The WLD Show

Taylor Lo was our guest for the WLD Show podcast episode #5 on September 2020. Will catches up with Taylor 150 episodes and 5 years later to see what Taylor is up to. 

Learn more about Taylor:

• DWIT Podcast IG: @official_dwit
• DWIT Podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@official_dwit
• DWIT Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3mXWYWJZJDvfhC6T0agm2C?si=3efb815e22a74403
• #5 Taylor Lo: Mamba Mentality. Basketball star to closing $10MM deals in China: https://wld.show/episodes/5-taylor-lo-mamba-mentality-basketball-star-to-closing-10mm-deals-in-china

Andrew Horn is a serial entrepreneur turned Executive Coach and master facilitator. Andrew helps ambitious Founders and CEOs - like those at TOMS Shoes, Hinge, and Casper - master the inner game of leadership to maximize their impact and build low-drama, high-performance teams. Most recently, he was also the Co-Founder and CEO of Tribute.

For the last 8 years, Andrew has been running Junto. A men’s leadership retreat for guys who are curious about men’s work and serious about personal growth. I recently participated in Andrew’s Junto in Austin a couple weeks ago.

• Junto Website: wejunto.com
• Andrew Horn's Website: itsandrewhorn.com
• What's the Big Idea Podcast
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• Andrew's Substack @andrewhorn

Will and Andrew spend the past weekend in Austin for Andrew's 40th birthday. Will shares his week in Austin and experience at Junto, a Men's Leadership Retreat.

Andrew Hsu shares his learnings from spending a month traveling in Japan with his pregnant wife and 2 year old daughter. Will Chang shares his experience with Tony Robbins and impact it had on his month.

As Chairman of the LA Lodge, Will helped organize a Reunion in Los Angeles for a Chinese American Fraternity. Over four days, the Reunion hosted 15 events and brought together 190 brothers from around the world, joined by wives and families for a total of 450 attendees.

Beyond the main program, Will shares to Andrew what meant the most to him: helping run a pre-reunion wellness retreat with past guest Gene Lee, and leading a three-hour men’s group for other lodge leaders—an idea sparked by past guest Rich Shiu. Both experiences gave him a chance to explore how to create deeper connection inside the fraternity.

Major General William S. Chen is the first Chinese American to achieve the rank of Major General in the U.S. Army. As a Brigadier General, Major General Chen played a crucial role in developing and acquiring state-of-the-art military technology. 

While serving as the U.S. Army Missile Command Commanding General at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, from 1989 to 1992, Major General Chen's leadership was crucial in ensuring the readiness and effectiveness of missile systems deployed in the largest deployment and combat use of missiles in Army history during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

Bill also played an essential role in adopting missile interceptor technology for national and theater missile defense programs. He developed the Patriot Missile System and dedicated himself to missile defense, which earned him widespread recognition.

After retiring from the Army in September 1993, Major General Chen continued to serve the nation by working in the defense industry. He held leadership roles at United Defense and FNSS Defense Systems in Turkey, demonstrating his dedication to enhancing international security.

Bill has written a book on leadership: Blend-in, Stand-out. Bill is also the editor in chief of the book, Unsung Heroes: Recognizing and Honoring Chinese American World War II Veterans - Congressional Gold Medal Recipients.  

Bill's father, Moon Chen joined the Flying Tigers during WWII as an American to support China. The Flying Tigers composed of pilots from the United States Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marine Corps, recruited under President Franklin Roosevelt's authority. Their mission was to bomb Japan and defend the Republic of China. Because the US wasn't in the war, they had to volunteer and attack the Japanese under a foreign banner.

Dan Chung is an artist, painter, and sculpter that has built a business around creating 1:6 scale hyper-realistic poseable action figures with custom tailored clothing. He has been commissioned to create figures of celebrities like musician Travis Scott for his Rodeo album cover and “90210” music video. Michael J. Fox as Family Ties “Alex P. Keaton” for the Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell holiday comedy movie SPIRITED. And Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg as Snoop went to market wine during his travels to Paris for the 2024 Olympics.

Learn more about Dan Chung:

• Website: https://www.dchungfigures.com
• Instagram: @dchung_art
• Dan Chung's Travis Scott Action Figure in 90210 Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNBLjJzRoo
• Snoop Dogg / Lil' Snoop Action Figure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snv1MTsd0vg
• Martha Stewart Action Figure:  https://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/martha-stewart-gets-her-own-action-figure/