Ep 100: So Is This MY Why?! | ft Red Hong Yi (guest host) x Ling Yah

Welcome to STIMY’s 100th episode!In this landmark episode, Red Hong Yi (former STIMY Ep 2 guest) is back as the guest HOST!She brings the 🔥 & asks about my entire journey because since June 2020, STIMY has grown to:12k+ followers31k+ downloads35+ countries; A book offer; and 1 STIMY physical hangout. All in the span of 2+ years!!WOW. If you’ve ever been curious as to who I am, why I started STIMY, lessons learned, my 200k word novel and what’ll happen moving forward… then this is the episode for you.Please leave a review/tag us if you listen to this! I’d love to hear from you.Highlights:4:04 Kathmandu & a pet podcast project5:02 My MBTI 7:38 ISTP10:01 How Red Hong Yi & I met12:02 How serious was I about STIMY?12:27 The milestone age of 30 & Daniel Pink16:23 Juggling work & everything else20:21 Podcast setup21:28 Everything is figureoutable23:22 Creating my 1st website at the age of 1024:31 Being strategic about my travel blog (www.vidadeliya.com)25:81 My secret aim with every STIMY interview28:57 Why do I enjoy stories so much?30:17 The most emotional story - Notle35:07 The dream of being a novelist37:44 Going viral on LinkedIn 45:03 Keep going with no engagement45:38 Gaining access to extraordinary people46:16: Being intimidated?53:07 The secret to success55:51 Joe, Bumble & Dating57:37 Web3, NFTs and Memebank1:00:38 How I pick STIMY guests1:01:22 Drag Queens1:02:02 Faith & Davy Liu1:04:41 STIMY Hangouts in person1:10:18 LinkedIn writing is like reading a personal diary1:11:14 Writer’s block1:14:47 What’s after STIMY’s 100th episode?1:17:24 Street art & Lawyah1:18:43 Has my why changed?1:19:28 Getting a book offer1:20:20 Serendipity & Cesar Kuriyama1:24:12 Have you questioned your own why?📍Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/100🍿 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Y1Maw1eUw 🙊 Like STIMY? Buy us a ☕️?: https://beacons.ai/sothisismywhy 💌 Weekly Newsletter on upcoming STIMY guests/interesting reads to make you smarter: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/ebf231f605 Leave a review on STIMY: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-this-is-my-why/id1521191442 P/S: Descript is the life-changing video/audio editing app I mentioned, that you can find here: https://www.descript.com/?lmref=sjT9JA

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Welcome to STIMY’s 100th episode! In this landmark episode, Red Hong Yi (former STIMY Ep 2 guest) is back as the guest HOST! She brings the 🔥 & asks about my entire journey because since June 2020, STIMY has grown to: 12k+ followers 31k+ downloads 35+ countries; A book offer; and 1 STIMY physical hangout. All in the span of 2+ years!! WOW. If you’ve ever been curious as to who I am, why I started STIMY, lessons learned, my 200k word novel and what’ll happen moving forward… then this is the episode for you. Please leave a review/tag us if you listen to this! We'd love to hear from you. Highlights: 4:04 Kathmandu & a pet podcast project 5:02 My MBTI 7:38 ISTP 10:01 How Red Hong Yi & I met 12:02 How serious was I about STIMY? 12:27 The milestone age of 30 & Daniel Pink 16:23 Juggling work & everything else 20:21 Podcast setup 21:28 Everything is figureoutable 23:22 Creating my 1st website at the age of 10 24:31 Being strategic about my travel blog (www.vidadeliya.com) 25:81 My secret aim with every STIMY interview 28:57 Why do I enjoy stories so much? 30:17 The most emotional story - Notle 35:07 The dream of being a novelist 37:44 Going viral on LinkedIn 45:03 Keep going with no engagement 45:38 Gaining access to extraordinary people 46:16: Being intimidated? 53:07 The secret to success 55:51 Joe, Bumble & Dating 57:37 Web3, NFTs and Memebank 1:00:38 How I pick STIMY guests 1:01:22 Drag Queens 1:02:02 Faith & Davy Liu 1:04:41 STIMY Hangouts in person 1:10:18 LinkedIn writing is like reading a personal diary 1:11:14 Writer’s block 1:14:47 What’s after STIMY’s 100th episode? 1:17:24 Street art & Lawyah 1:18:43 Has my why changed? 1:19:28 Getting a book offer 1:20:20 Serendipity & Cesar Kuriyama 1:24:12 Have you questioned your own why? 📍Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/100 🍿 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Y1Maw1eUw 🙊 Like STIMY? Buy us a ☕️?: https://beacons.ai/sothisismywhy 💌 Weekly Newsletter on upcoming STIMY guests/interesting reads to make you smarter: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/ebf231f605 Leave a review on STIMY: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-this-is-my-why/id1521191442 P/S: Descript is the life-changing video/audio editing app I mentioned, that you can find here: https://www.descript.com/?lmref=sjT9JA

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