Navigating the Rise

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Jerry Liu.  Jerry is a full time digital content creator and currently have more than 130K subscribers on YouTube, 181k subscribers on Facebook. Having spent time in journalism, PR, and more than 10,000 hours in the digital media space, Jerry carry unique communications experience in traditional and digital media and offer a unique blend of pass...

This week we explored with Heather Havenwood on how to to be a successful influencer.  We talked about the foundation of what it takes to be an influencer as well as how to leverage that foundation and tie that to Asian culture and upbringings.  She explored how growing up as a Baptist, she faced many limitations in terms of self-promotion, as that was not how she was brought up.  T...

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Ricky Nguyen, who is the Co-founder of Spot Trender.  As Co-founder at Spot Trender, Rick creates and refines enterprise solutions for professional advertisers to win hearts and minds. He built Spot Trender from scratch to profitability. In his spare time, Rick enjoys various projects to promote STEM education and advanced science in the United...

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Dan Matthews. Dan is an alternative rap artist from Los Angeles, CA. His high energy performance is mirrored with lyrics about self-reflection, addiction, and identity. He draws on electic inspiration from the likes of Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park to the Neighborhoud to Odeza. He’s also a Korean Adoptee and works to speak voices to that community. He’...

This week we have the opportunity to speak with Harrison Tang, who is now the CEO and Co-founder of Spokeo.  According to an article from Hyperlush, the company has achieved significant milestones to be where they are now.  Harrison gave us many insights on how his upbringing helped him where he is now.  He attributed much of the success to the support of his family and words of wis...

This week I have the opportunity to interview George (not me) since his last name is Lu.  We give a load down on what it is like to be an engineer in today's world.  Right now being in tech is as crazy as it was to be in finance about 10+ years ago. Given the added pressure from Asian parents to be an engineer, we explored what it takes to be an engineer.  We went through all the tr...

This week we explored what it is like to be a doctor.  As we all know, most Asian parents want their kids to aspire to become a doctor.  Little did they know, there are many kinds of doctors, with some don't pay that well.  Heck, even being a software engineer these days will pay much more than a generic doctor.  This week, we explored the nuances of the trials and tribulations...

This week we explored how to overcome multi-cultural communication barriers as well as multi-cultural identity crisis.  We explored different contexts across communication styles situations where cultural norms can affect perceptions negatively or positively.  One of the ways to address those is to have successful context switching when working with different cultural norms.   ...

This week I have the opportunity to interview Yoshimi Nomura where we pivoted the conversation a bit away from typical Western born Asians to Asian who had to adapt to a new culture.  The cultural conflicts still exist, and we explore the conflicting values, how do we still maintain our cultural stance.  Yoshimi demonstrated a strong sense of proudness to her heritage that a lot of quest...

This week I had the opportunity to interview Steven Xu, a rocket scientist, at Aerojet Rocketdyne. I have known him since high school and the grit he exhibited to get to where he is now. We explored how lack of family presence, whether physically or emotionally, has a significant impact on us. Steven went deep into how he helped himself through college application, career planning, as well as mana...

This week, we explored how Buddhism impacted the Asian culture, specifically the culture in Japan as a guide.  We examined how the fundamentals of Buddhism such as being happy and the law of cause and effect impacted the actions of those indigenous Japanese.

This week G. Wu interviewed Calvin Shen, Director of Software, and explored the implications of cultural differences in Asia and Western countries and how they play a difference in how businesses are conducted.

This week, G. Wu interviewed Licensed Psychologist, Michi Fu about her experience in working with patients related to suicidal thoughts and how to overcome those negative thoughts. We explored what environments and conditions help to overcome and rise above those negative thoughts. We examined how having a secure network of friends and communication channels mitigate the negative influences. Addit...

This week, G. Wu interviews Asian-focused Dating Coach, Jeremy Jong, about our Asian culture and how it affects our dating life in life, especially in cultures where direct and assertive culture dominates the indirect Asian culture.  We explored how mental triggers affect our successes.

This week, G. Wu interviews Global Head, Waze for Broadcasters at Google, Mona Weng about her experience in overcoming triple negative as a young Asian female.  We explored various avenues to deal with that problem and how to leverage these disadvantages 

This week, G. Wu interviews International Students Coach, Immigrant CEO Show Host, and Successful Immigrant Founder, Li Lin, about how the merits and demerits of comparing yourself to others.  

This week, G. Wu interviews Engagement Manager at BCG, George Wu about his experience in overcoming or dealing with Asian Parents' guilt trip.  We explored various avenues to deal with that problem without going down the bath of emotional destruction...

This is an intro episode on summarizing the theme for the season and expectations on what is to come for each of the episodes including guest appearances, episode formats, etc...