Can you imagine a life centered around what you love to do the most? Professional salsa teacher Jimmy Yoon joins ASE to discuss ashe (the power to make things happen), building community, terraforming, and stumbling into his life's purpose. His dance career might be accidental, but a deeper look into Jimmy's journey reveals a blueprint to win friends and influence people.

Jimmy Yoon has taught salsa across North America, Europe and Asia for over 15 years. He co-founded the DC Style Salsa Academy, Washington DC's largest social dance school, and Salsanerd.com, where you can learn salsa online. He currently lives in Saigon, Vietnam.

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Paul Millerd has a unique story to tell about his journey from management consultant and MBA to digital nomad, writer and coach. In many ways it is harder for those of us with prestigious jobs and degrees to reinvent ourselves and live our ideal life. Paul has thought deeply about the future of work and carving one’s own path in the world, and has helped hundreds of people reinvent themselves.

In this episode, Paul and I discuss mindsets, tools and models to face the challenges of reinvention and the unknowns of self-employment.

Paul has written about his journey from McKinsey / Boston Consulting Group consultant and MIT Sloan MBA to Writer, Solopreneur, Career Coach & Podcast Host in prolific fashion. His website (think-boundless.com) is a great starting point to help you reinvent yourself, your work, and your career.

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Tuimi shares her musical journey from songwriter to singer to producer - and from Germany to Vietnam - to launch her first two singles, Purpose and Menina. What is it like getting started as an independent artist?

Tuimi is an artist and songwriter of Vietnamese descent from Dresden, Germany. She currently resides in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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What’s often forgotten about Kobe's #mambamentality

Kobe Bryant has inspired millions to work hard and be excellent. But what makes hard work, curiosity and tenacity a whole lot easier?

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Do you have a morning ritual? If you’re like me, you’ve tried to do certain practices in the morning - meditation, tai chi, visualizations - but they’ve never stuck.

This episode is about picking ONE morning ritual and making it so easy to do that it becomes an automatic part of your morning - no motivation required.

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Sweeping out the old to let in the new.

Happy Lunar New Year!

Chúc mừng năm mới!

新年快樂!

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Thoughts on standing out and growing your audience when starting from scratch.

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After graduating from one of Vietnam's top universities and studying finance in Australia, Ho Thai Binh chose to return to his hometown, Vung Tau, and work for the provincial government. But that wasn't enough to pay the bills nor "cool" enough for his girlfriend. That was the turning point. Could he make a living by making a difference in Vietnam? Binh shares how he has spent his 20s trying to solve social problems in Vietnam.

Ho Thai Binh is Co-Founder and Director of Survival Skills SSVN, which provides first aid training in Vietnam, and SiGen, which develops mosquito free catch basins for urban sewers. Both enterprises won Top 10 Blue Venture Awards for social entrepreneurship in 2019. Binh graduated with a Bachelors of Commerce from RMIT Vietnam and got a Masters of Commerce in Applied Finance from the University of Queensland.

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So long, 2010s!

I spent this decade trying to do creative, fulfilling work that could support a location independent lifestyle.

In my case, that was starting a business that gave world-class MBA admissions advice to thousands of applicants - especially from developing countries - for free.

This episode is quite personal and not easy to share, but I hope that it encourages you to do your own decade in review. Looking at the past 10 years:

For me, these proud moments & lessons were:

Four lessons I need to re-member, re-learn and re-live. I often forget them, and fall short. Publishing them helps keeps me accountable.

Happy New Year everyone. Wishing you a thrilling and fulfilling next decade.

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Can you stay true to your art while making a living? At age 15, Boo Junfeng knew he wanted to make films, even though this wasn't a career path in Singapore. In this episode, Junfeng shares the career choices that allow him to make films close to his heart.

Boo Junfeng has written and directed two feature films – SANDCASTLE (2010) and APPRENTICE (2016), both screened at Cannes Film Festival, and several award-winning short films. In 2008, he became the first recipient of the McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts – the valedictorian honour of Lasalle College of the Arts. He was also accorded the Young Artist Award (2009) and the Singapore Youth Award (2011) by the Government of Singapore, and the Rising Director award at the Busan Film Festival (2016).

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