i was in africa in 20 19. i got fixated on the fact that everywhere there were port trates of george bush junior. I am so perplexed right now. And my guide got really passionate about it, and he's like, well, maybe if americans knew that he saved hundreds of thousands of african life because he gave those drugs. That is an amazing thing that you get through travel. Your experience with your family in vietnam, my experience in africa, the more you open yourself up to, you know what, other people might have a different point of view that are valid,. that are lay valid in their life context, exactly.
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