TingTing and KaKa's 婷婷和卡卡

S2EP5 TIDBITs Self Worth, Acceptance & Happiness

After the recording with our guests, TingTing and KaKa stayed online to reflect on our learnings.  This clip is after our recording with the guests. Topics include: self-worth, acceptance and happiness. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support]

Work vs Life

As life become busier and busier with the start of the new year, TingTing and KaKa began to question: * Does work-life balance actually exist?  * How to effectively prevent burnout? * Do we have to work 24/7 , 996 (9am to 9pm, 6 days per week) to be successful? To answer these questions, we bravely invited 2 friends from our professional world to explore this topic. === Introducing our guest === Alanna La Cioppa Alanna and Tingting clicked through laughters and being almost "absurdly" happy in the office. Alanna is a lawyer, yoga teacher and currently work in change management. Her stories about life, death and purpose brought her a unique understanding on the topic of work life balance.  Follow Alanna on Instagram @alignedbyalanna [https://www.instagram.com/alignedbyalanna/] or her website www.alignedbyalanna.com [https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alignedbyalanna.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1hYon_DZ5bzzq0M2BjkHCtbPhA6Esvc8LACnZJKDigfhVoqD_zJzYuUx8&h=AT13matG9n-jFwhSq03dNvGTVlPBX9mEeFuzpAT7RTfm91Lt6ZXH2WVWx1UQvyvX0fccXQWKaerbTPYls_koW-xoFGbRMXHrVROhsgCMc5Bz11gae5acxs0gxMi9ROXX5DlxvrKn] Kiet Truong Kiet is KaKa’s colleague and friend. As a senior manager from one of the big four consultancy and a father of 2 young children, he seems to have a secret recipe to balance everything and remain calm. ===Join Us=== We would like to invite you to join the growth journey with a lot of fun, laughter, and deep conversations. If you would like to be our next guest or share your stories, visit tingtingandkakas.com [https://www.tingtingandkakas.com/]! ===This Season of TingTing and KaKa’s == While we adjust to a new norm of working under an unprecedented COVID lockdown, KaKa quitted her job and reconnected with her purpose after a 2-month career break while Tingting just began hers. This season we answer the question “What is work?” through brutally honest and fun conversations with our friends, colleagues and loved ones. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support]

Working for yourself VS Working for others

As Tingting embarks on her creator journey full-time and Kaka strives to grow her side jewelry business, we became curious about: * How do business owners/entrepreneurs work?  * What are the challenges?  * Is there really more money and freedom when you "work for yourself"?  * And what is better -- working for others or working for yourself? To answer these questions, we invited 2 friends who are business owners. === Introducing our guest === Issa He Issa is a return guest from Season 1 Episode 3 [https://anchor.fm/tingtingandkakas/episodes/ENGEP-2----Can-men-and-women-be-just-friends--Part-22-eguien] and she was KaKa's teacher in interpretation. She started her language service business 7 years ago, specializing in legal, commercial, and art translation. And she is also the host of the Silent Reading Club which is a great community for all book lovers! Sarah Cong Sarah is a born entrepreneur and the founder of Cottonly [https://cottonly.com.au/]-- luxury pure cotton wipes that cares for your skin. She had previously worked at the world's top luxury corporation, took on multiple ventures in her early 20s, and danced K-Pop with Tingting.  ===Join Us=== We would like to invite you to join the growth journey with a lot of fun, laughter, and deep conversations. If you would like to be our next guest or share your stories, visit tingtingandkakas.com [https://www.tingtingandkakas.com/]! ===This Season of TingTing and KaKa’s == While we adjust to a new norm of working under an unprecedented COVID lockdown, KaKa quitted her job and reconnected with her purpose after a 2-month career break while Tingting just began hers. This season we answer the question “What is work?” through brutally honest and fun conversations with our friends, colleagues and loved ones. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support]

Work vs Locations ?

Despite living miles away from our birth country -- China, we are curious about: * What is the biggest difference between working in China and working in other countries( Australia, USA and Canada etc)? * What do we need to know about the people and work culture if we want to work in China? * How about the salary difference and lifestyle changes? To answer these questions, we invited 2 friends who've experienced both sides but made different choices. === Introducing our guest === Ge Qu Having lived in China, the USA and Canada, Ge (pronounced as gəː) is a deep thinker and explorer. On the first day of secondary school in China, Tingting sneakily stood next to Ge as she ranked number 1 in the entrance exam. Luckily the friendship matured beyond grade and status in the next 10 years, during which Tingting moved to Australia and Ge completed university in China then pursued further study at the University of Pennsylvania.  Ge is now working in China and faces the unique challenge of a 'haigui' or 海龟 (sea turtle) meaning “return from abroad.” Wendy Bai Wendy Bai is a good friend and trusty advisor of KaKa. They get to know each other through work and then the friendship grew rapidly from all the common value and interests.  Wendy has a very impressive resume in both China and Australia.  She graduated from one of the elite universities in China.  Subsequently, she went to work for some of the most iconic global companies. In early 2010, she left her comfort zone and built her own tech start-up. About 6 years ago, she made another courage move to bring her family, career and dream to Australia.  ===Join Us=== We would like to invite you to join the growth journey with a lot of fun, laughter, and deep conversations. If you would like to be our next guest or share your stories, visit tingtingandkakas.com! ===This Season of TingTing and KaKa’s == While we adjust to a new norm of working under an unprecedented COVID lockdown, KaKa quitted her job and reconnected with her purpose after a 2-month career break while Tingting just began hers. This season we answer the question “What is work?” through brutally honest and fun conversations with our friends, colleagues and loved ones. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support]

Work vs Money?

Money money money - Isn't money the ultimate reason for working?  * 💰How much is enough? * 🤯Wait, you can make money outside of your full-time job? * 🥱Come on, it is taking too long. How to manage money within the limited time we have? In this episode, we unfold the stories we held about money - from childhood to the first job, to balancing money and life, to making decisions about our futures. ===Introducing our guests=== Guest 1: Michael Ko Introducing Tingting's friend and husband - Michael Ko, making his first presence in the podcast! Michael is a personal finance and investment educator on YouTube. In his spare time, he teaches people how to gain financial independence via his YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/c/ko] 'Michael Ko' and blog WalletLab.com.au [https://www.walletlab.com.au/]. Guest 2: Summer Chen Introducing KaKa's friend and business partner - Summer Chen! Summer is the finance brain behind the jewelry brand Minco.Life [https://minco.life/] which Summer and KaKa co-created! A master of multi-tasking - While Summer works full-time in the finance and strategy space, she is also an influencer on Red (a Chinese social media platform) providing personal development advice! ===Join Us=== We would like to invite you to join the growth journey with a lot of fun, laughter, and deep conversations. If you would like to be our next guest or share your stories, visit tingtingandkakas.com! ===This Season of TingTing and KaKa’s == While we were adjusting to a new norm of working under an unprecedented COVID lockdown, KaKa quitted her job and reconnected with her purpose after a 2-month career break while Tingting just began hers. This season we answer the question “What is work?” through brutally honest and fun conversations with our friends, colleagues, and loved ones. ==Other Nuggets== 【Podcast】得意忘形： #45我们与钱的关系： https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/45-%E6%88%91%E4%BB%AC%E4%B8%8E%E9%92%B1%E7%9A%84%E8%B7%9D%E7%A6%BB/id1200767928?i=1000409615186 （KaKa's favourite host is the guest ） 【Book】The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness, Morgan Housel  【BOOK】RICH DAD POOR DAD: WHAT THE RICH TEACH THEIR KIDS ABOUT MONEY THAT THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS DO NOT! ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI (TINGTING'S FAVOURITE MONEY BOOK) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tingtingandkakas/support]