ARTS - Asians Redefining Their Success

Denise Wang shares her journey of becoming a VP at BlackRock after graduating from Yale, to quitting her job and starting a career development platform called UniCareer.

Melissa Ess shares her journey of going from nightlife and tech to channeling her experiences and trauma into poignant art pieces as a founder of Ikigaijin.Studio

Susie Yi shares her story of switching careers from tech (and almost going to dental school after Harvard) to pursuing the arts full-time and becoming a freelance illustrator.

In this episode, I share the 3 major lessons I learned from taking a creative break and what helped nourish my passion for this craft.

This personal interview is all about exploring the unwritten rules that we have set for ourselves as creators. And how to let go of expectations from society and those rules from yourself.

Tanya Zhang shares her journey of switching careers from consulting to building her own fashion startup that makes actually slim fit men’s shirts called Nimble Made.

Adam Kim shares how he switched from a biology major to a full-time music producer, and hitting 1 million streams in one of his songs!

Carolyn Brunson shares her journey of overcoming a sudden rare illness and how she was able to bounce back through meditation, exercise, and a faith over fear mindset.

Yang You shares her story of how she was able to switch from a background in data analytics and civil engineering into product design at a SF startup.

Marcus Chan shares his story of quitting his corporate job and the behind the scenes tips on how he was able to set his new business up for success.

I’m a firm believer that reflection doesn’t have to be hard so for anyone who wants to do a year in review that feels easeful, this is for you! In this episode of Asians Redefining Their Success, I guide you through the 5 core questions to ask yourself to reflect upon 2019 and plan for the new year. It’s also short and sweet - the whole exercise only takes 20 minutes :)