Welcome to Ep 104 of the So This Is My Why Podcast and this is... Goodbye! 😱

At least to 2022.

This will be the last episode of 2022 because it's time for a break :)

That said, I didn't want to sign off without sharing a little something about what STIMY has achieved, and also highlight some special moments from STIMY episodes this year.

Featured STIMY guests include:

• Ep 103: Nicole Levinson - Former VP of Marketing North America, LVMH
• Ep 102: Notle - the ex-convict who once ran Singapore's first and largest social escort businesses
• Ep 101: Adrian Tan - the King of Singapore
• Ep 99: Davy Liu - the first Chinese Disney animator, who worked on classics like the Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty & the Beast, Star Wars & the Atlantis
• Ep 95: Marja Konttinen - Marketing Director at Decentraland
• Ep 96: Aaron Tang - Country Manager of Luno
• Ep 93: Geoffrey See - founder of Poko & Choson Exchange, the largest social enterprise in North Korea
• Ep 92: General Tan Sri Borhan - retired 4 star General & former Chief of Defence Forces
• Ep 87: Phil Libin - co-founder of Evernote & mmhmm

Highlights:

• 0:00 Goodbye?!
• 3:18 Biggest advice to all young working professionals: Don't be a substitute
• 4:30 Biggest lesson from prison
• 6:29 Prison culture is a death sentence
• 8:18 Dumber than Forrest Gump
• 10:14 The biggest lesson Disney taught Davy wasn't how to draw cartoons, but to...
• 11:21 The secret sauce behind LVMH's success
• 13:23 What must all founders do all the time?!
• 14:37 Build your career like an adventure
• 16:08 The House of YES
• 17:32 Hustling for your first writing gig
• 18:30 How do you become a Huffington Post writer?
• 19:27 The challenges of building a social enterprise in North Korea
• 21:16 Feeling left behind (despite the public accolades)
• 23:13 Building Evernote felt like cheating?!
• 24:39 Anyone can love durians
• 25:40 Be cruel in order to be kind
• 26:41 The leadership style of a 4 star General

See you back on 1 January 2023!

Where I'll be sharing a sneak peek into upcoming episodes on STIMY. We’ve got YouTubers, Olympians, celebrity founders, a CNN correspondent, the CEO of one of the biggest confectioneries in town, a giant in the real estate development world, prominent politicians and so much more. 😎

It's gonna be great!

P/S: If you'd like to support what STIMY is doing, would you consider being a Patreon supporter? You can find the link here: https://www.patreon.com/sothisismywhy

📍Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/104

💌 Weekly Newsletter on upcoming STIMY guests/interesting reads to make you smarter: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/ebf231f605