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Hosted by Ling Yah · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 186 episodes
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A podcast featuring inspiring people about their journey to discovering and living their "WHY" or purpose in life. With your host & producer, Ling Yah, we deep dive into everything from finances to dealing with doubts and setbacks, and how to forge an unconventional career from ground zero! Expect to hear from entrepreneurs, artists, journalists, musicians, Hollywood actresses, VC founders and more. Visit www.sothisismywhy.com for more details!
Ling Yah hosts So This Is My Why, a business show with 186 episodes published.
What happens when you trade a stable corporate job in Singapore for a gap year for a tropical island? That’s what Shi Han Pang did at 25. Since then, she’s best known for being the co-founder of Human Edition, a storytel
Rachel How is one of Malaysia’s top UX/UI designer - entirely self-taught - with a huge 330k following she’s built over the last 4+ years! But finding her path wasn’t easy. She quit law school after 2 months because it w
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Meet Lim Pinn Yang, co-founder of Foodie Media Berhad - IPOing today at a RM70 million valuation! He once sold woks at the morning market with his dad, scored 1A in SPM exam and earned $0.20/day from his 1st blog But he’
When Vietnamese refugee Senh Duong fled after the fall of Saigon, he could never have imagined he’d one day co-found one of the most influential movie sites in the world - Rotten Tomatoes. A kid who grew up on Hong Kong
Hui Jing’s life reads like a TVB drama. Her mum was forced to be the sole provider for the family after her dad landed them in bad debt. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Hui Jing understood the importance of money & joined the wo
We're back with Part 2 with Ken Perenyi, arguably one of the art world's greatest and most successful conman?! In Part 1 of Ken's STIMY interview (do check it out if you haven't already done so), we covered his journey i
Would you break the law if it made you a multimillionaire? That’s what happened with Ken Perenyi - one of the most “successful” art forgers in the world. His works have been sold all over the world, including in Christie
Imagine growing up in a hair salon. Being thrown out of the house and sleeping in an abandoned cupboard. Being bullied in school and almost failing SPM. But knowing deep down inside that you love storytelling. You just…
Jonathan Mildenhall is the former Managing Director of TBWA, SVP of the Coca-Cola Company, first CMO at Airbnb and Independent Board Member at Peloton Interactive, Co-Founder of TwentyFirstCenturyBrand and current Chief
Jonathan Mildenhall is the former Managing Director of TBWA, Senior Vice President of the Coca-Cola Company, first CMO at Airbnb and Independent Board Member at Peloton Interactive, Co-Founder of TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
Rodney Wong is the CEO of Munchy's, one of the largest Malaysia-based snack food manufacturer with presence in over 60 countries globally. Which makes him the Willy Wonka of Malaysia! And he's had quite the varied career
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We're back with Part 2 with Dato' Sri Idris Jala - the former CEO of Malaysia Airlines, Managing Director of Shell Sri Lanka and Senator & Minister in the Malaysian Prime Minister’s Office, and current Chairman of PEMAND
When Dato Sri Idris Jala became the Managing Director of Shell Sri Lanka, he wasn’t expecting to hold the country on ransom. The Sri Lanka unit had already experienced 27 years of continuous losses when he took over. And
When Arthur Kiong, CEO of Far East Hospitality, failed his A Levels, he thought his life was pretty much over. His dad even told him, "I’m sorry, you had your shot but you missed it" and in Arthur's own words, "I was los
“When people say it’s ok, I don’t need a family, I don’t need a partner, I say bullshit.” Woon Tai Ho is most known for being the founder of Channel News Asia & author of prolific books like the trilogy by George Yeo (Si
Growing up, Woon Tai Ho - Channel NewsAsia founder & Bestselling Author of books like the George Yeo trilogy, Soul of Ink, Riot Green- didn’t know he was poor. Until he invited his friends over and was asked questions li
“Are you a masochist?” “Do you love books that much?” If you want to be a bookseller, than those are the questions you need to ask yourself - according to Kenny Chan, the former Senior Director at Kinokuniya Book Stores
Gero DiMaria knows what it means to go truly viral. He's an Italian chef & owner of Kucina - Singapore's first authentic halal food restaurant. But he's also a bona fide Italian culinary superstar with over 500k follower
Would you die for your passion? Most wouldn’t but for 58-year-old Swee Chiow, Singapore’s first professional adventurer, it’s a question he must face every day. And it all began when he caught a glimpse of Mount Everest
Meet Lucas Lu - Head of Zoom Asia. And also a fellow Sarawakian! Lucas has had an illustrious career going from GM of Systems Technology Group at IBM Malaysia where they closed large deals within the first 6 months, lead
Shi Han Pang
Human Edition
1 appearance on this show
Lim Pinn Yang
Foodie Media Berhad
1 appearance on this show
Jared Lee
The Grim Film
1 appearance on this show
Rodney Wong
Munchy's
1 appearance on this show
Arthur Kiong
Far East Hospitality
1 appearance on this show
Woon Tai Ho
Channel NewsAsia
2 appearances on this show
Kenny Chan
Kinokuniya Book Stores (Asia Pacific)
1 appearance on this show
Gero DiMaria
Kucina
1 appearance on this show
Khoo Swee Chiow
Singapore's first professional adventurer
1 appearance on this show
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So This Is My Why is hosted by Ling Yah. The show is categorised under business (society) and has published 186 episodes.
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