To some, having a good memory is just something you're born with. Others watch memory champions win quiz shows and think its just a cheap parlour trick. What's the reality? This month, Luki Danukarjanto and I talk about the importance of memory, and why having a better one could be worth a lot more to you than you think. And finally, Luki shows me a few techniques on how to improve my memory!

In the first part of our series on understanding soft skills, Luki Danukarjanto and I talk about the skill of teamwork. What does it really mean to be a good team player and how do we get better at it? Luki offers some strategies for getting to know our fellow team members better.

For the season finale, Kenny rejoins us to conclude his discussion with Dave about his journey to Canada.  He talks about high school, university, and then ending up as an educator. We discuss Kenny fitting in seamlessly high school and then the competitive nature of university, before he finally finds his true calling.

This episode marks the end of season 2 of unique stories. See you all in a few months for season 2!

Luki Danukarjanto returns to give us a peek inside the world of career coaches. Who might benefit from hiring a career coach? What might a career coach be able to help you with? What types of coaches are out there? He then breaks down Dave's podcasting ambitions to give us a taste of what coaching is all about. 

Intro Music - Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Justina Sam

Yollanda Zhang is the founder and leader of Panda Mandarin, a Mandarin school for children and adults in Toronto, as well the founder of Girl.Strong, an empowerment program for young girls. She joins Dave to discuss her family's journey from China in the mid eighties to the present day and shares what it was like for her family to leave a promising life behind for an unknown future in Canada.

Intro Music - Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Justina Sam

In part 2 of their 3 part converesation, Kenny Ho, high school business teacher and Department Head of Business Studies at St. Elizabeth Catholic High School in Vaughan, Ontario, takes us back to what it was like trying to fit in as a new student in the early years when he first came to Canada from Hong Kong.  He talks about the struggles of being an ESL student and what that meant for him both inside and outside the classroom.

Intro/Outro Music - Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Justina Sam. 

This week, Luki Danukarjanto returns to discuss his career journey, from hitting rock bottom in university, to working at Deloitte, to pivoting into the entrepreneurial life as a consultant and now as a career coach.

Intro Music - Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Justina Sam

Jamie Dempster of RE/MAX Halmark is a successful Toronto Real Estate Agent. He sits down with Dave and traces his career, from finishing university without a clue of what to do, to his early days in the industry following in his mother's footsteps, through growing his business to the present day.

Luki Danukarjanto, the founder of Focus Inspired, a personal trainer for careers and the author of Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier, a guidebook for people on their career journey, sits down with Dave to discuss the future of education. Is university education becoming increasingly irrelevant? Is it the best use of our children's time? Are there better ways to learn?

Intro Music - Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Justina Sam

Kenny Ho, high school business teacher and the Department Head of Business Studies at St. Elizabeth Catholic High School in Vaughan, Ontario, joins Dave to discuss his journey in 1987 from Hong Kong to Toronto. As a new immigrant, he and his family faced many challenges, and in the 1st of a 3 part series, Kenny shares with us what those first few years here were like.

Intro Music - Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt, performed by Justina Sam