#121: Chinese Philosophy, Traditional Festivals, 4 Character Idioms and Podcast Lessons with Jay Yow
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My guest today is Jay Yow). Jay is a recording and mixing engineer and a gamer. He was born in Malaysia and immigrated to America in his adults year. Jay is currently the producer of one of my favourite podcasts James Altucher Show.

We discussed:

• What's it like to be a bilingual writer producing two newsletters to two different audiences?

• How James Altucher )adopted Jay and trained him to be his sound engineer?

• What are the top three lessons learnt from James Altucher Show that interviewed 700+ guests?

• How does playing games teach us about life and learn a new language and business strategy?

• What's the traditional Chinese education role in the Malaysian education system?

• What's the origin story of famous Chinese festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-autumn Festival?

• Who are the most famous poets in ancient China?

• Why there are so many different versions of history? What's the TRUTH?

• What's the fundamental difference between Chinese philosophy and western philosophy?

• Share some four-character idioms that are valuable: Wo Xin Chang Dan and Sai Weng Shi Ma

Books/Links mentioned in this episodes:

• David Perell Write of Passage)

• Jesse Itzler: The $160,000 Lesson)

• How to connect with the greatest network in the world with AJ Jacobs)

• How to Have Impossible Conversations when facts don't matter with Peter Boghossian)

• How to start a conversation with Strangers? with Joe Keohane)

• Fantasy Premier League 20/21 Review)

• One Hundred Thousand Whys)

• A story of Sima Guang)

• Three Character Classic)

• China’s Shakespeare - Du Fu)

• Li Bai and Du Fu)

• Dragon Boat Festival)

• Mid-Autumn Festival)

• Dynasties in Chinese history)

• Qin Shi Huang)

• Burning of books and burying of scholars)

• Legalism (Chinese philosophy))

• Opium Wars)

• Journey to the West)

• Black Myth: Wukong)

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