From the Mekong River to Sesame Street, She Soars
Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
Don Hutcheson
5.0 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Mali Phonpadith's father escaped a re-education camp, and her family fled war-torn Laos. Arriving in the U.S. at age five, she learned English from watching the TV show Sesame Street. Later, her teacher said Mali's journal showed she was a poet–even though she didn't know what poetry was. Mali Phonpadith is the founder and CEO of the SOAR Community Network, as well as an author, speaker and podcaster. SOAR stands for See, Own, Articulate and Release and is based uncovering your greatest gifts and talents.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, world. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm your host, Don Hutchison. |
| 0:16.7 | Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom. |
| 0:27.5 | On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business development who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along their journeys. |
| 0:39.4 | In honor of the four-year anniversary of our podcast, over the next several weeks, we will be sharing with you the most |
| 0:45.1 | popular interviews from our first 777 shows. We hope you enjoy them, and we look forward to |
| 0:51.9 | sharing the journeys of more fascinating guests soon. |
| 0:55.4 | Molly's father escaped a re-education camp and her family fled war-torn Laos. |
| 1:02.0 | Arriving in the U.S. at age five, she learned English from watching the TV show Sesame Street. |
| 1:08.4 | Later, her teacher said Molly's journal showed she was a poet, even though she |
| 1:12.9 | didn't know what poetry was. I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Malie Pong-Padit. |
| 1:19.5 | Welcome, Malie. Thank you for having me, Don. It is our pleasure. Malie, are you using your |
| 1:24.6 | talents doing work that you love? Absolutely. All righty, we want to hear the whole story. Malie P are you using your talents doing work that you love? Absolutely. |
| 1:28.2 | All righty. We want to hear the whole story. |
| 1:30.3 | Malie Pompadit is the founder and CEO of the SOAR Community Network, author, speaker, and podcaster. |
| 1:38.1 | The SOAR Community Network is a consortium of business experts supporting small and missized |
| 1:43.6 | businesses, helping them to amplify |
| 1:45.9 | their clients' messages through marketing, strategies, technology consultation, and educational |
| 1:51.1 | forums. |
| 1:52.2 | She's the founder and host of the SOAR podcast. |
| 1:55.6 | Molly, that's a summary of your career. |
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