Iāve done it again. I have told you that Iāve finished a series, but then I get the opportunity to speak to another fascinating person and I think to myself, I canāt wait until the next series. I need to get them on now! So this is the reason for this bonus episode!
James Nguyen is a serial entrepreneur who has previously been featured on global broadcast networks including CNBC, Sky, ABC and has been a contributing writer for Forbes. He is CEO of Inflexion Media - they support companies, brands, and individuals to reach an unlimited audience through powerfully simple content. James has also created this brand -Ā jqn. Here, he is able to distill his experience and lessons about life and business through the beauty of spoken word poetry. His topics range from truths about life, love, and spirituality. He also expounds on first principles from business and entrepreneurship in a collection of poems too.
My podcast really does bring some truly fascinating and interesting people my way and James is up there with the best of them! This was probably one of the 'deepest' conversations I've had on my podcast to date.
Now, I usually find my own podcast guests. But I did not find James. I was approached and asked if I would like to have James as a guest. When I was told about his background and watched a jqn trailer where I could see him performing snippets of his poetry I thought, āBlimey, what are the chances that this passion project of mine would lead me to finding an entrepreneur of East Asian heritage, who writes spoken word poetry in a similar style to me, is open about the importance of maintaining oneās emotional well being (thereāll be more talk on this later) and owns his own media company?!ā How about that for brand alignment?!
So, as you can imagine, I was very excited about this opportunity. This really was an ace conversation.
James KIRs are:
1ļøā£ My poetry: Ā It's helped change my world views, break boundaries and shape the way I move through the world as an entrepreneur.
2ļøā£ My inner work/spirituality: I have a daily practice of trauma and emotional healing work (innovated variation of IFS) as a way to improve my emotional acuity and ensure I don't project unresolved trauma in my life.
3ļøā£ Surround myself with compassionate candour: I have an inner circle of family and friends that have license toĀ alwaysĀ offer me uncomfortable truths they see as my blindspots, to ensure I don't succumb to a subjective filter bubble.
Intro & outro music credit: Dawn Awaits by Cody Martin, obtained from www.soundstripe.com
Iām on social if youāre interestedā¦primarily Insta and occasionally Twitter: @diversityofme
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