Andrius Grizitskas is the owner and general manager of ‘Cheers Distillery’ here in Saigon, Vietnam, and joins me to discuss his industry, setting up business in Vietnam, management and more.

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Conor and Nick dissect Chapter 2 of Napoleon Hill’s ‘Think And Grow Rich’ focusing on the concept of desire.

Topics include

⁃ Taking direct action and why “The Secret” falls short in certain areas

⁃ Using the example from the chapter of Barnes’ burning, persistent desire to become Edison’s associate

⁃ Examples related to this from authors such as Tony Robbins, Robin Sharma and Rhonda Byrne

⁃ The crucial ingredient of service in success

⁃ The importance of reflecting on our past achievements, building our own cookie jars and reinforcing our positive beliefs

⁃ Our aims for the future in this series of the podcast

EPISODE 1;

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5iclCopv29metmsefoIsaf?si=xGGi-SqiSEOcLHaCBURCKw

Christina Melante is from Ukraine, has ten years experience as an expat both in China and Vietnam, and joins me today to dive into recent events with the Ukraine situation, events for support in Ho Chi Minh, and her expat experiences, tips and techniques for living and moving abroad.

Topics include

⁃ The Ukraine experience and recent events in Saigon, organized by the French consulate, looking to raise awareness and how to support

⁃ Her optimism and hope for the future of her home country

⁃ Coming to China and Vietnam; the benefits of a naive youth, navigating friendships abroad, and adapting to extremely unfamiliar environments

⁃ Top tips for expat living and especially here in Saigon

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Wayne Pickett “Wanye West” is a Saigon based Aussie sportsman, musical comedian and teacher, and joins me to discuss a wide range of topics within the vibrant expat community of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Id highly recommend this podcast episode to anybody interested in coming to Vietnam and immersing themselves within the expat life.

Topics include

⁃ His background in Melbourne and how he found himself in Saigon, Vietnam

⁃ His passion for sport and how that’s helped him settle in Saigon and mingling with various expats

⁃ His musical comedy journey of “Wanye West”, and the multitude of parody songs he’s penned about expat life

⁃ Things to bear in mind as an expat; the do’s and dont’s

⁃ If you come to Saigon, get a hobby or an opportunity. It’s crucial.

⁃ Aims for the future and expanding his knowledge and skill set within the teaching profession

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Dave Burgess is a professional development speaker, ex award winning teacher of US History in San Diego, and author of ‘Teach Like a Pirate’, looking at encouraging teachers to be more unorthodox mavericks, with entertaining, engaging and creative teaching styles, using techniques and philosophies such as presence, question forming and state shifting, advocated by self help authors such as Tony Robbins and Eckhart Tolle.

Topics include

⁃ Creating an effective classroom culture by causing active engagement from all students, and discipline by disarming without battle

⁃ Creative alchemy and taking his magic, MC and speaking skills into his classroom and management

⁃ The acronym of ‘PIRATE!’ and how it fits into a teaching profile

⁃ Breaking down your teaching passions into professional, personal and content

⁃ Using unorthodox analogies to teach, eg “Could you sell tickets to your class?” “If it wasn’t mandatory, would students still attend?”, and relating teaching a class to preparing a BBQ

⁃ Adapting to students needs and guiding them to be intrinsically motivated

⁃ The most important aspects of teaching and advice for new and aspiring teachers

⁃ Why teachers should dare to be GREAT.

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Guillaume Rondan is heavily involved in entrepreneurship, content creation and digital marketing, working at Movetoasia, and joins me to discuss real estate, business in Vietnam, and online/offline work.

Topics include

⁃ His background in France and settling down in Asia after a year of remote working here

⁃ How business in Vietnam is different to the Western model, what to expect as a start up, and do’s/donts

⁃ The importance of failure and learning from failure, especially in the early stages of a business

⁃ Building a relevant and valuable skill stack

⁃ The origins of Move To Asia, their mission and core values

⁃ Setting up a business here in Vietnam, investing in real estate here, and how in both cases, you have to be adaptable

⁃ Time management, delegation and prioritizations, both in the company and a work/life balance

⁃ What drives Guillaume in his work today

⁃ Leaving a legacy, both in Vietnam, and broadly in Asia

You can find out more about Guillaume and his work at;

MovetoAsia.com

https://youtube.com/c/GuillaumeRondanMoveToAsia

Jack Sylvester is the video editor and producer for chart topping No.1 UK and Europe podcast show, ‘Diary Of A CEO With Steven Bartlett’, which has over 150 episodes with guests such as Jordan Peterson, Matt Hancock, Lewis Howes, Liam Payne, Terry Crews and many more.

We discuss his journey with The Diary Of A CEO, it’s rapid expansion, behind the scenes of one of the world’s biggest podcasts, the future of podcasting, and more.

Topics include

⁃ His origin story of being involved with Diary Of A CEO

⁃ His thoughts on the impact of DOAC and how it’s changing conversations and having meaningful impact

⁃ Being behind the scenes of world class, life changing conversations with figures such as Mo Gawdat, Rochelle Humes and various others

⁃ All of the stages that go into editing, producing and releasing a chart topping podcast; how to source guests, and what are the roles of the team involved

⁃ Marginal gains and small incremental steps in building an enormous project

⁃ Time management when working on such a high level project and personal life balance

⁃ Working directly alongside Steven Bartlett with his ever growing personal brand

⁃ The future of podcasting, and upcoming projects with the Diary Of A CEO

Mike Davidson is a content creator and YouTuber, his YouTube channels, primarily ProjectElon have over 1 million subscribers and 65M views. He joins the podcast to discuss his journey from a small village in Northern England, to traveling Asia, building a YouTube empire, his plans for a personal brand expansion, and more. I highly recommend to all content creators, anybody interested in self development, and anybody interested in building their brand or business.

Topics include

⁃ Stacking shelves in Tesco at 20 and having a 3AM epiphany

⁃ Traveling South East Asia, immersing himself with successful people, and how he took the leap into his content creation journey

⁃ Choosing to niche on the self development topic and the impact on his personal life

⁃ Removing his self limiting beliefs and the power of networking in helping with this aspect

⁃ Building a brand of huge numbers on YouTube and the steps taken to achieve that success

⁃ Advice for aspiring content creators and those looking to make a career on YouTube

⁃ Working with a team and their role in the ProjectElon brand

⁃ Future aims in expanding his personal brand; Mike Dee.

Thoroughly enjoyed this one. If you want to know more about Mike and ProjectElon, you can find the links below;

https://youtube.com/c/ProjectElon

Magdalena Rutkowska is a CrossFit athlete, coach and fitness enthusiast currently living in Saigon Vietnam and coaching at ‘CrossFit Thao Dien’, and joins me to discuss her fitness journey, evolution into CrossFit, passions, Polish background and more.

Topics include

⁃ Growing up in Poland, being immersed in sports from a young age

⁃ Horse riding and her journey through that sport growing up in her early years

⁃ Moving to Vietnam from Poland and trusting the process

⁃ Moving through challenges such as depression and diet issues

⁃ Having CrossFit as the catalyst for her comeback

⁃ The benefits of the tribe and community that CrossFit Thao Dien has brought her

⁃ Taking the leap of faith in moving abroad and the pros and cons

⁃ How the pandemic “saved her life”

⁃ Her aims for the future

To train with Magda here in Saigon, Vietnam , look at;

https://www.facebook.com/crossfitthaodien

https://instagram.com/crossfitthaodien

And @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.

Annie Vo is a Viet Kieu, lawyer by trade, and heavily involved in ‘Premier Dental’ in the expat neighborhood of Thao Dien in Saigon, and joins me to discuss her law and entrepreneurial journey, the legacy of continuing an established family business, crossing cultures between Vietnam and USA, and more.

Topics include

⁃ A mix of American and Vietnamese culture

⁃ Studying law, progressing through the legal system, and how the industry operates

⁃ The importance of attention to detail

⁃ Developing and building upon a family business in a Vietnamese expat community

⁃ The core values and mission of the business

⁃ Their plans for the near future

If you enjoyed this conversation, you can find out more about ComebaCK at @thecomebackwithck on Instagram.