Charles Chen's weight loss journey saw him lose 100 pounds before continuing his discipline to help others and rise up as an influencing businessman in his own right.

His ventures have drawn interest from serial entrepreneurs Gary Vee and Tom Bilyeu, motivational speaker Gabrielle Bernstein and he's now moving into the corporate world, working with companies such as Microsoft and Google.

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A chef and wellness entrepreneur, Charles knows how to fuel his success in every respect. Host of Kitchen Hustle, creator of Dinner-Club, and founder of wellness media company Zzeal, he also appreciates the importance of bringing value to an audience.

Episode highlights

• Why you should always be creating content instead of sitting around and waiting for opportunities to come to you.
• The explosion of growth in markets such as the emerging CBD industry, and how these are going to affect the food industry.
• How Charles' focus on food has developed from a need to heal himself, having lost such a great deal of weight before using his experience and knowledge to help others as well as himself.
• The ways that a side hustle can develop into a full time career rather than just a hobby or passion in addition to other workloads.
• Why the brands you associate with is so important, and how you need to extrapolate your own identity into who you speak to and engage with online.
• How building something and creating a business that's valuable to people is more important than being famous or getting on TV. Longevity is key to real success.
• Why word of mouth is still so important in business, despite there being so many opportunities to promote yourself and others on Instagram and other social media platforms.
• Learn about Charles' "Trifector of transformation" – spirit, body, kitchen – the three things that are core to change in anyone.
• Why you need to tap into the essential human needs to discover what people want and how you can make their lives better.

Join Matthew Januszek in conversation with Charles Chen…