ex-vicarious by braith

You can be born shy and still become a CEO, TEDx speaker and live national television guest in your early 20s. Jahin Tanvir, the CEO of ASE Group has done just that. He went from stacking 31 work experiences by the age of 24 (most of them unpaid) to becoming CEO of a national company as his first full-time job. After cold-emailing charities for volunteer gigs, Jahin turned lockdown into his launch...

Whether you love or hate it - LinkedIn video is the buzz. 📞 So I buzzed Mr. LinkedIn himself for the secrets. Yes, I’m talking about LinkedIn News Editor, Brendan Wong. This legend spearheaded the LinkedIn Editorial Content Program for Australia. (i.e. He taught us how to be better at LinkedIn – based on real insights from LinkedIn itself). Now for several months, Brendan’s actually been making s...

Give yourself some f*cking permission. Harvard, McKinsey and 7-fig, bootstrapped companies will be waiting. But that’s only scratching the surface of Stephen Turban’s life. By giving himself permission, rather than waiting for it, Stephen has: 🎭 Convinced Vietnam’s #1 Comedy group ‘Saigon Teu’ to let him join. He’s now the #1 white guy doing stand-up in fluent Vietnamese (40M views, I’ll link it...

Christopher Chow posted a LinkedIn video every day for 30 days straight. He’s now known as the “video guy” amongst Australia’s top B2B marketers. I interviewed him to see how he got there. First, he built his career at the intersection of tech and marketing: 🍎 Accepted into Apple’s first ever graduate program, 💻 Became a marketing manager for tech giants including Microsoft and HP, and 💼 Now le...

You always hear “people person” thrown around – so what does it mean? Scott Harrison knows. He’s made it his superpower. Growing up on the rough streets of  Dumbarton, Scott learned how to read people, handle pressure and talk his way out of trouble. He NEEDED to. But later on, he took these communication skills into his career through as   👨‍💼 director of Hays recruitment’s Auckland office,  🤝...

So you have a podcast – but how can you turn it into a business? That’s exactly what Michelle Akhidenor was testing when she found her answer in the inverse. Making podcasts for businesses! Not just any businesses though. Through running her own BIPOC and female-led podcast – “PEERS”, it only made sense that her agency would focus on developing credibility and trust for progressive companies throu...

Imagine you had over 1 million followers across YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  CNN wants to interview you. Billboard wants to interview you. Even Adam22 from the No Jumper podcast wants to interview you. Oh, and the New York Times quoted you. Well, Finn McKenty doesn’t have to imagine. He’s built a massive following from his YouTube channel – the Punk Rock MBA. But aside from being a creator,...

This year, LinkedIn rolled out their response to Instagram reels and TikTok by adding their own short-form video section. In a world where AI can (arguably) write better than most people, video is super powerful in capturing authenticity. It builds trust. But not just that, with attention spans dipping to an all-time low, video is effective because it can be a lot more engaging. But should we all...

I bet you’re tired of spending 60+ hours explaining how tasks are done to new hires. Finnlay Morcombe definitely was, back when he was in data analysis. In a team of 15, he spent 4 hours individually with each consultant to manually document their steps in using Confluence, SharePoint, Word and other software. “This has got to be a common problem.” he thought. “There's got to be an easier way to s...

Imagine this - you’re in your early 20s, chillin’ by the beach in Vietnam, surfing, eating, and writing… PLUS getting paid to do so. Some may say it’s the dream life. For @Will Eisenhuth, this is reality. He called in from Vietnam to update me on his freshly launched ghostwriting agency, where he helps founders and business owners dominate their niche on LinkedIn. We both began our LinkedIn writin...

Got my first actor on the podcast 🔥 Yep, red carpets and all. This gentleman has 🎬 featured in Cannes Film Festival winning pictures, 🍿 been in Short films with over 30m views, and 🏆 won 4 “best actor” awards His name? Michael H. Chua. Fans of the viral web-series “Titan Academy”, may know him as Mr. Alan. But outside of acting, he’s also a university lecturer, advisor in AI, and… cybersecurit...

You’ve heard of Ikigai - but you haven’t practiced it. Here’s how you can start in 3 minutes. Let’s use Jason Zhu He as a case study. Why? For starters, he’s the founder of Ikigai Network. But everything will make sense as we examine the 4 pillars. – – – 1) Find what you LOVE Jason has chased his love for videography since his mum gave him his first camera at 16. The Manly Sea Eagles were his loca...

He’s just 19 - but has already landed Startmate and Fishburners as clients. Yep, I’m talking about Angus McGlynn. The timeline of his achievements are wild. At 14 👉Founded Medelo., a wellness brand w/ 7 stockists and sold across Greater Sydney At 16 👉 ADHD prevented him from learning at school, so he dropped out and moved to Sydney to learn from experience At 17 👉 Designed and shipped an app fo...

Vincent Lee is the definition of “hard work beats talent”. (He actually has many talents, but talking to people wasn’t one). So how did he go from “shy introvert” to confident sales prodigy? Hustle. At first, this hustle was misplaced. He’d completed the EY Game Changers program during uni to land a Top 4 vacationer role that all his peers were gunning for. But after attending a Fishburners event...

If you’re into growth or marketing, you’ve probably seen Isaac Peiris. He’s a LinkedIn Top Voice for growth strategy and has led: 🗣️ audience growth at The Daily Aus,  🗞 subscription growth at Mamamia, and  🏫 user growth at a Clipboard This includes gaining 140k IG followers for The Daily Aus, growing the customer base by 8x at Clipboard, and developing the ‘Move by Mamamia’ fitness app to go wit...

James Wu dropped exercise physio studies to land a 6-figure tech sales role at 20. After accelerating his sales career at Ignition, Veeam Software, ParaFlare/Deloitte and Blackhawk Alert, he’s now building Intellex Academy. It’s a mentoring platform for ambitious professionals. In this second installment of “Dreamaking in Public,” I spoke to James about Consistently achieving evolving goals Juggli...

If you’re a hustler, entrepreneur or founder, I’m 90% sure you’ve thought to start an e-commerce business. Jimmy Sun actually did at 14 years old, through dropshipping. He sold anything from custom dog beds to camel milk. But it wasn't until he started a trading card platform during the Pokémon boom in 2020 that sales really took off. Throughout COVID lockdowns, he had two monitors during school -...

Remember my Q&A with @Ryan Van, employee #1 of Earlywork? He’s now one of the co-founders. Wait how-  I sat down with Ryan to explore just that, along with: 🌍 new life perspectives gained from a trip to Amsterdam ❤️‍🔥 how to make your own passion & dream career vs "finding it" 🐵 why chasing curiosities will make the right people appear in your life This ep was the first of my new ex-vic...

Ethan Trang is the co-founder of DoryAI, NemoAI and the host of the Major Talks Podcast. He delivered a winning pitch at the Build Club’s accelerator to score a sponsored trip to San Francisco, where he pitched VCs. He’s now building the AI workforce at Relevance AI, whilst studying at the University of Sydney. Yep, Ethan’s done all of that (+ more) at just 19. If you want to find the shortcuts to...

Oscar Melder is a 17 y/o music video director who has already worked with worldwide brands and the hottest hip-hop and R&B talent coming out of Australia. That includes luxury brands like Céline, video editing for ONEFOUR, directing videos for Sahxl, Tommy Gunn, J Emz, and Lee, & hosting events with Bodega Collective. For any creatives out there who want to know how to meet, become friends...

I first came across Rita Kim when I saw her interview actor Vince Vaughn on stage at an event. I'd always loved Mochi Donuts - this was the person behind it! Unable to find more about Rita's story online, I knew I needed to sit down for a chat. Here is Rita's story... from learning how tax works at 11 years old, to building a delicious empire (and everything in between). Enjoy. — — —  Timestamps 0...

Surely you can't be an Olympian, 3-time founder, early-stage investor, advisor, mentor AND a new father of two? Well, Tyler Martin does just that. Find out how as I sit down with him this episode. — — —  Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to ex-vicarious 00:46 Meet Tyler Martin: Olympian and Entrepreneur 01:34 School Days and Early Influences 03:51 Passion for Water Polo 06:38 Starting Delfina Sport 11...

Eva Chan took Exact Media from 0 to $6.5 mil USD in 2 years, while running an art school on weekends. This landed her in the Forbes 30U30. After Exact Media was acquired, Eva co-founded Launch Pop, a creative venture studio for e-commerce founders. That includes companies like More Labs ($8M Series A), Rael ($17.5M Series A), Strands Hair Care ($8M+ seed) & more. Enjoy my chat with Eva as she...

WTF is ex-vicarious? It's a lifestyle. It's for the dreamers who are sick of just dreaming. It's how you can get what you want most in life. I sit down with my mate Jeff Tse (founder of Catalyst Chemistry) to explain the mission behind ex-vicarious and why I'm starting this podcast. So you too, can become ex-vicarious. Enjoy :) --- Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to ex-vicarious 01:22 The Origin of...

Jeff Tse asks Braith Leung what ex-vicarious actually means. If you enjoyed this snippet, listen to the full episode! #1 This is ex-vicarious w/ Jeffrey Tse