Live Your Edge Podcast

Gilbert Joa, Gilbert Joa

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Live Your Edge Podcast

Embark on a journey to live life on your own terms. Stand on the edge of your comfort zone and strive to grow and expand daily. Join me on my conversations with serial entrepreneurs, award-winning changemakers, and adventure seeking digital nomads where you could learn how they were able to break free of the chains of society and truly live their edge.

16/06/2023

The Art of Selling: Mastering Empathy and Listening in Sales with Brad Lea

In this episode of "Live Your Edge," Gilbert interviews Brad Lea, who brings a refreshing perspective to sales. Brad underscores the importance of honing empathy and active listening skills, emphasizing salespeople as problem solvers more than product pushers. He highlights the need for understanding customer pain points and tailoring solutions accordingly. Brad also offers novel strategies, such as helping customers "feel" their problem and recognize their need for the offered solution. He urges salespeople to foster a client relationship that values the product more than money, further stressing the importance of listening rather than dominating conversations. Exploring his business growth, Brad points out the significance of recurring revenue and discusses the challenges of selling online courses. The conversation also delves into the importance of scaling, clear vision of success and developing resilience to discomfort. In a final note of advice, Brad underscores the necessity of clear, decisive choices in life and business.

32 min
02/06/2023

From Failing Math to LinkedIn Success: Eric Sim on Authenticity and Risk-Taking

In the "Live Your Edge" podcast, host Gilbert interviews LinkedIn influencer Eric Sim, who discusses his journey from a UBS managing director to a LinkedIn influencer with close to 3 million followers. Sim emphasizes the importance of consistency, authenticity, and the value of content in personal branding. He shares his approach of bridging online and offline relationships, creating a more personal connection with followers. He underscores the need for creating insightful content that benefits readers more than just showcasing personal life or achievements. Sim also highlights the importance of risk-taking and transforming setbacks into opportunities, as exemplified by his academic career progression after rejection from a Ph.D. program. He encourages engaging with others' posts on LinkedIn to build relationships and expose oneself to a wider audience, asserting that social media offers opportunities beyond likes and followers.

40 min
26/05/2023

From Investment Banker to Global Influencer: The Unconventional Journey of Jessie Li

On the Live Your Edge podcast, host Gilbert Joa converses with Jesse Li, a former banker who pivoted to a lifestyle influencer, co-founder of Change Global Media, and a women's entrepreneurship coach. Li's professional journey took her from Australia to Hong Kong, where she transitioned from investment banking to the media and PR industry, driven by burnout and a lack of fulfillment in finance. She attributes her courage to make this shift to her uncle, Dr. Harley Sardine, and her aunt, an influential female entrepreneur. Her "superpower" is her adaptive mindset, which she credits for her success. She also discusses managing her multifaceted role while maintaining physical and emotional health, stressing on daily exercise, meditation, and regular reading. Towards the end, Lee reveals her upcoming venture, a premium supplement brand enhancing body functions by increasing NAD+ levels.

36 min
17/08/2021

Making Better Decisions As an Entreprenur

Known as the Modern Day Renaissance Man, Alon Braun is also a member of Israel's cyber special force unit, a marine biologist, a body movement teacher, an online group marketing, children's book author, business accelerator strategist, and a decision making coach for business leader. And for today's episode, Alon will talk about how you can accelerate your business and make a conscious decision using some of his strategies.

43 min
10/08/2021

How Samit Helped Entrepreneurs Raise Over 47 Million on Kickstarter

Samit Patel is a crowdfunding expert. In this episode, Samit will share his expertise and experiences in terms of scaling business. He believes that if you make a positive impact on other people, it will create a difference in the world and it will create success for people.

25 min
03/08/2021

Secrets of 8-Figure Ecommerce Entrepreneur with Steve Tan

In this episode, Steve Tan shared his expertise in e-commerce or digital entrepreneurship. Steve is a Singapore-based serial entrepreneur, a renowned eCommerce drop shipper, and a full-stack digital marketer. He and his brother Evan Tan was entitled as the “indestructible duo” who conquered the eCommerce game by selling $100 million worth of their products. His business called “Super Tan Brothers Groups” consists of eCommerce, education, software, supply chain, and marketing agencies. Aside from the business-related topics, he also gives moral values on how to be a good entrepreneur. He highlighted how important to provide value not only for ourselves but also for the employees, family members, and society. Steve always says that “You have to learn your roads. You have to learn how to walk before you learn to run and before you learn how to fly”. He also believes that “The more you don’t focus on making money, the more money you can make”.

49 min
30/06/2021

Spicing Up Your Personal Brand with Genecia Alluora

In this episode, you will learn to be an empowered woman just like our guest Genecia Alloura, a former Miss Singapore, Cafe Retail Chain Owner, Southeast Asian Woman Excellence 2010, and International Progressive Women 2019. She is also the Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia that connects more than 200,000 women across the region in the ‘Soul F’ membership program.

36 min
22/06/2021

Small Business Growth with Pamela Slim

In this episode, you’ll learn about the fundamentals of marketing and small actions that’ll help small business owners. Thus episode’s guest, Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, speaker, and small business strategist, the co-founder of The Main Street Learning Lab where she works with business owners to remove obstacles to small business success and test and try new business ideas. She started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which became one of the top career and business blogs on the web. Since 2005, Pam has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to start successful businesses. She has partnered with small business leaders like Progressive Insurance, Prezi, and Infusionsoft to deliver strategic content to the small business market. Her first book Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur won Best Small Business/ Entrepreneur Book of 2009

31 min

Embark on a journey to live life on your own terms. Stand on the edge of your comfort zone and strive to grow and expand daily. Join me on my conversations with serial entrepreneurs, award-winning changemakers, and adventure seeking digital nomads where you could learn how they were able to break free of the chains of society and truly live their edge.

Creator

Gilbert Joa, Gilbert Joa
Years Active

2018 - 2023
Episodes

110
Rating

Clean
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Live Your Edge Podcast