Hosted by Anna Zhang · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 9 episodes
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A podcast about all the "five year plans" that did not go according to plan. From lawyers turned comedians, to neuroscientists turned chefs, come join Anna in exploring the craziest career pivots and the ups, downs, and uncertainties of being in your 20s and 30s.
Anna Zhang hosts The Five Year Plan, a business show with 9 episodes published.
For Henna Choi, leaving her career as a personal injury lawyer was literally matter of life or death. For years, Henna tried to do everything “right.” She went to law school, built a successful career, and appeared to be
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How does a corporate lawyer become a famous person? Today, Jules Romano sits down with Anna to unpack the real story behind the transition—from billable hours to building a personal brand on the internet. What started as
Show notesAnd no, we are NOT referring to the cliche break up line. We're talking about all the ways you reject yourself, before the world ever gets a chance to (or not!) In this episode, Anna dives into the invisible limits we pl
Show notesYou’re not stuck. You’re just scared of picking wrong. In this episode, we're talking about the perfection paralysis problem—the reason you hate your job but haven’t applied anywhere, the reason you’ve been “thinking abo
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In this episode, Anna sits down with Maggie Arai—former law student and aspiring intentional human rights lawyer, turned 4x founder and social entrepreneur—to talk about what it really looks like to walk away from a path
Show notesIn this episode, Anna sits down with Maggie Arai—former law student and aspiring intentional human rights lawyer, turned 4x founder and social entrepreneur—to talk about what it really looks like to walk away from a path
Burnout is not a character flaw. So why does it feel like one? In this episode, Anna talks about the part of burnout that we often don't address —the quiet, creeping fear that you’re the problem. That you’re not resilien
Show notesBurnout is not a character flaw. So why does it feel like one? In this episode, Anna talks about the part of burnout that we often don't address —the quiet, creeping fear that you’re the problem. That you’re not resilien
He's cooked for Taylor Swift. Jennifer Lopez. And almost became a neuroscientist? In this episode, Anna sits down with Nathan Ng - sous chef at TOCA inside the Ritz Carlton Toronto - who walked away from the "perfect" ac
Show notesHe's cooked for Taylor Swift. Jennifer Lopez. And almost became a neuroscientist? In this episode, Anna sits down with Nathan Ng - sous chef at TOCA inside the Ritz Carlton Toronto - who walked away from the "perfect" ac
This piece of advice is one that I guarantee we've all heard before. But when I tried following it, here's what happened: I developed a romanticized view of what my career should be I had unrealistic expectations of what
This piece of advice is one that I guarantee we've all heard before. But when I tried following it, here's what happened: I developed a romanticized view of what my career should be I had unrealistic expectations of what
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Work hard in school. Get good grades. Land a good job. As long as you do those things, you'll set yourself up to live your happiest life.... Right? Well, Anna followed that formula to a tee: got good grades, went to the
Show notesWork hard in school. Get good grades. Land a good job. As long as you do those things, you'll set yourself up to live your happiest life.... Right? Well, Anna followed that formula to a tee: got good grades, went to the
Anna thought she did everything right. Built the resume. Followed a path. Checked all the boxes. And yet, two years ago, she felt completely lost and confused with big question marks about her career. Did she pick the wr
Show notesAnna thought she did everything right. Built the resume. Followed a path. Checked all the boxes. And yet, two years ago, she felt completely lost and confused with big question marks about her career. Did she pick the wr
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