#TheLearningPodcast

GRATEFUL for the opportunity to have this podcast with Mr Ken Honda - big thanks to  @arigatoinvestor  for making this happen! I've always been fascinated by the power of good writing - Mr Honda gives us a glimpse into how he does it - how does he sell millions of wildly successful books? It's much simpler than I thought it would be... Hope this podcast is somehow helpful to anyone out the...

Feeling immensely GRATEFUL to have had the opportunity to have a podcast with the GOAT of investing - Adam Khoo. Most people know him for his investing/finance content, I only recently discovered he was very involved in the field of self-improvement/NLP education space 10-15 years ago. Some of his books I'd recommend would be: - Master Your Mind - Design Your Destiny - Secrets of Building Mult...

BIG THANKS to Chloe for coming on this podcast! If you're in Singapore you'd probably have seen her YouTube ads from The Next Level - her journey to become what she's doing is pretty inspiring! From learning english as a teenager, hosting webinars with hundreds of people teaching options trading, to building her own private community of investors - her career journey is definitely much...

Big thanks to Andy for agreeing to start this informal podcast where we talk about anything and everything in our lives; self-improvement, investing, relationship, career tips etc.  Here's 6 things we collectively wish we knew at 20!   Hope its somehow useful to someone out there! :) TRY SKILLSHARE: https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/profile/Jiang-Jun-Tham/820009?gr_tch_ref=on&gr_t...

What is worth spending your entire life savings on? For epic entrepreneurs like Damian Chow , it was his company Had the  privilege to catch-up with him over a podcast session, where he shares his entrepreneurship journey in starting several businesses, one of which was even acquired/sold off, even eventually creating The Gym Pod , Singapore's first 24 hours automated container smart gym whic...

Questions are from a study by psychologist Arthur Aron (and others) that explores if intimacy between 2 strangers can be accelerated by having them ask each other a specific series of questions. There are a total of 36 questions in the study - this podcast only covers 12 out of the 36 questions. There may be a part II and III to this podcast series. Big thanks to Hazel for doing this podcast sessi...

Had the biggest privilege to have Jansen Ko on a podcast session! He is the co-founder of Boulder Movement, a Singapore-based rock climbing gym that currently has 3 outlets around the island.   He shares his journey during his junior college days being obsessed about rock climbing, being involved in several businesses as a franchisee, and eventually starting Boulder Movement - it is the best...

Big thanks to Xiao for sharing her experience about the sports franchise business at F45, WeChat marketing, and family in this podcast!  It shares her journey of how she turned her hatred as an engineering student to being a self-taught piano tutor, doing husband-prospecting and starting a WeChat TikTok marketing agency. She also talks about how life is like being involved in the Sports Franc...

Had the big privilege to have Rae on a podcast session - she's an entrepreneur, speaking coach, and emcee!    Mentorship and coaching are the central themes of this podcast - I've always regarded market forces to be the best forms of mentorship when it comes to one's entrepreneurial endeavors but am usually skeptical when it comes to mentorship primarily because of the uneven value-excha...

Really enjoyed in conversation with Chela who's currently an undergraduate from the Nanyang Technological University Business School - was connected to her via an agency to share the impact of how important English is, on behalf of the Speak Good English Movement here in Singapore.  She shares her story on how it's like growing up in Singapore as a Korean and how she utilized social media in...

Extremely grateful to have Puvin on this podcast session! He is currently an Associate Director (Financial Technology & Data) at Datasearch Consulting and is a headhunter/recruiter for mid-senior executives in the fin-tech space.  I've never really understood what it takes to be a headhunter & recruiter and Puvin shares a lot of how is life like as a recruiter - from sharpening one's...

Had the BIGGEST EVER privilege to have the co-founders of The Woke Salaryman, Wei Choon, and Ruiming on this podcast session - if you aren't sure, The Woke Salaryman is Singapore's biggest personal finance webcomic with HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of followers across their social media channels.    I ask them about their journey in starting the business, lessons learned along the way, and aski...

Really happy to have Anson on this podcast - I met him all the way back in 2014 where we actually joined a music competition together where we actually won first prize together in the National Arts Council Chinese Instrumental Ensemble Category.  Really grateful to have Anson join me on this podcast session - he is an insanely talented yangqin musician who won several music competitions in th...

Extremely grateful to have Alex on this podcast :) He is a consultant and coach in the fitness, health, and wellness space. The reason why I wanted to reach out to him was because of his unusual career path, form being a P.E (Physical Education) Teacher at Temasek Junior College in the public sector, all the way to working in Thailand as a General Manager/Managing Director at klapsons Group of Hot...

Had the BIGGEST privilege to have Robert Lai on this podcast - he is the founder of Kaliber Performance Marketing and has quite a peculiar background, from running nightclubs in Australia all the way to working at Google TWICE at Australia and New York respectively. Aside from that, he is a true veteran in the media industry who had invested over US$400M in digital ad spend for his clients.  ...

Had the privilege to have OKJ (Documentary Storyteller) or a podcast session - he is a self-taught documentary filmmaker and my senior from the NUS Business School !! If there's one big thing I took away from this podcast, it's the importance of clarity. I'm really envious of the clarity that he had about his life at just 18 years old, and how he consciously made calculated bets and decisions that...

A BIG THANKS to Cindy for joining me on this podcast session - she is an Enneagram Personality Coach + Corporate Trainer at Relationship Studios, and the co-founder and Chief Dating Coach at Divine Connect, a premier date coaching, and matchmaking agency.  She has already written a couple of books and is also a resident love expert on Class 95 FM!!!  Relationships, be it romantic, platon...

A big thanks to Huda for joining me on this podcast session  Huda is the founder of Blissful Studios, a full-fledged corporate content marketing agency. She is also the founder of Fempreneur Secrets, where its mission is to empower women to start their own businesses and create a community of economically independent women entrepreneurs globally.  She shares more about her journey in sta...

Big thanks to Hao Yuan for joining me on this podcast session - I knew about Hao Yuan through the NUS Overseas College Programme where both of us actually worked in the same company - Xiaomi, though in different periods and departments; I'd say that he definitely has a list of dream internship companies that many university students may want and I hope there is a gem or two in this conversation th...

big THANKS to Elvia for joining me on this podcast session - the theme for this podcast is about the ARTS, something that I was previously insanely active in, where all my available time was only for music rehearsals, performances and practice (i'm not exaggerating..).    Elvia's expertise is in arts management and she's currently the General Manager and Dingyi Music Company. She previou...

Big thanks to Vishnu for joining me on this podcast session! We were batch mates in the National University of Singapore Overseas College programme where university graduates are sent to various parts of the world to work in start-ups ; Vishnu is also the CEO and founder of Invigilo Technologies which is a video analytics platform that ensures high standards of safety and productivity at construct...

Big thanks to Xuan Kai for joining me on this podcast session - I've always been interested in the thought processes of creative people - he's currently working as an assistant producer in mm2 Entertainment and shares a lot of insights how is life in Singapore's Film & Production/Television Industry - working in the agency space myself, I see lots of creative ideation on exciting marketing cam...

A big THANKS to Xiaohan Cai for joining me on a podcast session - I haven't got the slightest idea of what lawyers do on a daily basis and wanted to learn from her POV on the realities as a young lawyer in Singapore - the challenges, the realities and journey of becoming one - she also volunteered in the SAF Volunteer corps which allows Singaporeans/PRs to have a taste what it's like in the Singap...

a BIG THANK YOU to Jian Yong for joining me on this podcast session - I'm extremely grateful and humbled for the opportunity to have a deeper conversation onto the principals and motivations that drives him as an individual.   He is the entrepreneur, speaker, CEO, and founder of Happy Fish Swimming School, and shares his journey in building this multi-million dollar swimming empire where its...

Disclaimer: This podcast and myself do not support and endorse any political party in Singapore.  Had the privilege to have Terence Soon on the podcast - Terence is an SIA (Singapore Airlines) Pilot and a candidate with the Progress Singapore Party (PSP).  I don't really know much about politics but I'm just fascinated and interested to learn from his perspective in terms of politics in...