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19. Leaving Corporate Banking for Interior Design in her 40s: Yvonne Lam, a Hong Kong Career Story (opens the original)
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A career change after 40 almost never starts with certainty. Yvonne Lam put it simply when we spoke: I quit my corporate job, and I figured the rest out on the way. She left banking in Hong Kong and is now an interior designer. Yvonne took an introduction to design course during maternity leave, then a full year diploma with five real client projects, then an internship where she was the oldest person in the room taking direction from designers half her age. In this episode, you'll hear Yvonne's
18. Leaving Corporate Law to Build a Gin Distillery: Nic Law on his Career Pivot (opens the original)
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Leaving corporate rarely looks like one clean leap. Nic Law changed careers from corporate lawyer to master gin distiller, and the part nobody sees is the two years in between with no salary and his savings draining. This is a Spotlight episode, where I go deep on one bold career change and the thinking behind it. Nic quit his law job in Hong Kong out of the blue after seven years, with no plan and no idea what came next. What he did next is the useful part: he took a distilling diploma, talked
17. Lead Singer of Dear Jane, Tim Wong: Your Career Pivot Won't Feel Certain (opens the original)
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Every career pivot starts before you have proof it will work. Tim Wong was told bands don't work in Hong Kong, then played to seven people. THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR: 90 Seconds. 90 Seconds is a global, video production platform with 14k creators in over 100 countries. They typically power video for massive global brands such as Standard Chartered, HSBC, IBM, Lenovo and JP Morgan. More info at: www.90seconds.com Tim is the lead singer of Dear Jane, one of Hong Kong's biggest rock bands. Before that
A quick note from Joanna: You Don’t Have to Figure It Out Alone (opens the original)
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A short message before Thursday, on why career change takes longer than the internet says and why you don’t have to figure it out alone. 👇 LAUNCHING SOON: THE CAREER CHANGE ACCELERATOR 👇 I’m putting together a small career change accelerator for people who are ready to stop overthinking their next move and start taking action. It will be a small group, max. of 10 people, with live online sessions, practical frameworks, accountability, and, perhaps most importantly, other people who are in the me
16. Leaving Corporate Pharma to Build a Pet Brand: Angela Yu on her Career Pivot (opens the original)
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Thinking about a career change but unsure where to start? If you are changing careers, looking for career clarity, or wondering how to make hard decisions about leaving corporate, this episode will show you why you do not need to have everything figured out before you start. After more than 15 years leading commercial teams at AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson , Angela made the leap from corporate into entrepreneurship. Today, she is the co-founder of Bentou, a science-backed oral care probiotic
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