of A CEO, it’s rapid expansion, behind the scenes of one of the world’s biggest podcasts, the...

Mike Davidson is a content creator and YouTuber, his YouTube channels, primarily ProjectElon have over 1 million subscribers and 65M views. He joins the podcast to discuss his journey from a small village in Northern England, to traveling Asia, building a YouTube empire, his plans for a personal brand expansion, and more. I highly recommend to all content creators, anybody interested in self devel...

Magdalena Rutkowska is a CrossFit athlete, coach and fitness enthusiast currently living in Saigon Vietnam and coaching at ‘CrossFit Thao Dien’, and joins me to discuss her fitness journey, evolution into CrossFit, passions, Polish background and more. Topics include ⁃ Growing up in Poland, being immersed in sports from a young age ⁃ Horse riding and her journey through that sport growing up in he...

Annie Vo is a Viet Kieu, lawyer by trade, and heavily involved in ‘Premier Dental’ in the expat neighborhood of Thao Dien in Saigon, and joins me to discuss her law and entrepreneurial journey, the legacy of continuing an established family business, crossing cultures between Vietnam and USA, and more. Topics include ⁃ A mix of American and Vietnamese culture ⁃ Studying law, progressing through th...

This ‘Cold Ones With Conor’ episode of ComebaCK was featured at Union Jacks in Thao Dien, where we shared our thoughts on Vietnam expat life, the community music scene, navigating life here in comparison with the UK/US, and features two recurring ‘Cold Ones’ and ComebaCK guests; Holland Chadwick and Jeremy along from Coastal Connection. Topics include ⁃ The curious cases of the Vietnamese law enfo...

• This episode of ComebaCK is sponsored by The Shamrock Hoi An and Da Nang, a set of Irish bars expanding to Hanoi and Saigon, brought to you by a Vietnamese woman with a strong passion for Irish culture. It’s currently the only Irish branch in Vietnam that serves Guinness on draught. • Their Hoi An branch is currently seeking an Irish manager! • Find out more via; https://www.facebook.com/Shamroc...

• This episode of ComebaCK is sponsored by The Shamrock Hoi An and Da Nang, a set of Irish bars expanding to Hanoi and Saigon, brought to you by a Vietnamese woman with a strong passion for Irish culture. It’s currently the only Irish branch in Vietnam that serves Guinness on draught. • Their Hoi An branch is currently seeking an Irish manager! • Find out more via; https://www.facebook.com/Shamroc...

In the rare case of a solo episode, I talk about a set of topics that have arisen in my personal life, triggers, episodes, mistakes, the topics I’ve been looking into, the lessons I’ve learned and done that I haven’t enough. I can imagine this will be a recurring theme as I look to take responsibility, build towards my own “comeback” and enjoy the process. Topics include ⁃ My errors and triggers a...