One on One with Mista Yu

One on One with Mista Yu - Michael Leung: From Retinitis Pigmentosa to Assistive Hearing Tech Breakthroughs

A lot of success stories skip the messy parts. We don’t. Michael Leung, founder and CEO of the Flow Group, walks us through what it actually looks like to lose your footing and still find your way back: immigrating from Hong Kong to Canada as a kid, watching his mother battle bone cancer, and then spiraling into years of rebellion, street life, addiction, and deep grief that still shows up as PTSD. From there, the conversation shifts into the reality of disability and health. Michael explains living with retinitis pigmentosa, the shock of a retinal detachment, and the brutal recovery process that follows eye surgery. We also talk about the hope and limits of emerging gene therapy for vision loss, including why some treatments depend on specific DNA matches and why eligibility isn’t always straightforward. What makes this story land is how he turns pain into purpose. Michael shares how ADHD shapes his work style, why he chooses therapy and sobriety, and how discipline becomes a daily practice instead of a personality trait. That drive leads into his mission: building a stigma-free assistive hearing device using bone conduction headphones to help people, especially seniors with hearing loss, feel confident, connected, and less socially isolated. If you care about resilience, mental health, hearing loss solutions, and real-world entrepreneurship, this one stays with you. Subscribe for more one-on-one conversations, share this with someone who needs a push forward, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. What part of Michael’s story hit you hardest? Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening! Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now! Quantum Squares: Support the show [https://quantumsquare

One on One with Mista Yu - From Olympic Heartbreak To Victorious Living Every Day - Cherita O'Dell

She qualifies for the Olympic Games, hits a national record, and then a rain soaked runway changes everything. We’re joined by Cherita O'Dell, a transformational speaker, former Olympic long jumper, and author from Barbados, for a raw conversation about what happens when your biggest dream collides with sudden injury, public pressure, and the voice in your own head. We talk through the moment her leg tears before Atlanta, the shock of seeing the stands clear out, and the months after when depression and shame start rewriting the story. Cherita doesn’t sugarcoat the recovery: the turning point is realizing no one is coming to rescue your mindset. From there, she breaks down how self talk, thought habits, and identity shape your actions, your consistency, and your ability to rebuild after disappointment. The lessons go way beyond sports performance. Cherita shares why discipline isn’t about loving the grind, how sacrifice becomes normal when your routine is tied to a goal, and what it really means to block out the noise when critics, culture, or past insults try to define you. We also zoom out to life in Barbados, from the warmth of daily connection to the realities of tourism, cost of living, stability, and resilience after disruption. Then we close with the stories behind her book Good God, A Single Girl’s Rocky Path to Finding True Love, including why “being whole” matters more than chasing the wrong person. If you got something from this conversation, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs a mindset reset, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening! Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now! Quantum Squares: Support the show [https://quantumsquare

One On One With Mista Yu - Russell Nohelty - The Joy Loop For Business Growth

Most business advice tells you to suffer now so you can enjoy life later. We reject that premise and unpack a sharper idea with author, entrepreneur, and coach Russell Nohelty: success follows joy, not the other way around. Russell shares how a career that jumped from Capitol Hill news to entertainment, publishing, courses, and consulting became a real-world lab for understanding what actually makes a business work across industries. We get candid about the hidden driver behind constant reinvention: chasing validation to feel whole. Russell explains why titles like “bestselling author” can open doors without changing your day-to-day life, and why the most meaningful creators often struggle to ask to be counted. From there, we move into integrity in business, including how to set clear red lines, practice radical acceptance, and stop letting other people or platforms define what you “have to” do to grow. Then we dig into the Joy Loop framework and the practical coaching tools behind it: attunement (what you truly want vs what is happening), spotting opportunities by removing “no” from your self-talk, and building a path of least friction so your marketing and sales ecosystem makes the right purchase feel inevitable. If you care about entrepreneurship, authentic leadership, marketing strategy, and sustainable business growth, this one gives you language and steps you can use immediately. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend building a business, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Support the show [https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu] Are you a guest with a message of hope and faith, overcome tragedy and addiction, creativity, invention, or you just have questions about society and culture? The “They Can Me Mista Yu” brand of podcasts is looking for guests! Book your interview today: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/theycallmemistayu Give the shows a listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-call-me-mista-yu/id1535535535 Faith. Society & Culture. Your Inspirational Stories. Mental Health. Entrepreneurship. We talk about what matters to you!  Join Mista Yu across our shows: 🎙 Inspiration Station 🎙 They Call Me Mista Yu 🎙 One on One With Mista Yu 🎙 The Men’s Roundtable Series / MRTS Interview Spotlight If you would like to support the show, here’s how you can do that: https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu [https://www.patreon.com/cw/theycallmemistayu] and https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu [https://buymeacoffee.com/theycallmemistayu]  Thank you for watching and listening!

One On One with Mista Yu - Fired At 63, Financially Free At 69 - REAL Financial Freedom with David Nassief

Getting fired at 63 is scary. Doing the math and realizing you could be broke by 65 is a whole different kind of fear. That is where David Nassief’s story starts, and why it lands so hard. After decades of “doing the normal things,” he finds himself staring at retirement insecurity and a job market that does not want to hire him. So he takes a brutal leap into straight-commission work, absorbs months of rejection, and then makes the real shift: he stops chasing income and starts learning wealth building. We talk through the mindset change that took him from financial circles to a clear path, including the idea behind his One Page Wealth Compass. David breaks down why so many smart, capable people still drift financially, how Wall Street complexity can keep everyday investors dependent, and why “clear direction beats misdirected speed” is more than a quote. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by investing advice, retirement planning rules, or the fear of market volatility, this conversation is built to simplify the decisions without dumbing them down. You’ll also hear the practical pieces: saving consistently, using low-cost index funds, staying broadly diversified, and letting downturns work for you instead of triggering panic selling. We dig into one of the most overlooked personal finance topics, too: how small investing fees can quietly drain hundreds of thousands of dollars over time. David shares the weekly two-minute habit he uses to stay on track and avoid costly impulse moves. If you’re in your 50s or 60s and quietly wondering if it’s too late, hit play and prove that thought wrong. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review so more people can find the episode. Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening! Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now! Quantum Squares: Support the show [https://quantumsquare

One On One with Mista Yu - The Justice Journey - From FBI To The Pulpit w/ Eric Robinson

He started as a pastor who could not stop carrying other people’s pain home, and the stress nearly broke him. Then Eric Robinson made a left turn that still sounds unreal out loud: he joined the FBI and spent 24 years as a special agent working everything from drug squads and gangs to counterterrorism, corruption, and crimes against children. That jump from ministry to federal law enforcement is the doorway to a conversation about leadership, emotional control, and what justice looks like when it is not scripted for TV. We get honest about what FBI work actually involves: long investigations, warrants, affidavits, prosecutors, judges, and patience that can stretch for years. Eric also explains why the best agents are not the hottest heads, and why “being tough” is often the wrong tool. When a door gets breached and the scene is controlled, he argues the real skill is staying calm, laying out facts, and showing enough humanity to keep things from escalating on what may be the worst day of someone’s life. Along the way, Eric shares stories that hit every note, including a truly shocking case, the weirdness you can find inside a search warrant, and a prank that made prosecutors go pale. We also talk about informants, trust, and why cynicism and bias can creep in when your job is to look for criminals all day. The episode closes with his return to pastoring in Western New York, a vision for a nonjudgmental church, and a hard-won lesson on resilience and taking risks, plus a preview of his book Irreverent: From Saving Souls To Chasing Sinners In The FBI. Subscribe for more one-on-one conversations, share this with someone who loves true crime and real law enforcement insight, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. Our team will choose random (but timely) episodes from our previous three seasons (which are our most popular ever!) to share with our listeners during the slower parts of a long podcast season. We think you will enjoy them! Thanks for listening! Coffee aficionados and Health Conscious listeners, our show has some new sponsors and they’re offering you the best discounts their stores have. Links are below. Start saving now! Quantum Squares: Support the show [https://quantumsquare