The Power of the Only

"That is leadership in challenging times…..balancing realism with optimism." – Angela Chee

How can we harness the power of gratitude and appreciation right now?

As we wrap up the summer, for many of us there's a bit of uncertainty again. To help you stay focused and back on track I'm re-releasing this episode I recorded in the middle of the pandemic where I share 3 powerful tools to help shift your mindset.

Harnessing gratitude does not mean being unrealistic or in denial.

Each of us faces different challenges right now, the key is being able to embrace both feelings of gratitude and hardship in opposition.

How do we find that balance?

How do we pivot, innovate and stay strong and centered?

"Gratitude doesn't mean not being aware or empathetic to what's going on in the world." – Angela Chee

In this episode, I get bit personal and share the lessons I've learned in the past few weeks from myself, from my clients, some of the things I'm seeing in the coaching and speaking space, and what I'm doing in my business to serve and pivot during this time.

But if you're not in action mode and you're feeling a bit stuck. That's ok too.

3 Simple Tools To Help You Harness The Power Of Gratitude

Studies show gratitude helps you reduce stress, increase happiness and stay healthier and has shown to have lasting effects on the brain.

I also share some resources and mindset shifts to help you navigate this time. I'll share the morning process I go through for myself and my kids that helps keep us centered and have some tools inspired by Tony Robbins and Jack Canfield-Author of Chicken Soup For The Soul.

"The most important thing that we can do right now is to protect your mental state and your focus." – Angela Chee

• The top mindset shift you need in challenging times and how to make it
• How to make it through an uncertainty
• How to lead in challenging times
• What to do to make this time work for you
• Tips to embracing gratitude during this time
• How to release emotions
• The importance of celebration
• What is priming and how to add it to your morning ritual?
• My morning gratitude ritual and how to apply it
• What are you grateful for?
• How to harness gratitude

"Each day I write down my intentions and focus for the day and what I'm grateful for." – Angela Chee

• Tony Robbins
• Jack Canfield
• The League-Just Like My Child Foundation
• Priming with Tony Robbins
• YOU, Amplified! Performance Formula Mini-course
• Stockdale Paradox
• Heather Vickery-The Brave Files Podcast

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How do we move forward in a post-pandemic world?

We've been through a lot this past year and half and the world is trying to get back to business and life. But while on the surface it may seem like not much has changed as people go back to their routines, we all know that navigating our reality is much more complicated.

I wanted to revisit a past episode I recorded in the middle of the pandemic last year because the power of clearing and vision is more important than ever.

How are we going to clear the space so that we can create a new vision?

Many of us are still dealing with stress, fatigue and overwhelm, but before we can move forward we need to accept we are entering a new and different version of the future. What does that look like? First, we need to recognize where we're at.

"If you're not taking care of your own energy and your own space, there is no way to own your power and your voice and to put it out there in a bigger way." – Angela Chee

On today's show, I talk about the power of clearing, vision, and the way forward. Let's face it: all of us are just a bit exhausted right now. How do we move forward? What do you want to create? The first step is to honor where you're at.

I also talk about how to envision your future, ways to honor your grief, and the power of visualization.

"We are creating new patterns and new routines of what we want our lives to look like moving forward." – Angela Chee

• The power of visualization
• How to envision your future
• How to move forward
• Ways to honor your grief
• How to deal with quarantine fatigue and re-entry
• How to amplify your voice in your business

• YOU, Amplified! Performance Training
• Master Co Livestream Meditations
• Kenlyn Kolleen-Kundalini Yoga Teacher-Empowerment Coach

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry, or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence, and representation, and to make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources, and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite-only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

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Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at The Power Of Clearing and Vision

"You never know when that one thing could be your pivotal moment." - Angela Chee

What is the one thing you want to focus on this summer?

Today's special episode is just for you. As we lean head-on into summer, I wanted to do this challenge episode to keep up your professional motivation. When all you really want to do is lay by the pool with an icy beverage, what can you do to keep pushing and growing? I just got back from vacation myself, and found myself falling into a similar trap: I was getting bogged down by everything on my to-do list. So in this episode, I share my top action steps to challenge yourself this summer.

Listen in as I talk about how to challenge yourself this summer, how to stay professionally motivated, and how to stop procrastinating.

"I want you to pick one thing this summer that will take you out of your comfort zone." - Angela Chee

In today's show, I talk about the ways that I get sidetracked in my business endeavors, how to stay on top of a neverending to-do list, and how to find that one thing that will motivate and propel you through the summer.

"What is that one thing?" - Angela Chee

• What is your pivotal moment
• How to keep your motivation up during the summer
• How to stop procrastinating
• How to challenge yourself this summer
• How to stay professionally motivated

"Most of my pivotal moments came down to one thing: what if I hadn't taken that extra step?" - Angela Chee

1. Pick the one thing
2. Revive it by writing down the steps needed to accomplish it
3. Schedule it
4. Act as if it has already happened

"How about now?" - Angela Chee

• Listen to The Power of The Only Episode 18: The Power Of Clearing and Vision - The Way Forward

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence and representation and to make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/47

"Don't be afraid to take up space." - Angela Chee

How can we shift our mindsets to overcome the fear of being in the spotlight?

Happy Summer! If you recall, the last episode of The Power of The Only — The Ripple Effect - Honoring Your Past, Impacting Your Future — was recorded live during the exciting first-ever Asian American Podcasters Association Asian Podcast Festival. After the episode wrapped, I stayed online to talk with Lee Uehara about what goes on behind the scenes when making a podcast.

We touched on a variety of valuable topics ranging from the importance of saying no to the advantages and disadvantages of scripting your podcast episodes versus adlibbing. We also discuss best podcast mics and set-ups and more.

"Saying yes is a wonderful thing, but not if you don't want to." - Angela Chee

In today's show, we talk about how to do research as a host/moderator, the importance of journalism and integrity, and how to shift your mindset to overcome your fear of being in the spotlight.

"That's what this podcasting is all about: it's communicating and listening to peoples' stories and going, oh, we're more alike than we think." - Angela Chee

• How to say no
• What does a good podcasting setup look like
• What is Angela's recording setup
• Which mics are good for podcasting
• How to record online interviews
• Why start a podcast
• How to choose topics for your podcast
• How to write show introductions that engage an audience
• How to own your power
• How to be a more confident speaker
• Should you script your podcast

"We have so much media now that not everything is truth." - Angela Chee

• Listen to The Power of The Only Episode 29: The Power Of Media Literacy – An Inside Look At How The Media Works and How To Be A Critical Thinker and Creator
• Listen to The Power of The Only Episode 45: The Ripple Effect - Honoring Your Past, Impacting Your Future
• Learn more about the Asian American Podcasters Association Asian Podcast Festival

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence and representation and to make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/46

"It's important to honor your past and see the impact and power you have on the future. I believe there is a ripple effect." - Angela Chee

How can we be more mindful of how we act and react — and what are we really here to do?

Welcome to a very special episode of The Power of The Only! Today's episode was taped live for the Asian American Podcasters' first ever Podcast Festival and we are going to go a bit deeper into The Power Of The Only Principle #2: Own Your Power. This episode was inspired both by my parents and by my daughter.

Let me explain: As an Asian American woman, I've been thinking a lot about my history, my ancestors, my future, and my legacy. And the other day, my wonderful daughter drew a picture of me that was a stark reminder that what we do makes an impact on both the conscious and the subconscious messages we send to ourselves, our families, and the world. It is important to take a step back once in a while to ask ourselves why we do what we do and who gave up their voice so that you could have yours?

"I believe what we do now is not just for you, but for future generations." - Angela Chee

In this episode, I explain how past traumas affect us, how to reconcile your past and your future, and how to step into your power by taking a look back.

"What you do makes an impact on the conscious and the subconscious messages we send to ourselves, our families, and the world." - Angela Chee

• How do your actions affect others
• How to become an effective leader
• How to reconcile your past and your future
• How to find your barriers
• How can we better understand ourselves
• How does past trauma affect us

"Whatever part of the journey you're on, it's important to take a look at what we've been through so we know where we're going." - Angela Chee

• Listen to The Power of The Only Episode 28 Can Your Greatest Strength Also Be Your Obstacle
• Download your copy of The Power Of The Only Principles and Worksheet
• Get your copy of What Happened To You By Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry
• Asian American Podcasters Association
• Listen in to Future Hindsight: Host, Mila Atmos "A Civic Engagement Podcast"
• Listen in to Retire There with Gil & Gene: Co-hosts, Gilen and Gene Preudhomme "Chats with retirees who describe life in their adopted city"
• Listen in to Stories with Sapphire: Host, Sapphire Sandalo "Spooky, Supernatural, and Spiritual Stories"
• Listen in to The Filipino American Woman Project: Co-hosts, Jen Amos and Nani Dominguez "Stories and life lessons told by American women of Filipino descent"
• Listen in to Hacks and Hobbies: Host Junaid Ahmed "Hobbies are for the mind"
• Listen in to The AAP Podcast: Co-hosts Andy Wang and Lee Uehara "The AAP Podcast: Covering the industry, events, gear, and more"
• Listen in to #hashtagimpact: Co-hosts: Regina Larko and Carol Li "A Podcast about stuff that matters"
• Listen in to We The Peeps: Co-hosts Ty Fujimura and Clayton Fujimura "The US soccer podcast for any fan"

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry, or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence, and representation and to make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/45

"As an emcee and host you set the tone...you keep the audience engaged and connected, and you bring out the best in the speakers and the event. That's a lot to juggle." - Angela Chee

You've been asked to emcee or host a virtual event. Now what?

I'm up late prepping to emcee part of The Asia Professional Speakers Convention and thought it was the perfect time to take you behind the scenes and share my tips on how to emcee or host a virtual event. There is so much that an effective emcee can do in addition to simply introducing guests, reading off their bios, and thanking everyone for coming. And as an Only, this is a great opportunity to step up, gain more visibility in your company and industry, and make connections. You also get to set the tone for the event, keep the audience engaged, and bring out the best in the speakers who are being featured.

In today's episode, I'll share what you should prepare to emcee a virtual event, how to interact comfortably with other speakers, and how to keep your energy up throughout the event.

"These are the things that help you go pro." - Angela Chee

In today's show, I talk about knowing your audience, how to create a script, and why listening is more important than speaking. I also discuss how to overprepare for hosting a virtual event so you're always ready for the unexpected.

"The emcee sets the tone for the entire event." - Angela Chee

• How to host an online event
• How to prepare to be an emcee
• How to get to know your audience
• How to create a script for an event
• How to stay focused during an online event
• How to keep your energy up during an online event
• How to be a good listener

"It's important for you to be ready for various types of speaking situations — especially in our virtual world — as a speaker, host, emcee, moderator, or guest." - Angela Chee

1. Know your audience
2. Create a show rundown and script
3. Stay focused and listen
4. Keep your energy up
5. Have go-to stories and extras ready

"Ask questions, have calls to action, take polls — use whatever tools you need to keep connected and interactive." - Angela Chee

• Get the YOU, Amplified Performance Formula free video training series
• Book Angela as an emcee or speaker

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry, or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence, and representation, and to make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources, and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.

Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/44

"It's one thing to accumulate that power, but when will you also use it? That is a very strategic question because it is a very limited supply — especially as an Only." - Charlene Li

How do we grapple with wanting to fit in while knowing we stand out?

This week's guest is New York Times bestselling author, Charlene Li. Her purpose is to help leaders harness their power of The Only to thrive through disruption. I really admire her growth mindset and recognize it in myself, but we often don't start out this way. Charlene says that as Onlys, we have the power to see beyond what others see partly because we have broken through the barriers that come with being an Only. She argues that, in order to step into our power, we need to be asking ourselves: what tools do I have? What can I do with that power? When should we store it up and when should we unleash it?

"By standing out, I was gaining power." - Charlene Li

In today's show, we talk about how to handle Imposter Syndrome, why are allies so important, and how to deal with microaggressions.

"Because I was The Only, I had to be a bridge." - Charlene Li

• When to use the power of The Only
• How to handle Imposter Syndrome
• How to take pride in being different
• Why are allies so important
• How to serve your audience
• How to deal with microaggressions
• How do we have difficult conversations when we are so divided

"As long as I have defined my success through other peoples' success, I have been successful." - Charlene Li

1. Understand where your Only-ness gives you a unique perspective

"There is power in being The Only because you have the power to speak with authority from this different perspective that no one else has." - Charlene Li

• Listen to The Power of The Only Episode 15: The Power Of History, Media and Representation
• Listen to The Power of The Only Episode 41: How To Prepare For and Grow From A Virtual Speech, Interview or Event
• Get your copy of The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail by Charlene Li
• Read Eric Toda's Adweek article: 'My People Are Dying in Silence—and I'm Here With a Megaphone'
• Read more on the CMO of Visible, Minjae Ormes
• Learn more about the Asian American Real Estate Association of America (AREAA)
• Learn more about Julie Carrier, the CEO of Girls Lead Worldwide
• Watch the PBS Documentary Asian Americans
• Read Becky Little's article: How the 1982 Murder of Vincent Chin Ignited a Push for Asian American Rights

LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Charlene Li

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence and representation and to make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/43

"The way Onlys grow and succeed is not by maintaining the status quo, but to plant seeds, bring others in, and carve a new path for others to follow." – Angela Chee

What does moving from scarcity to abundance really mean? And how do we do it?

As we start the shift back to our everyday lives, I want to share some tips and tools to help you to step back into your power, but to do so with more abundance and joy. I know from personal experience that it is all too easy to say we want to come from a place of abundance when in reality, many of us naturally revert to a scarcity mindset. At work, many of us are driven by this culture of scarcity which manifests in this feeling that there is only enough room for one, but it's time for a new model — in work and in life.

"It's important to remember that the world needs you, but it starts with taking care of you." – Angela Chee

In today's show, I explain how to live in abundance, what an abundant mindset looks like, and what you can do to avoid a scarcity mindset.

"There's always this feeling of there's only enough room for one." – Angela Chee

• What is a scarcity mindset
• What is an abundance mindset
• How do we move into abundance
• How to thrive in competitive industries
• How to feel like you have done enough
• Episode 11-The Power Of Mindset, Gratitude and Appreciation

"When do we feel like we have done enough, accomplished enough, and are enough to just be?" – Angela Chee

1. Have awareness of your barriers
2. Focus on what you have
3. Celebrate your wins, big and small
4. Train your brain

"Pausing to celebrate these moments in our lives allows us to feel joy and gratitude and it forces our brain to see the abundance in our lives." – Angela Chee

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry, or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence, and representation, and make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources, and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.

Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/42

"While I coach my clients on how to be better speakers and have more presence and connection on camera, there's also a lot that can be learned from the process before and after a talk." - Angela Chee

How can we be our best selves during virtual events?

This week I want to take you behind the scenes of my process to help you prepare and grow from your next virtual event. Who doesn't love an episode of actionable takeaways? Whether you're the host, the leader, or even the keynote speaker, I will show you what to do right before you go on and what to after your event that will help you be clear, confident, and connected.

"Just like athletes warm up and practice before a game, so do speakers. It's all in the preparation." - Angela Chee

In this episode, I talk about how to prepare for a virtual talk and share tips for hosting a virtual event and keeping your audience's attention. I also discuss ways to improve your public speaking and what to do after hosting a virtual event that will help you to continue to improve.

"The most important thing is to be clear on who is your audience." - Angela Chee

• How do you prepare for a virtual event
• How do you prepare for an on-camera interview
• How do you host a virtual event
• How do you keep your audience's attention
• What to do after hosting a virtual event
• How to improve your public speaking

"The more you speak the more confident you get." - Angela Chee

1. Print out your notes and double-check your tech the night before
2. Get your body moving and your blood flowing
3. Warm-up your voice

"If there's something you didn't like in the video, use it as a learning tool. Don't criticize yourself." - Angela Chee

• Listen to The Power of The Only Episode 13: How To Avoid Zoom Fatigue and 3 Tips For On-Camera Connection
• Tune in to the #LeadingTheWay Masterclass | Women's Intersectionality and the Many Layers of Identity with Riham El-Lakany and Angela Chee

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry, or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence, and representation, and to make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite-only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter.

Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/41

"You can be accepted for who you are. You don't have to be accepted despite who you are and you don't have to limit who you are in order to be accepted." - Leslie Ehm

How do we fall in love with not fitting in?

Leslie Ehm can tell us. As a former TV host and Creative Director in advertising, Leslie has spent the past 15 years helping top executives and teams unleash their unique brand of swagger. She's traveled the globe with her award-winning company Combustion working with top organizations like Google, Disney, Pepsico, Lenovo, TD Bank, Uber, and many more. And now she's put all of her tips, tricks, and tales of inspiration into a new book: Swagger - Unleash Everything You Are and Become Everything You Want.

"My definition of swagger is the ability to manifest who you really are and hold onto it in the face of all that psychological crap that's going to come for it." - Leslie Ehm

Leslie tells me the success in her life was a series of accidents, but digging deeper into her story I believe it's because of her swagger — the bold way she moves forward with integrity despite challenges. In today's episode, Leslie shares her "Only" story and how she found her swagger. Hear stories about her purple mohawk, how she became a TV host in the U.K. by walking away from an opportunity, and more. We talk about how to manifest swagger, how ambition can hold us back, and how to rid ourselves of Imposter syndrome and shift our mindset.

"Those voices in our heads become the stories that we tell ourselves." - Leslie Ehm

• What is swagger
• How to manifest swagger
• Can ambition hold you back
• How to get rid of Imposter Syndrome
• Why did Leslie Ehm write a book
• How to take advantage of transferrable skills
• Lessons learned this year and how you can apply them to your life

"People didn't believe that they could reveal who they really were and still find success." - Leslie Ehm

1. Start to fall in love with who you are
2. Stop comparing yourself to other people
3. Speak your truth in as many forms as you possibly can and frame it for the greater good

"I have felt like The Only for most of my life." - Leslie Ehm

• Get a copy of Swagger: Unleash Everything You Are and Become Everything You Want by Leslie Ehm

Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Leslie Ehm

Thanks for being a part of this bold and powerful conversation on The Power of The Only!

Whether you feel like the only one in your company, industry, or community or the only woman in the room, we're here to support you in stepping up, speaking up through power, presence, and representation, and to make an impact in your personal and professional life.

Want even more insider tips, resources and training to help you own your voice and power and step into your leadership. Join me in my free, invite-only YOU, Amplified!™ community!

You can also join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

Learn more about this episode of The Power of The Only with Angela Chee at www.angelachee.com/40