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+ 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! I’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 


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 Weekly Newsletter on upcoming STIMY guests/interesting
reads to make you smarter:
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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