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This episode with Simon Alexander Ong on How to Manage, Transform & Protect Your Energy is the epitome of everything, everywhere all at once!

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Simon’s personal metamorphosis and how he redefined success and fulfillment in his own terms
2. Why we should think about energy management and not just time management
3. How tweaking our sleep habits can transform our day
4. Identifying the most productive phases of our days and our energy drainers / blockers

Simon is a personal development entrepreneur, coach and public speaker who has recently published his debut book ‘Energize’ Make the most of every moment by Penguin House. 

He writes about the art and science of energy management and shares insights on how we can transform, manage and protect our energy so that we can be our own energy CEO. His work has been featured on Huffpost, Forbes and The Guardian.

Highlights:

3:29 Simon's Personal Metamorphosis & Catalyst

12:26 3 Reasons for Writing Energize: Make The Most Of Every Moment

18:51 How Simon Defines Energy from the Physical, Mental, Spiritual and Emotional Dimensions

23:17 Developing Your Energy Signature

27:18 Why We Fail to Commit to Good Habits to Better Manage Our Energy

34:42 Managing Your Energy by Developing Your Sleep Routine through the 3-2-1 Transition

38:58 Energy Management Tip to Identify The Most Productive Phases of our Day

41:10 Recognizing Your Energy Blockers

44:49 Simon's Recent Acts-ploration

45:48 Connect with Simon Alexander Ong

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“Personal disruption is a process of deliberate self-innovation". In this episode, we discuss how we can apply disruptive thinking— responsible for the success of many products and companies, to our own career. 

Whitney Johnson is the CEO of Disruption Advisors,and has been recognised as one of the 10 leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. She’s a world-class keynote speaker, and an executive coach and advisor to CEOs.

Whitney is also a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, as well as the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller book Smart Growth, Build an A Team, and the critically acclaimed Disrupt Yourself. 

In this episode, we dive into the concepts in her bestselling book, Disrupt Yourself, and unpack the three phases of the S Curve of Learning. Tune in to learn practical tips on how you can optimise each stage of learning and use it to disrupt and supercharge your career for growth and achieve peak performance!  

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Let’s face it. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say the word: Feedback? Are you filled with dread, doom and gloom and just a feeling of ugh?!

I’ll be the first to say that this word ‘Feedback’ may not necessarily spark joy!

Joe Hirsch is an internationally recognized expert on leadership and communication, the best selling author of The Feedback Fix, and also, the host of the podcast ‘I Wish They Knew’. Joe helps leaders and organizations to make feedback fearless. 

Described by Wharton professor Adam Grant as “breath of fresh air,” Joe uses powerful models, memorable stories and relatable research to help leaders and teams turn feedback into a cause for joy, not fear!

In this episode on the Power of Fearless Feedback,, we cover:

• The problem with traditional feedback
• Joe’s feedback WRAP approach to feedback over the “Praise Sandwich”
• How we can exercise our muscles to ask for feedback in a safe space
• How we can get better at GIVING and RECEIVING feedback
• How managers can create a psychological safe space for feedback with their team

In conjunction with International Coaching Week (May 8 - 14, 2023), we spoke to Toni Butler, the Director of Coaching with the Institute of Executive Coaching & Leadership (IECL) on everything you need to know about the foundations of coaching.

For some of us, coaching may be a throwaway term which you may often hear about in the workplace, but for some of us, it may be a completely new concept!

In this episode, we unpack all things coaching related - we discuss the benefits of coaching and what it entails, the differences between coaching / mentorship / counselling, a simple coaching framework that we can use in our day-to-day life, preparing to be coached as well as how we can find the right coach for ourselves and more.

Tune in to learn more about the cornerstones of coaching and how it can benefit you both personally and professionally! 

Steve Chao is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist, and former war correspondent who has spent over two decades reporting from some of the world's most dangerous locations.

As a presenter & reporter for Al Jazeera, Steve has covered pivotal moments in history, including the surrender of the Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks, the Mumbai terrorist attacks, and the Cairo clashes during the Arab Spring.

Driven by his mission to give a voice to the voiceless, Steve has risked his life to shed light on injustices and crucial topics. He has gone undercover as a priest to expose corrupt officials within the United Nations and governments, uncover the illicit drug production in the Golden Triangle, and even embedded with President Rodrigo Duterte, to examine his controversial war on drugs.

In this illuminating, inspiring and wildly action-packed conversation, Steve brings us behind-the-scenes on life as an investigative journalist and what it takes to uncover a story. He also unpacks what it means to unlearn fear, how his Faith drives his purpose, and shares his advice on how we can live with courage in our everyday lives.

Check out Steve’s Ted Talk on Fear here: An investigative journalist's take on fear and how we can unlearn it | Steve Chao | TEDxBangsar - YouTube

Sweaty palms, rapid breathing and heart pounding

These are some signals that you’re about to experience a high stakes moment. Now, these might come in many forms: whether it’s a performance review, a negotiation or a sales pitch, among others. 

Here to help us get better at our communication by sharing effective strategies to build confidence for every high stakes communication moment is Jenna Lange. 

Jenna has been coaching and consulting executives to be more effective in their high stakes business communication for over 20 years. Her experience crosses countries, industries, and communication challenges. Jenna works with senior leaders at companies including Microsoft, The Gates Foundation, The North Face, Expedia, and more. 

This is an episode for you, if you’re hoping to communicate with greater impact and learn the tools to meet your high stakes communication moments with confidence!

With the rise of remote work, widespread layoffs, and technological disruptions, it can be challenging to navigate and thrive in this evolving (and frankly, sometimes overwhelming!) work environment. To shed light on this topic, we have Derek Toh on the pod with us this week.

Derek is an accomplished entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the recruitment industry. He is the founder and CEO of Hiredly, a groundbreaking AI-driven recruitment platform that connects companies with top talent. Derek is passionate about helping people find fulfilling careers and is a thought leader on the future of work.

In this wide-ranging conversation, Derek shares some tips and tricks on how to succeed in today's work landscape. We discuss the skills and mindset needed to thrive in a rapidly changing work environment, the value of mentorship and how you can stay ahead of the curve even in the midst of disruptions.

Did you know that an average person spends a jaw dropping 90,000 hours of our waking life working?

Like it or not, the reality is that work dominates our days, it can be the thing that gets you up in the morning, or the thing that keeps you awake at night. 

Our guest for this episode is Joseph Liu - a keynote speaker and career consultant who is dedicated to helping aspiring professionals bravely relaunch their careers to do more meaningful work.

Having gone through three major career changes himself, Joseph leverages 10 years of experience relaunching consumer brands combined with professional coaching to help people relaunch their personal brands during career transitions.

In his TedxTalk titled 'Reshaping the Story of Your Career', he also shared some insights to the emotional ups and downs of his career transition.

Joseph is the podcast host of the Career Relaunch Podcast and is also a contributing writer to Forbes and Fast Company.

In this episode, Joseph shares about:

1. Lessons from his own career relaunch journey
2. Mindset reframes to help overcome uncertainty
3. Ways to leverage the current volatile employment market to your advantage and more!

This episode has heaps of practical advice to help you relaunch your career, or at least help you rethink what a meaningful career looks like!

"Dream big, execute with precision, do what you said you are going to do". Our guest on this week's International Women's Day-themed podcast episode truly personifies someone who owns her story and isn't afraid to do what it takes to turns her dreams into reality!

Based in Washington DC (but born and bred in Malaysia), investor & entrepreneur Sarah Chen-Spellings is the Co-Founder of Beyond The Billion, the world's first and largest global consortium of over 100 venture funds and limited partner investors that have pledged to invest and are actively deploying beyond $1B towards women-founded companies. 

Named Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum and Forbes Under 30 VC, Sarah is a recognized speaker, strategist and commentator on venture capital, startups and women in leadership, having been featured on Forbes, Fortune and Bloomberg.

In this wide-ranging and unfiltered conversation, Sarah shares about the formative experiences that drove her to start Lean In Malaysia and Beyond the Billion, how she redefines failure, the value of authentic leadership and much more.

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We know it’s been awhile but we’re back with season 4! As we settle into the new year, we wanted to delve into what we’ve been exploring lately and provide you with some life updates.

Tune in to this episode as we take on a fun twist to the conventional New Year’s Reflections by sharing our #23for2023 list. From intentional date nights, restarting writing habits, to embarking on daunting physical challenges *gulp*..we list out some of the aims that we would like to accomplish for the year. 

Whether you have set goals for yourself, you're in the midst of figuring it out, or just looking for inspiration, we hope this episode will spark an idea or two, wherever we are finding you in your journey of embracing 2023.

If you’ve learnt something new or did your own version of #23for2023, please share them with us on Instagram and tag us at @actsplorethispodcast!

In case you missed it: Moving forward, we'll be bringing you new episodes every two weeks, dropping on Mondays, 8pm GMT+8. 

Link to #23to23 exercise: "23 for 2023" List | Gretchen Rubin