Challenger Podcast with Peter Geng
by Peter Geng
Challenger Podcast with Peter Geng interviews extraordinary people about how they've navigated big changes during their life. We can all learn something from their greatest challenges and greatest successes to find ease and renewed focus in your journey for long-term calling.
Episodes
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What do mental health challenges actually look like? Told by a leader thriving even with ADHD
Ever wondered what mental health issues actually look like? How do I know if I have mental health issues? How can you tell? How do you treat it? How do you succeed despite having mental health issues? Join my conversation with my friend Bhavya, an engineering leader, who is thriving with her own...
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Rising from failures - how an engineering manager almost didn't finish engineering school
Bhavya failed engineering … twice… she lost her friends, she didn’t get the support she needed from her parents, but she still rose to the challenge and fought through the hardship and finished. Now she is engineering manager at a prominent tech company. Let’s find out together how she was able…
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How can failure be good?
Failing is almost never good, but it should be. Hamish, my career coach, talks about how failure is the best way to learn and build an amazing life. If you’ve switched jobs or careers, don’t be so hard on yourself. You had the courage to take on a new challenge in your life, and some missteps are...
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The shocking way to find your next dream job
Looking to change your job or your career? Lacking the motivation to do your best? Looking for a new job? We’ve all been there, but how to do it right? Listen to my conversation with my career coach Hamish as he gives some pointers on how to look for when to change your job/career, how to get the...
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How do you soul search?
Your values are the most important thing that will drive you forward and help you to achieve the things you want in your life. How to find your value is often difficult. Let’s talk with Long John about how he found his and maybe it can inspire you to find your values too.
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How overachieving is bad for you
Are you the duckling that looks calm from afar but actually you’re furiously paddling underneath the water? Long John is an overachiever that has found his breaking point. Let’s find out how he has navigated his successes and failures and the lessons he learned to succeed in the long term.
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How to beat the doubters and escape the rat race
Let's find out how our guest, Alli defied all odds to get into UC Berkeley, start a business, switch into tech despite all the nay-sayers in her life... including her husband. Alli will also share some of her techniques in how to find your life-long calling. As Alli and I discussed in the…
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How a runaway teen is now running the show in the biotech community
Let's find out how our guest, Sasha, ran away from her home at 18 just before going to college and overcame many challenges in her life to become a leader in a biotech startup, director at an accelerator, and an organizer for Burning Man.
About this show
Challenger Podcast with Peter Geng interviews extraordinary people about how they've navigated big changes during their life. We can all learn something from their greatest challenges and greatest successes to find ease and renewed focus in your journey for long-term calling.
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Peter Geng
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