Transformative Purpose with Aaron Pang

Nathan Cornfield was born in Stockton-on-Tees in June 1989, where he still lives today. After leaving school at fourteen, he studied a variety of different subjects including ICT, drama and teaching, but his first love has always been writing. He has written consistently since his first short stories appeared in his school work and specialises in a number of areas including fiction, copywriting, content writing and ghost writing. He published his first book in 2018 and is now working on his first collection of short stories. Besides writing, his hobbies include Formula 1, travelling, history and reading.
What you'll learn from this episode:
- Challenges growing up with autism
- Bullying at school
- Opportunities for people with autism
Key questions asked:
0:00 Highlights
3:29 Introduction
4:22 What is autism and what growing up was like
9:40 When were you diagnosed with dyspraxia and autism
12:21 What happened at school
18:31 How were you bullied
22:05 What can parents do if their children have autism
25:08 Have you forgiven the people who bullied you
29:46 What is your favourite country
32:30 How do you manage sudden changes
36:48 How did you get into writing
43:25 What is the most important lesson in life

Joy Pamnani is Hong Kong’s Youngest Public Speaking Champion. Joy has coached over 7,000 students and launched a Speaking course on Skillshare in 2018. Joy is an Award-winning Public Speaker. She has represented her school, university and Hong Kong in several competitions including In-Person and Virtual Speech Contests.
Key questions asked:
0:00 Highlights
4:42 Introduction 
7:15 What got you into public speaking
12:18 What are the common myths about public speaking
14:29 What are the techniques to calm our nerve
17:13 What lesson did you learn from public speaking
19:06 What is the right mindset to debate with confidence
22:56 How to answer when asked on the spot
26:25 What is the difference between debate and argument
27:32 What is Aaron adamant about
31:05 What do we win an argument
34:15 What to separate ourselves from our emotion when debating
38:10 How do we nurture emotional intelligence with the next generation
41:00 How do we promote critical thinking skill
What you'll learn from this episode:
- How to overcome stage fright
- Debate with confidence
- What to do when we feel nervous
- How can we perform better on the spot

To raise emotionally resilient children, we need to nurture their intellect, emotional and social development.
Golddy Kaur has more than three decades of MedTech experience and held many positions including executive leadership roles. She has experience across general business management, strategy development, commercial functions, operations, engineering, quality, regulatory & clinical research. She possesses a unique blend of Med-Tech industry subject knowledge and business/financial acumen.

In 2022 Veronica reinvented herself: She left 18 years of senior roles in corporate to venture into the freelance world. She built a personal brand going from zero to over 1 million views on LinkedIn in less than 5 months. She built a digital audience of over 7,000 followers. She became a DEI consultant, a public speaker and a writer, and she's just getting started!

Emily Hu is a Clinical Operations expert and biomedical engineer with over 15 years of working in medical device clinical development. Emily has conducted human subject research in the health, fitness, and nutraceutical space. Her journey into fitness began at age 30, after experiencing the detrimental effects of sitting at a desk all day. To this date, she’s broken 3 all time world records with her heaviest bench being 407 lbs in the 132 lb. weight class.
KEY QUESTIONS ASKED
00:00 Intro
04:10 Quarter life crisis
07:35 Sports career in reality
10:33 My parents thought I lost my mind
12:15 I wrote a book, The Smart Simple Guide to a Better Physique
16:05 My unknown path into powerlifting
20:42 Nutrition & diet
24:22 Better physique
27:42 What advice would you give to your younger self

Michael comes from a humbling background, one of the most down-to-earth colleagues I have met at #Microsoft. In this conversation, Michael and I talk about adoption, how we should look at work, and the importance of using our privileges to give back to the community.

If you focus on what you don't have, you will never find it.

From the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.

For more inspiration and ideas, check out:

• Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
• Transformative Journal on Amazon
• Become a speaker
• Contact us for workshops
• Sponsor our epsidoe

How do you view purpose? 
How do you narrate your purpose in life?

From the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.

For more inspiration and ideas, check out:

• Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon
• Transformative Journal on Amazon
• Become a speaker
• Contact us for workshops
• Sponsor our epsidoe

I am excited to share with you that my first self-improvement book Unstuck - Think Like a Kid and Free Your Mind is now available on Amazon. I have poured my heart and soul into writing this book for the past year. With two young kids, a full-time job; it hasn't been easy and I am really happy with what we produced. Thank you to every one of YOU who has been part of my publishing journey.

From the author of Unstuck, Aaron was emotionally stuck after a life lesson that happened in April 2019. He founded Transformative Purpose, a media and education platform to share inspiration and ideas, and help people become better at what they do. TP is a top 3% globally ranked Apple podcast. Previous guests include global CEO and entrepreneurs, scientists, psychologists, Olympian and professional athletes, authors, coaches, parents and many more.

• Self-help book - Unstuck on Amazon

Sylvia Yu Friedman is an award-winning filmmaker, Penguin author, TV host, serial entrepreneur, and philanthropy consultant. She is the author of three books, A Long Road to Justice: Stories from the Frontlines in Asia (Penguin Random House, September 2021); Silenced No More: Voices of Comfort Women, the only journalistic account of historical Japanese military slavery during WWII, and Heart and Soul: The Life Story of Pastor Augustus Chao.