Kathy Wang grew up in Northern California and graduated from UC Berkeley and Harvard Business School. After working in the technology field for four years, she quit her job and wrote her first novel, Family Trust, which is the story of the Huangs, a first-generation Chinese-American family. With their father dying and his second wife waiting, the adult kids are wondering what will become of their father’s estate.  The book and this conversation explore differences in cultural attitudes toward careers, success, and money among Asian-American families. Said Kathy, “In Asian culture, you’ll always feel inadequate. I don’t think I’ve ever met an Asian person, no matter where they are in life, (who) feel that they’re doing a great job.”  Kathy lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two young children. She is working on her second book, which will be out soon. Find out more about Kathy here: http://www.bykathywang.com/ Read Paul’s latest essay on Medium. Please take a second to rate and review Crazy Money here. Join the Crazy Money Facebook Group. Follow Crazy Money on Instagram.

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Topics addressed in this episode include: writing, fiction, novels, business school, MBA, working mom, venture capital, Silicon Valley, technology, careers, anxiety, respect, immigration, immigrants.

Topics addressed on Crazy Money include: Philosophy, Happiness, Contentment, Meaning, dreams, purpose, Success, Rat Race, Society, mental health, Buddhism, Stoicism, the hedonic treadmill, morality, Mid-Life Crisis, Business, Work, Careers, Authors, Books, Consumerism, Values, capitalism, economics, investing, saving, spending, personal finance, charity, philanthropy, altruism, affluence, wealth, wealth management, Paul Ollinger