i kind of knew this, but i didn't study it closely. But when i did, i started looking at all these old speeches. They're all structured exactly the same. Ob ma's famous d n c convention speech start with my father was a foreign student and then he transitions quickly to talk about america as a country. And then he has a call to action. It's like, because i believe all these things, the next things happen. This is why it's important to me that following things happen. Then the story of us. You talk about why your personal stories relevant to your listeners. And then the last thing is a story of now it's an urgent story where
Trung T. Phan is a creator in the tech, business, and media space. His Twitter threads are full of knowledge and humor, and he also co-hosts the “Not Investment Advice” podcast. Follow Trung on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan and subscribe to his newsletter at https://trungtphan.com/subscribe/ Show Notes:
- Trung’s Vietnamese origins
- Humor in your talent stack
- Asymmetric returns of creating content online
- The power of memes
- Getting a CFA
- Going back to writing movie scripts
- Succeeding in the creator economy
- How to acquire people’s attention
- Creating content on LinkedIn and Facebook
- The importance of traveling
- Donald Trump’s popularity in SE Asia
- History is not black or white
- Steve Jobs with the Picasso
- How a Microsoft guy catalyzed the iPad
- Musk’s space meeting with Bezos
- Not letting complacency set in
- Putting historical dates into perspective
- Structuring speech to persuade
- Jim not dissing Plato
- Making Ted Lasso likable in 157 seconds
- And MORE!
Books Mentioned:
- The Status Game; by Will Storr
- The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch
- Virus of the Mind; by Richard Brodie
- The Republic; Plato