Whether we’re stuck in the 9-5 grind or hustling in entrepreneurship, how often do we ask ourselves, “Why do I do what I do, and what would happen if I didn’t do it?” 

Joining us today is Quan Gan, Founder and Owner of Gantom Lighting & Controls, as well as  Creator and Chief Engineer of ZTAG. You would never guess that Quan started out as a haunted house actor! He got hooked, abandoned his corporate job and made a leap of faith. He leaned on his robotics background, his experience with haunted houses, and his wife's design expertise to create Shanghai Nightmare, China's first Halloween Haunted Attraction! This was Quan's first step into the world of entrepreneurship.

Quan is a visionary entrepreneur who approaches his projects from a customer experience perspective, enhancing his ability to understand and solve problems. His current social-entrepreneurial venture, ZTAG, is a real-life game designed to take kids into the playground, away from their devices. He feels the need to nurture children's physical, social, and mental health in a world that gets more digital every day. 

In this episode, Quan will help us answer today's question, why do I work myself to death? We talk about his life experience and what questions led him to decide to start his own business and deal with the cultural and family mandates against his decision. We also spoke about his experience in the corporate world, why he decided to quit, his identity crisis when he first moved to the US, and his commitment to working on his own personal growth.

To learn more, tune in to Episode 10 of The Right Questions!

Some Questions We Ask:

• Can you tell us just a little bit about what launched you into what you do today? (5:01)
• What was the question that made you take the massive risk of departing from what you had known and gave you the courage to change your life? (9:58)
• Are profound personal growth and transcending materialism to do something much bigger, deeper and spiritually aligned, important to you? (19:12)
• This idea of being a workaholic leads to a poor balance with the things that are important in our lives. What did this knowledge do to you? Did it release you? (21:39)
• What would you say to folks who feel compelled by what you're sharing but maybe feel stuck? (25:45)

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Quan's first wake up moment (6:21)
• Asking ourselves what makes us really happy (10:24)
• The importance of achieving internal goals (15:40)
• Focus on the present and stop thinking about the next goal (22:30)
• The how and what won't let us think about the why (26:03)
• Why we must put hours into working on ourselves (30:59)

Resources:

• Book: Don Richard Riso & Russ Hudson - The Wisdom of The Enneagram
• ZTAG website
• Gantom Lighting & Controls website

Connect with Quan:

• LinkedIn

Connect With Bridget Sampson:

• Website
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

Connect With Todd Parker:

• Instagram
• LinkedIn

Sampson Coaching and Consulting:

• Sampson Coaching and Consulting
• The Right Questions Podcast on YouTube
• Sampson Coaching and Consulting Videos on YouTube
• TED Talk
• Instagram
• Facebook

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