In Full Effect

Take charge of your life.

Christopher Nguyen is a self-taught product design leader, founder, and creator.  Formally, he was the Head of Design at Thailand's first FinTech unicorn and held other design leadership positions.

Chris Nguyen, from the UK living in Vietnam, talks about the journey that he went through to be able to take charge of the life he has right now.
The challenges he went through shaped him to be a design leader, teaching others the ropes for them to be able to take control over their own career.

Chris and I have a lot in common on a mindset level so this episode flew by like no other.

Watch the full episode here:

Follow his journey in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjhnguyen/

On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/semigrownkid

On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/semigrownkid/

Success doesn't only come from the hard work you do.   

Listen to Micka Chu, MC, actress, model and content creator, talk about her journey around the world and her story in Vietnam going from hating being here to absolutely succeeding.   

Originally from Russia, she grew up in France, worked in China and moved to Vietnam over 6 years ago. The struggles she had initially didn't stop her from reaching her goals and dreams. She entertains her following on TikTok, IG and is also seen on national tv on the regular.   

We are super grateful to have her on the podcast and share her story.   

Listen to the Full Episode:  https://youtu.be/MqwmFNVsNH8

Follow her on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/micka_chu_/ 

Follow her on TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@micka_chu_

Are you in your 20s and trying to figure out what you can do to improve the quality of your life?   

In this 20th episode, we talk to Mark, a good buddy of mine here in Vietnam and we basically talk shop about our experience during our Personal Development Journey.   

Mark wrote his own songs back in Ireland and got picked up by a local radio station, 2 years later he was MC on massive festivals in Croatia before he moved to Vietnam where he is starting his own business.   

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/56FiDRf6ntE

Follow him on: https://www.instagram.com/trippygorilla/

In this episode, we talk to Jet Toh from Singapore who spent over 100K USD on personal development for events from Tony Robins to have the best mentors possible. He is also the author of "Of Goals and French Fries" where he lays out his 9-step Mastery Plan to help people succeed in their careers and life.
We deep dive into Jet's life and career to who he becomes today as a semi-retired entrepreneur spending most of his time with his family.

Watch the full episode:
https://youtu.be/FTrDjaBju-A

Check out his website:
https://www.9stepsmastery.com/

Find him on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/JetTohOfficial

In this episode, we talk about a hustle mentality, what it actually means and why we do it. There are so many great pieces of advice so make sure to give it a full listen.   

Tyler Maurice from around Seatle has always been a hustler his whole life. Dropping out of school and leaving home turned his life around and the challenges he faced from that moment shaped him into who he is right now. A few years later Tyler runs multiple bars and cafes in Saigon, Vietnam where he started his little family.   

Listen to Tyler's mindset behind running multiple businesses and having a family at the same time.   

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Tyler on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/tylermaurice/ 

Check out his businesses: https://youtu.be/PXIRAvyiyAU

https://www.instagram.com/lostandfoundsaigon/ 

https://www.instagram.com/lostandfoundcafevn/ 

https://www.instagram.com/bricknbarrelvn/ 

https://www.instagram.com/nightcap.saigon/ 

This episode was life-changing for me personally, two of my mentors with decades of combined experience dealing with ADHD, habits and routines get to know each other for the first time while talking about what they have been through to get to a point to be able live with ADHD and even use it in their advantage to succeed in their lives.   

Wes Jackson immerses himself in a lot of research and reading about mainly self-development content and ADHD. This is what he is sharing with us about how to get started and how his journey of personal growth is going.   
He is the CEO of Omega Digital, an agency focused on digital marketing through deep data research and turning that into a high-quality strategy. If you need someone to elevate your brand, he is the wizard for you.   

Werner Kruger from South Africa is a man with many interests. I call him one of my mentors but also a good friend.  To name a few of his projects, he is a Forex and Crypto trader, an investor in NFTs, the Metaverse, and many other industries. Back home he started hustling early from the age of 13 with collectibles and he also broke a few world records in drag racing.   

What I admire a lot about him is his self-awareness of his physical and mental state. He is always in search of optimizing his routines to get the most work done.   

Books mentioned:
- Flow | Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Game Changers | Dave Asprey
- Thinking fast and slow | Daniel Kahneman
- The One Thing | Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan  

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/jlGodYFA09w

Follow Wes on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewesjackson 

Make sure to follow Werner on IG: https://www.instagram.com/_wernerkruger_/ 

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX7EF8wVxBVhG?si=8ff6f653fce74571 

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In this episode with Sander we talk about finding a balance within yourself and around you. Events and moments in your life might be the hardest you have ever been through but with the right mindset and support around you, you will learn and grow from that.  After not seeing each other for many years, this episode was basically a catch-up call.   

Sander Heyns, 27 from Belgium is an Event Manager and my oldest friend. We were friends from the age of 2.5 years old. He is a true workaholic.  He lives in Antwerp where he runs a company that organizes events in and outside Belgium, caters for them and makes sure it's the best event the client has seen by telling a story with the concept. He is very ambitious but that also made him burn himself by partnering up with the wrong people, persisting on the right path, and following his dreams gave him another chance that brought him great success.   

Watch the the full episode:  
https://youtu.be/nMTl60jkr2I

Follow him on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sanderheyns/

In this episode, we talk with Brandon about what happens when you become more famous in Vietnam. He explains how being selfish can actually help out others and we learn more about the daily struggles of a content creator.   

Brandon is from the USA and settled in Saigon, Vietnam with his Vietnamese wife.   

Brandon Hurley is a content creator and ESL teacher in Vietnam. He created a YouTube channel showing the life of a foreigner in Vietnam, with his fluent Vietnamese content he gathered millions of views in the last few years. This didn't get all unnoticed and he gained attention from news channels and companies that sponsor their products for Brandon to show his audience.   

Follow his channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/phucmapvlog

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/0P3xuc9s_es

In this episode we talk about the life of Ethan, going from almost dying as a 16-year-old to getting around the world cheap and unconventional.  His philosophy of following your passion instead of chasing goals brought him to Hawaii, Nepal, New Zealand, Yellowstone, Cambodia, and many more places. He gets himself into different situations where he can only think "How did I get here?". 

Right now Ethan Maurice is growing his real estate photography business in Phoenix and Denver, USA. All this while he still writes articles about all his finds of reading books and experiencing adventures.   

I met Ethan 5 years ago in New Zealand in a village called Kaiteriteri where we had the craziest adventures during that summer. I was always inspired by his way of thinking and approach to life.   

Make sure to follow all his adventures, thoughts and revelations in his newsletter every month: www.ethanmaurice.com  

Watch the full episode:  https://youtu.be/UndT9H6ZenA

Follow Ethan on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ethan.maurice/ 

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In this episode, we talk about Conor's comeback story, how to overcome adversaries and grow yourself coming from a difficult situation. 

Conor Kelly from the UK is 24 years old and the host of the Comeback podcast, interviewing locals and expats in Vietnam.  

After dealing with a lot of anxiety in university he decided to move to Vietnam to change his life for the better and to challenge himself. With his background in journalism, he decided to start a blog and eventually the podcast to hear other people's comeback stories.  

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/k5h9KSHrwyA

Follow the Comeback Podcast: https://anchor.fm/conor-kelly02  

Follow Conor Kelly: https://www.facebook.com/conor.kelly.923

In this episode, we talk about the mindset of hustling/consistency and how curiosity creates opportunities for yourself, for business and to meet new people that are like-minded.  The biggest takeaway from this episode is how Javier explains to find and recognize your core values.

Javier Ballve is from Spain, moved with his fiance 3 years ago to Vietnam where he opened his gym Hustle and has his second location open already.
He has a lot of experience living around the world, from studying in Canada and working as an investment banker in London. 

Javier and I initially worked together for content for his gym but we connected immediately because of our mindsets and values.
This is how we kept in touch talking about a lot of subjects and it was time to get this recorded for the podcast.

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/KJmsDWXxLQc

Follow him on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jballve/

Follow him on FB: https://www.facebook.com/javierballve

In this episode, we talk about living a worthwhile life. Even when everything doesn't go as planned, especially mental struggles can obstruct your goals. With the right focus on your Northstar, you can achieve anything. 

Geneva Marcelino is a freelance creative director, she conceptualized and, with her business partners, brought to life R House: the rescue experience in Vietnam as a way to fully realize and practice the life skills she has learned in advertising, but for good. 

Geneva and I work together on a project called Rescue Radio, an initiative to generate donations for dogs and animals in need. 

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/BUTTL1D9ur0

Follow her story and that of R house on: https://www.facebook.com/WelcomeToRHouse

This episode is an introduction to anyone's personal development journey. Over an hour full of valuable content for anyone that is interested in personal development, for anyone that wants to grow as a person and who that wants to reach their goals.

Wes Jackson immerses himself in a lot of research and reading about mainly self-development content, and this is what he is sharing with us about how to get started and how his journey of personal growth is going.

He is the CEO of Omega Digital, an agency focused on digital marketing through deep data research and turning that into a high-quality strategy. If you need someone to elevate your brand, he is the wizard for you.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KNbtEwA71FA

Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewesjackson 

Personal value quiz:  https://personalvalu.es/

In this episode with Van Ly we talk about the struggles of doing business in Vietnam, starting a business during a pandemic, and navigating mistakes and change. 

Failure is to be expected but staying open and building a community, that’s the way we improve; that’s the way we find balance. 

Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/XUxa7_LkoUw

Van Ly is very exciting to talk to, she is very open and she doesn’t hold back. No regrets 

Van Ly is a partner at Raise Partners, a collaborative consulting practice to help other businesses contribute to the betterment of humanity. She is an expert in helping your company do the right things to help the community, country and world become a better place. 

Follow Van on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/van-ly-8265422

In this episode, we talk about happiness as a state of mind, networking, and values to live by. 

Casey Casem, 36 years old from the Philippines, is a serial entrepreneur owning and running several businesses that all got hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.   Casey is a proud father of 3 kids who are his biggest inspirations and contribute to his always happy state of mind. 

He and his team were the ones bringing Anytime Fitness, a 24/7 gym, to 100+ locations in the Philippines. From there he brought it to Vietnam to grow the brand even more. 

He runs a bubble tea shop and bowling alley bar as well.

Watch this episode on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/KwoQmIRXfdQ

In today's episode, we talk about mental goals such as happiness and health and how it fulfills Shiraaz to teach children and people. 

Shiraaz Ismail or Shaz for the friends is from South Africa and is an ESL teacher and coach in Vietnam and has been teaching for 7 years in Asia. Back in SA he was a sound engineer, radio producer and presenter and he mc’d events as well.

Right now he still plays music, mostly for himself but you can catch him behind a microphone on a good night out. He isn’t shy of going to the gym as he is also the face of a lot of stock images.
I basically follow his reality show aka his life on Facebook where you get entertained with his home concerts and sunset views.

Watch the full episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/EI_PODChC3E

We have a jampacked episode with Wern with a lot of valuable content.  Topics from self-development, finding your focus to cut out the noise, the importance of mentors, routines & systems, time management & procrastination and many more!

Watch on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/SY91W92b9k8

Werner Kruger from South Africa is a man with many interests. I call him one of my mentors but also a good friend. 

To name a few of his projects, he is a Forex and Crypto trader, an investor in NFTs, the Metaverse, and many other industries.
Back home he started hustling early from the age of 13 with collectibles and he also broke a few world records in drag racing.  

What I admire a lot about him is his self-awareness of his physical and mental state. He is always in search of optimizing his routines to get the most work done.  

We actually recorded another episode over 2 years ago but never released it, since then we have both grown a lot, so this episode is a good one.   

Make sure to follow him: https://www.instagram.com/_wernerkruger_/

Born in LA, brought up in Portugal, studied in the UK when he then went back to his family roots in Zimbabwe.

Anand Patel is a multi-passionate man, he started his entrepreneurial career in network marketing, where many other projects resulted from, such as personal development and growth, financial planning and charity.

He is a family man and his biggest passion is traveling, eating, living a life of wellness, health and an abundance of happiness.
A true lifestyle advocate. Anand is an environmentalist and has pursued his goal of reducing his carbon footprint. 

The recent global events made him look at other options such as Crypto, forex and other entrepreneurial challenges.

Millie Leung is an award-winning business mentor, bestselling author, and international speaker.

She is passionate about helping driven and big-hearted individuals to start and build a passion-driven, profitable, and impactful online business.

In 2011, with no prior entrepreneurial background, no network, no specific know-how, little money, and little time, Millie started her first business from home.

The beginning was tough, but she pressed on. Within 26 months, she was able to turn things around and build her business to 7-figure USD and became financially free.

Millie is the winner of the 'Best Personal Brand Award' by Marketing Institute of Singapore. She is the creator and host of her YouTube channel and the Shine to Impact Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple podcast, and 18 other platforms with listeners in 20 countries.

Her book 'Mind and Money Makeover' is an international bestselling book on Amazon.com.

Today, Millie is often invited to speak on international stages with audiences from a few hundred to 24,000+ in a stadium, sharing her journey and lessons, with the aim of inspiring, educating, and challenging her audience to start living their dreams.

Millie is passionate about giving back. She has donated and built 3 schools for underprivileged children and has provided financial resources for 60+ women entrepreneurs in developing countries.  Millie was appointed as the 'Global Goodwill Ambassador' of GGA in the Year 2019 for her humanitarian work.

When Millie is not speaking on stage, you will find her reading her favorite books, traveling the world, or spending time with her 2 lovely daughters.