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We may, rather sarcastically, respond to this question -- "Well, yeah, unless we want to build a business that would potentially save lives of millions of people, then grad school is probably a waste of time and money"....

And our guest in this episode, Levana Sani, begged to differ and gave a full nod to the sentiment. She went to Harvard Business School, and then co-founded Nalagenetics -- a biotech company whose missions are to reduce adverse drug reactions and increase prescription efficacy by offering comprehensive genetic testing and robust information management systems to doctors and patients. In other words, she did it.  

That being said, we concluded that it's not always necessarily the case. Going back to school can be a great path towards your entrepreneurship success, but it's certainly not the only path.  

As we all approach or are already at the stage of life and career where what makes us happiest is stability, some of us are still questioning.. "Wait, does this mean I am going to do this one job for the rest of my life?", "Will what I do now define who I am as a person forever?", or even the simplest, most evil question that gets us up every night: "What's next?"

The sad reality is, fear -- more often, and sometimes stronger, than love could ever -- is something that brings us all together.  But how do we know what to do with it if we never talked about it? Long story short, we got you. This is going to be the first of many fear-specific discussions that we'll have in the podcast. In this episode, we are joined by Runny Rudiyanti, a Chinese Lit and International Business graduate, an ex-journalist, a humanitarian, a tech-company professional, and.... an aspiring actor -- as we talk about the fear of switching career and starting over, and how to overcome them.

Rice, chicken breasts, chemically sprayed tomatoes, and some basic economic principles were all we talked about in this episode! 

You may raise your eyebrows when hearing our guest Stephan Hardy (Founder of @brodibalo Fitness) set the record straight why fried chicken or a spoonful of sugar could be good for our body, and why "healthy" labeled consumer packaged goods may only drain our wallet but not our waist size. We did too! But make no mistake, he explained all we need to know about our bodies and how to shape our own decision on what goes into our mouth, down to our soul, and end up in our belly -- while still be on the right track to get the ideal healthy body that we all want. 

We'd be lying if we said that we don't someday want to own a house of our own.. especially one that we could envision building a family in. But what to do when the economy and property market are on the downturn? On top of that, what to do when we have yet to have enough resources to get the one we really want? In this episode, we shared both our professional and personal views on whether we should buy or rent a property. 

We deep-dived into three things that will help you figure out how to do this: 1) Self-control, 2) Save more tomorrow, and 3) Set goal and priorities

Yakali brings you honest and real conversation of three friends about life-hacks to help you reframe your everyday thinking