The Power of Being "The Only": Angela Chee on Owning Your Voice

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever been the only one at the table? Maybe the only woman, or the only person of color, or simply the only one with a different perspective in the room? It can feel isolating, but it doesn’t have to hold you back. In fact, it can actually be your superpower. In this week’s episode of Hello Monday, Jessi Hempel sits down with Angela Chee to unpack how to embrace being an “only” and turn it into a powerful asset. Angela is media and communications coach and author of The Power of the Only. She speaks from her many years of experience as a TV news anchor, where she was often the only Asian American and the only woman in the room. Angela and Jessi discuss: • How to identify external and internal barriers, and how to break through the internal ones • The importance of personal development in owning your voice • Why some environments aren’t worth your time, and when to walk away • How to thrive when you’re the only one at the table Continue the conversation with us at Hello Monday Office Hours! Join Jessi and Senior Producer Sarah Storm live on the LinkedIn News Page this Wednesday at 3 PM EST.

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0:00.0	LinkedIn News
0:02.1	Leadership books, communication books, it says, I've done it, you can do it too.
0:09.9	And you're like, excuse me, that's not my life.
0:12.0	You don't know my situation.
0:13.9	You don't know my environment.
0:15.1	It's really important for people to honor what their barriers are, the external ones and the internal ones.
0:22.0	How you own your power is knowing which ones are the real barriers and which ones are
0:26.1	the ones we created because of the way we were raised, the societal issues, stereotypes.
0:35.6	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel and this is Hello Monday.
0:39.8	It's our show about work on our own terms.
0:44.2	Now, have you ever looked up from a table and realized that you are the only?
0:48.7	The only woman at that table, maybe the only man, maybe the only young person at that table,
0:55.4	or the only gay person.
0:57.4	That one happens to me kind of a lot.
1:03.1	If you've ever felt this way, you get that it can be a lonely and isolating experience,
1:07.4	and sometimes it's kind of hard to bring your true opinion to bear.
1:12.5	But here's the thing, if you believe as I do, and we do in this show,
1:17.7	that a diversity of thoughts and opinions is how we arrive at our best new ideas, it's how everything gets collectively better, then being an only, and only anything at a table is an asset.
1:25.9	Our guest is Angela Chi.
1:28.3	Now, Angela spent a good portion of her career as a TV news anchor.
1:33.3	And in that role, she was kind of used to being the only, often the only Asian American, sometimes the only woman.
1:40.3	Today, she is a media and communications coach, and she has a new book out. It's called
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