207: Taking Risks for a Fulfilling Life w/ Alan Ying
The Lavendaire Lifestyle
Aileen Xu
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Alan Ying dropped out of the cardiothoracic surgery residency program at Duke University to start a software company when he was twenty-eight years old. Since selling that business, he’s enjoyed leading, investing in, and serving on the boards of start-ups to public companies. Alan grew up in Ohio and now lives in Texas. He researches risk and is co-author of The Risk Paradox: Life Lessons from 102 Amazing Risk Takers.
TIMESTAMPS:
- 01:35 - Backstory
- 10:23 - Building a business
- 13:59 - Start with what you can control
- 23:22 - Finding yourself
- 31:16 - 6 types of risk takers
- 44:10 - How to weigh risk
- 50:00 - How to manage fear
- 58:05 - Risk & age
FIND ALAN ONLINE:
- Email: alan.j.ying@gmail.com
MENTIONED:
- 2023 Artist of Life Workbook by Lavendaire
- The Risk Paradox: Life Lessons From 102 Amazing Risk-Takers
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| 0:00.6 | The least risky thing you can do to live a fulfilling life is to take risk. |
| 0:10.8 | Welcome to the Lavenderit lifestyle, the podcast on personal growth and lifestyle design. |
| 0:16.2 | My name is Eileen and I'm here to guide you to shine as you're bright as self and create your |
| 0:20.9 | dream life. We all have a light within and the power to create a life we love. Every Sunday |
| 0:26.8 | we'll share thoughtful conversations exploring how we can build a better future for ourselves |
| 0:31.6 | and our world. Life is an art. Make it your masterpiece. |
| 0:37.9 | Hello my loves. Welcome back to the Lavenderit lifestyle podcast. It's Eileen. Today's episode is |
| 0:42.9 | all about risk and how it plays a crucial role in living a fulfilling life. This was such a good |
| 0:48.8 | episode with a lot of wisdom and it will definitely inspire you to take more risks in life. |
| 0:54.3 | Our guest today is Alan Yang. Alan Yang dropped out of the cardiothoracic surgery residency |
| 0:59.7 | program at Duke University to start a software company when he was 28 years old. Since selling |
| 1:05.4 | that business he's enjoyed leading investing in and serving on the boards of startups to public |
| 1:10.8 | companies. Alan grew up in Ohio and now lives in Texas. He researches risk and is the co-author of |
| 1:17.4 | the risk paradox. Life lessons from 102 amazing risk takers. He is married and has three children. |
| 1:24.4 | Before we begin a quick reminder to check out the new 2023 artist of life workbook. Our top |
| 1:29.6 | selling guided journal to help you create your most intentional and successful year. You can find |
| 1:34.4 | it at shop.lapendair.com. All right enjoy the interview. Hello Alan. Welcome to the podcast. How are you |
| 1:42.8 | doing today? I'm great Eileen. Thanks for having me. Yeah thank you for being here. So why don't you |
| 1:48.8 | start off by telling us your story and how risk played a role in your major life decisions? |
| 1:56.4 | I was an immigrant Chinese kid. You grow up. Your parents tell you to do certain things and |
| 2:04.8 | certain things are expected and you don't have a lot of I don't know I didn't have a real big |
| 2:09.2 | passion for anything. I ended up following the path going to college. I went to med school, |
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