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The Russell Brunson Show

Kaley Chu’s Bold Experiment That Took Her From Introvert to International Speaker | #Success - Ep. 119

The Russell Brunson Show

Russell Brunson

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8982 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Russell Brunson Show, I sat down with Kaley Chu, and we talked about one of the most powerful personal transformation stories I’ve heard in a long time. Kaley started out extremely introverted, struggling with confidence after immigrating from Hong Kong to Australia. For years she stayed in a small bubble, avoiding conversations and feeling like she didn’t belong - until one moment of embarrassment in a meeting pushed her to do something radical: schedule 100 lunches with 100 strangers. What started as a simple New Year’s resolution turned into a life-changing experiment. Those lunches didn’t just help her learn how to talk to people - they opened doors to mentors, business partners, and opportunities she never imagined. One connection led to writing a book, which led to her first speaking opportunity, which quickly turned into a full-time career traveling and inspiring audiences around the world. It’s a powerful reminder that sometimes the fastest way to change your life is to step outside your comfort zone and start connecting with people. Key Highlights: ◼️The “100 Lunches with Strangers” experiment that helped Kaley overcome extreme introversion and build life-changing relationships ◼️How one unexpected connection encouraged her to write a book - which eventually led to her first speaking opportunities ◼️The behind-the-scenes story of how she transitioned from a shy financial planner to a full-time keynote speaker ◼️The difference between keynote presentations, webinars, and TEDx talks - and why a TEDx talk focuses on a single “idea worth spreading” ◼️How Kaley and her team created the Next Top Speaker competition to give everyday people a platform to craft and share their stories We also talk about why speaking is one of the most valuable skills any entrepreneur can develop, how telling your story can unlock opportunities you never expected, and why the people who succeed are the ones who simply make commitments - and keep them. If you’ve ever wanted to share your message, step onto a stage, or just become more confident connecting with people, this episode will inspire you to start. ◼️If you’ve got a product, offer, service… or idea… I’ll show you how to sell it (the RIGHT way) Register for my next event →⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://sellingonline.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ◼️Still don’t have a funnel? ClickFunnels gives you the exact tools (and templates) to launch TODAY → ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://clickfunnels.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Do you have a funnel, but it's not converting?

0:02.1

The problem 99.9% of the time is that your funnel is good, but you suck at selling.

0:07.1

If you want to learn how to sell so your funnels will actually convert, then get a ticket to my next selling online event by going to sellingonline.com slash podcast.

0:14.7

That's selling online.com slash podcast.

0:17.9

This is the Russell Brunson Show.

0:21.6

What's up, everybody? Welcome back to the show.

0:24.6

I'm really excited to have somebody who has become a friend in last year, a business partner and someone I have a lot of respect for.

0:30.6

And this episode is specifically, at least the first part of this, eventually it'll be for the extroverts.

0:36.6

We'll get towards that, towards the end of this, but for the beginning, it's going to be for the introverts like me and Kay, uh, Kaley, who kind of, I think started this business less external outgoing. And she went through a really cool process, um, that we're going to talk about. She's written a book about a bunch of other things. But I think for a lot of you guys, it's going to be a really fascinating, interesting, maybe a way for you to kind of broaden your horizons and get out there. So I'm excited. Our guest is Kaylee, too. For those who don't know her yet, you're going to fall in love with her. She's really, really cool and excited to have you here on the show. So how are you feeling today? I am feeling extremely on it. It is like my

1:11.8

wildest dream to be in this podcast. That's wow. How did I get here? That's how I'm feeling.

1:18.0

Oh man. Well, I'm glad to have you here. And it's been fun getting to know you over last year. You've done

1:22.2

so many cool things and you're working on so many cool projects. But the one I want to start with

1:26.5

is is kind of the beginning of your

1:29.1

journey. And, you know, I think, again, I got this business very introverted, not planning on

1:34.6

ever being a speaker, which now I'm obviously speaker. You're doing, you know, you're a speaker.

1:38.7

You talk about speaking a lot. But when you got started, you started differently. I love for you to

1:42.5

kind of tell that story because I think it's fascinating.

1:45.4

I think it's such a cool way to get out of your comfort zone, but then meet cool people

1:50.1

and then just the foundation for what has become who you are today.

1:54.5

We got to tell us the Hunter Lunch's story?

1:58.3

Sure.

1:59.2

I'm just like a lot of immigrants have so many limiting beliefs. I don't know how

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