Podcast appearances and mentions of laura huang

Watch the video version on YouTube. Financials, the second largest sector in the S&P 500, has had its fair share of ups and downs in recent years. As the Federal Reserve kicked off its aggressive rate hiking campaign in 2022, the yield curve inverted, loan growth slowed and M&A activity plummeted, all of which hampered earnings growth. Then, in March 2023, the failures of several U.S. regional banks sparked concerns about the health of the banking sector and commercial real estate market. The dust from this crisis gradually settled, which, in conjunction with Fed rate cuts and a resilient consumer, helped the sector gain over 30% in 2024. In fact, financial deregulation is now top of mind, with the Trump administration recently naming “regulatory dove” Michelle Bowman as the Federal Reserve's next Vice Chair of Supervision. Prospects for increased deregulation, in addition to trends in consumer spending, will be key themes moving forward. Companies in financials tend to be represented in the value style and can be a good complement to growth exposure, especially the Magnificent 7. On this episode of Insights Now, Gabriela Santos, is joined by Laura Huang, an equity research analyst covering financials at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, to discuss Laura's day-to-day, and what she is seeing across her sector. Subscribe to the Notes on the Week Ahead podcast for more insights from Dr. David Kelly: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

Melody Wilding: Managing Up Melody Wilding is an executive and leadership coach for smart, sensitive high-achievers who are tired of getting in their own way. She teaches human behavior at Hunter College and is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Business Insider, who named her one the “most innovative coaches.” She is the author of Managing Up: How To Get What You Need from the People in Charge*. Good work speaks for itself. It's a lie many of us have wished was true, but found that there's actually much more work involved. In this conversation, Melody and I discuss what really helps in creating more visibility. Key Points Good work does not speak for itself. Our fear of appearing self-promotional can hinder the visibility conversations that our leaders and team need from us. A story will be told about your work. By having stories that you are ready to tell, you get to shape the narrative. Instead of listing what you've done, highlight what you want to be known for. Give visibility to work that is important to your team, puts you in contact with stakeholders, and impacts that bottom line. Always have a 3-step pocket update at the ready. Share a (1) project, (2) detail, and (3) result. Capitalize on casual conversation. Say yes to the right invitations and be the person that keeps the relationship going. Resources Mentioned Managing Up: How To Get What You Need from the People in Charge* by Melody Wilding Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes Get Noticed Without Selling Out, with Laura Huang (episode 480) (Mention the facets analogy.) How to Start Finding Useful Stories, with David Hutchens (episode 593) Getting Better at Internal Communication, with Roy Schwartz (episode 687) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic. To accelerate your learning, uncover more inside Coaching for Leaders Plus.

In today's episode, we review the greatest hits around building resilience and leveraging social skills to get you closer to your goals, drawing on our insightful conversations with Angela Duckworth, Laura Huang, John Livesay, and Steven Hayes. Life gets rough. It's important to develop good habits while things are going smoothly so when the seas get rough, you have a strong baseline to fall back on. Grit and resilience are integral to your success in life because they make the tough times easier to push through without feeling like the world is collapsing around you. What to Listen For Introduction – 00:00:00 What is the difference between talent and effort? What is the foundation for reaching your goals and how do you make it strong? What are the two P's you need to push toward your goals? This always beats talent alone – 00:09:48 What should you focus on if you want to be the best and you weren't “born with talent?” How do you maintain your passion in something when you keep failing at it? Breaking down goals to make them easy – 00:14:48 How can you break down goals and objectives in a way that makes them feel easier while also motivating you to stick with them? What can you do to stop getting caught up in the past and focus on the future? How to trust your gut – 00:24:05 What can you do to develop your intuition and learn when to rely on it? What will always outperform hard work in the world we live in now? Why is “just be yourself” terrible advice even though there is a kernel of truth embedded in it? Overcome your fear of rejection today – 00:34:46 What one exercise can you do today to overcome your fear of rejection so you can push forward after every “no” without missing a beat? What is the secret to not taking rejection personally so you can maintain your focus and mood in the face of overwhelming rejection? Stop letting your inner critic dictate your life – 00:41:42 What can you do to release the death grip that your inner critic has on your life so you take risks and chase your big goals without fear of failure? Why do you need to develop competence? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join us for our Life of Purpose series this month as we revisit some of our most impactful episodes. Dive deep into expert insights and practical strategies on health, performance, and community, helping you achieve personal and professional fulfillment.Laura Huang is a professor at Harvard Business School. She joins us on the show to to dissect the topic of adversity and how we can find a way forward when it comes into the picture. During our discussion, we talk through her framework, a how-to on turning adversity into advantage, as well as discover why hard work and grit is, in fact, the last thing you should focus on. Subscribe for ad-free interviews and bonus episodes https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What factors determine our success? How can our paths to success be made a little easier? Our guest on this episode, Business School Professor Laura Huang, has spent a great deal of time researching that question and writing about it in the book, "Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage". In this interview, she explains what to do if you don't have a good natural edge or gut feel. She says we can turn that adversity into advantage!  Her website is https://www.proflaurahuang.com/

Implicit BiasImplicit bias is an uphill battle for those laboring under its burden and for organizations trying to eliminate it.You may have experienced it yourself. It might even be the reason you started your own business. No matter how hard you worked, no matter how great your ideas, your objective skills, or even your past successes – you're passed over, you lose out to someone else less qualified and in your gut you know there is some type of bias at work. It may not rise to the level of being illegal and even if it did you might not want to take legal action for a variety of reasons. BUT in your heart you know you've been unfairly disadvantaged.What can you do? How can you turn that adversity into and advantage? Into your super power? Harvard professor and award winning researcher, Dr Laura Huang shares her insights and explains how.What You'll Discover About Implicit Bias in the Workplace:The difference between implicit bias, unconscious bias, and systemic bias.The multiple forms of privilege in the workplace.The problem with traditional anti-bias training.How the myth of meritocracy muddies the water.How management can empower employees to find their strengths and advance the organizationAnd much more.Guest: Dr. Laura HuangDr. Laura Huang is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and an expert in interpersonal relationships and implicit bias in entrepreneurship and in the workplace.She is also the creator of #FindYourEdge, an initiative dedicated to addressing inequality and disadvantage through personal empowerment.Her award-winning research has been featured in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Nature, and she was named one of the 40 Best Business School Professors Under the Age of 40 by Poets & Quants.She has previously held positions in investment banking, consulting, and management, for organizations as Standard Chartered Bank, IBM Global Services, and Johnson & Johnson.Laura holds an MS and BSE in electrical engineering Duke University, an MBA from INSEAD, and a PhD from the University of California, Irvine. She is also the author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage.Related Resources:If you liked this interview, you might also enjoy our other Communications episodes.Contact with Dr. Huang and connect with her on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.Also be sure to check out Dr. Huang's book: Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage.

The guest this episode is Laura Huang, Professor of Management and Organizational Dynamics, Distinguished Professor, and Faculty Director of the Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative at Northeastern University. Getting funding is one of the most important goals for a new organization, but funding decisions are not always driven by objective measures. In this episode, we talk about how subtle individual differences can lead to inequities in new venture funding.  In a recent paper in AMJ, Laura and her co-authors investigate how gender differences in communication impact investor perceptions during the "pitch meeting".  We discuss the takeaways from this study and the larger role that academics should play in trying to develop solutions. Finally, Laura also shares some great insights about how everyone can turn their adversity into an EDGE.

Laura Huang is a professor at Harvard Business School. She joins us on the show to to dissect the topic of adversity and how we can find a way forward when it comes into the picture. During our discussion, we talk through her framework, a how-to on turning adversity into advantage, as well as discover why hard work and grit is, in fact, the last thing you should focus on. Subscribe for ad-free interviews and bonus episodes https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What factors determine our success? How can our paths to success be made a little easier? Our guest on this episode, Business School Professor Laura Huang, has spent a great deal of time researching that question and writing about it in the book, "Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage". In this interview, she explains what to do if you don't have a good natural edge or gut feel. She says we can turn that adversity into advantage!  Her website is https://www.proflaurahuang.com/

So you've got two people talking AT each other, not listening, wanting the other person to listen, because if they just LISTENED to you, they would see it your way, and realise that you're right.  We have all been there.Today's podcast takes a lesson from the book "Edge: turning adversity into advantage" by Laura Huang and award-winning Harvard Business School Professor.In the book, they observed then interviewed more than 60 leaders who are trying to convince business associates and other people to change their minds on a course of action they initially disagreed with. The leaders who were the most successful in overcoming other people's skepticisms had one thing in common.And this is the key to how to change someone's mind…. LinksJoin 1:1 Leadership Coaching/Mentoring for the final quarter (last chance until Q2 2023, April intake)Going from Solo to CEO? Read about the upcoming guided program Free mini-course: Time to Hire? 5 questions to ask yourself before hiring your first (or next) team member.Connect with Me: Join Weekly Email: https://campus.zenithjourney.com/mailinglist   Website: https://www.zenithjourney.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katepeardon/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zenithjourney/ References:Book: Edge: turning adversity into advantage: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/600457/edge-by-laura-huang/Join the Mailing List - hear first when new episodes are liveZenith Journey website - leaders aren't born, they're trainedBuy the Delegation Playbook - delegate seamlessly, for better results, without the stressZenith Journey InstagramKate Peardon Linkedin

What factors determine our success? How can our path to success be made a little easier? Our guest on this episode, Harvard Business School Professor Laura Huang, has spent a great deal of time researching those questions and writing about the topic in the book, "Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage". In this interview, she explains what to do if you don't have a good natural edge or gut feel. Her website is https://laurahuang.net/ Thanks to our sponsors of this week's episode!: Ritual's Essential Protein is a delicious, plant-based protein powder with three distinct formulas designed to meet the body's changing protein needs during different life stages. There's Daily Shake 18+, Daily Shake 50+ and Daily Shake Pregnancy and Postpartum. Each of these three thoughtful formulas contains 20 grams of pea protein per serving. Ritual's Essential Protein powder is a good foundation for your health that's easy to incorporate into your daily rituals—just add water, shake and sip! Ritual offers a super flexible subscription service with free shipping for subscribers, free, easy cancellation and a money-back guarantee within the trial period. Ready to shake up your protein Ritual? Our Nobody Told Me! listeners get 10% off during your first 3 months at ritual.com/NTM. Gladskin is a new category of skin treatment made for people of all ages with eczema-prone, acne-prone, and rosacea-prone skin. You may have wondered what actually causes the itchiness, redness, inflammation, and discomfort in the skin. It's a disruption of the bacterial environment also called the skin microbiome. Gladskin specifically works to target the imbalance in your skin's microbiome. But unlike other skin brands and prescription medications, Gladskin uses Micreobalance - a revolutionary protein that restores the balance of the good and bad bacteria that live on your skin so it can finally heal. So if you've been frustrated with your treatment options, don't wait to try Gladskin. They are offering our Nobody Told Me! listeners 15% off plus free shipping on your first order at gladskin.com/NOBODY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to episode #828 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #828 - Host: Mitch Joel. Laura Huang is a professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Laura's research examines interpersonal relationships and implicit bias in entrepreneurship and in the workplace. She is the creator and co-founder of Project EMplify, an initiative dedicated to addressing inequality and disadvantage through personal empowerment. Previously, she held positions in investment banking, consulting, and management, for organizations such as Standard Chartered Bank, IBM Global Services, and Johnson & Johnson. Her first book is entitled, Edge - Turning Adversity into Advantage, and it looks at how to find a competitive edge when the obstacles feel insurmountable. How do you get people to take you seriously when they're predisposed not to, and perhaps have already written you off? Through her deeply-researched framework, Laura shows how we can turn weaknesses into strengths and create an edge in any situation. She explains how an entrepreneur scored a massive investment despite initially being disparaged for his foreign accent, and how a first-time political candidate overcame voters' doubts about his physical disabilities. Special shout-out to Laura Gassner Otting for the introduction to Laura. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 53:13. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Laura Huang. Edge - Turning Adversity into Advantage. Project EMplify. Follow Laura on Instagram. Follow Laura on LinkedIn. Follow Laura on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Michael F. Schein: The Hype Handbook Michael F. Schein is the founder and president of MicroFame Media, a marketing agency that specializes in making ideabased companies famous in their industries. His writing has appeared in Fortune, Forbes, Inc., Psychology Today, and Huffington Post, and he is a speaker for international audiences spanning from the US to China. He is also the creator of the popular Hype Book Club, which provides regular recommendations of books about hype artists and hype strategies. Michael is the author of The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets From the World's Greatest Propagandists, Self-Promoters, Cult Leaders, Mischief Makers, and Boundary Breakers*. In this conversation, Michael and I explore his research on hype and how we can benefit from the lessons throughout history of human influence. We examine at what we can learn from both positive and negative examples to discover how to brand ourselves better. Michael then invites us to frame the messaging about our own work to align with these human tendencies though a lens of genuine care and authenticity. Key Points We've evolved through history to seek guidance from those who appear miraculous. Surprise and worthiness are two indicators of what people perceive as miraculous vs. simply chance. The elements of your narrative are faders on a mixing board. Raise and lower different elements of the story to get the right mix. Make a list of strengths and weaknesses and don't mention your weaknesses for a week. Reframe how some of your weakness might be strengths. Develop your story using the elements of theatre. Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes The Four Critical Stories Leaders Need For Influence, with David Hutchens (episode 148) (who we are story) Get Noticed Without Selling Out, with Laura Huang (episode 480) How to Actually Get Traction From Leadership Books, with Nicol Verheem (episode 549) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

Hey, have you subscribed to the bookmark newsletter? If you liked this, you might like my twice-monthly email with book reviews and ideas of what you should be reading, and listening to, next. Click here to subscribe. About the book Rejections don't go on your resume, but they are part of every successful person's career. All of us will apply for jobs that we don't get and have ambitions that aren't fulfilled, because that is part of being a working person, part of pushing oneself to the next step professionally. While everyone deserves feel-better stories, women are more likely to ruminate, more likely to overthink rejection until it becomes even more painful-a situation that the women in this collection are determined to change, and in so doing, normalize rejection and encourage others to talk about it. Source: www.amazon.com  About the author Jessica Bacal is director of Reflective and Integrative Practices and of the Narratives Project at Smith College. She leads programs to help students explore identity and find resilience in community. She also teaches a course called Designing Your Path, which guides students to consider questions like: What is your story? Where have you been and where are you going? What matters to you? What skills do you need to pursue what matters? Before her career in higher education, she was an elementary school teacher in New York City, and then a curriculum developer and consultant. She received a bachelor's degree from Carleton College, an MFA in writing from Hunter College, and an EdD from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her husband, two children, and two dogs. Source: https://www.jessbacal.com/bio Big idea #1 — Rejection is not the end Fundamentally, the underlying message of this book is that rejection is not the end of anything. It's not the end of your career, an idea, a business, a project, a book, whatever it is that has been rejected. But so much weight is carried by that word. Even the word rejection, carries so much shame, embarrassment, and ego bruising. And women seem to currently experience this slightly differently to men. And that's not our fault. There's a quote in the book that says “rejection can reinforce a message that many of us are receiving all the time, in small ways, that you don't belong”. Research done at London Business School showed that;“female executives are less likely than their male peers to reapply for jobs in leadership after being turned down. And this isn't because women are less resilient or persistent, but because they've already experienced years of small rejections in work cultures that generally value maleness more. They've felt a lack of belonging that leads them to believe that it would be foolish to reapply. And for women of color, rejection at work is often compounded by racism”. So upfront it sets out that this is not a book for women about “fixing the women”. It's about sharing the experience of rejection by women and what that means, feels like, and looks like for women. And that largely, this is systemic rather than the fault of us as women. There's also a big piece in realizing that most things, and most people, get rejected at some point. From academic papers, course admissions, funding rounds, and book deals. And it's not always a reflection of you or your work. Even more importantly, it's realizing that everyone experiences it, but often it's kept hidden, it's our own little shame or embarrassment that we carry with us. Therefore, we all just end up thinking it's just us experiencing rejection, and just us that isn't good enough to be accepted for something. Big idea #2 — Go around it Pretty much every story in this book involves having to face and respond to some kind of rejection. It's feeling the feelings, and using those feelings to still go and do the thing that needs to be done. It's going around the rejection that results in sometimes a great piece of science, in the example from Angela Duckworth, or a new community and new audience, in the example from Polly Rodriguez, or a new way of working more authentically in Laura Huang's story. As Elizabeth Bell puts it in the book:“I think I realized in some way that if you don't get what you want in the way that you want it, you can still have it. You just need to tolerate a different path”. Similarly, Michelle Tea says;“when someone rejects your creative work, it just means that they can't see a path for it. It doesn't mean that there isn't one.” All of these statements and stories are great reminders as we're doing our work, putting stuff out there, and being slightly vulnerable by putting ourselves in positions where people can judge or make comment on our work. But these rejections will often force more creative paths, and maybe ones that may even result in an even better outcome, as several of the women in the book suggest was the case from the rejection that they faced. Big idea #3 — Practice rejection The first thing we can do to practice rejection is to ask ourselves ‘what is the worst that can happen, and can I live with that?', in order to steel ourselves and prepare for being okay with the worst happening (or realizing that the ‘worst' maybe isn't even that bad). Rejection is ultimately a muscle, and Caitlin Kirby worked her rejection muscle so much that she actually had enough rejection letters to wear as a skirt to her doctorate dissertation defense. She collected all of the rejection letters that she had whilst doing her doctorate and turned them into a skirt. The comments she got from other students or other doctorate candidates was that they hadn't realized that every doctorate candidate experiences that level of rejection, and that no one ever talks about how much rejection you have to go through in order to get a doctorate. There's some exercises in the book about getting better at rejection. One of them is to get 10 no's . You write down a heap of things that you could ask for, and then go out and ask for them. Yes's don't count, you have to get 10 no's. If you write down 10 things, get five ‘yes' and five ‘no', you have to carry on until you get 10 no's. The ‘no' is all that counts. The other thing to practice is talking about rejection. So many of the stories in the book touch on women initially feeling like it was just them, but many found a community where they could share formally or informally and help others with their rejection too.   Let's connect LinkedIn Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Connson Locke: Making Your Voice Heard Connson Locke is Professorial Lecturer in Management at the London School of Economics, where she teaches Leadership, Organizational Behaviour, and Negotiation and Decision Making. She has over 30 years experience as an educator, coach, and consultant working all around the world. Her highly popular Guardian Masterclass ‘Developing your presence, power and influence' regularly sells out. Connson is the recipient of a number of teaching awards from the London School of Economics. She's also the author of Making Your Voice Heard: How to Own Your Space, Access Your Inner Power, and Become Influential*. In this conversation, Connson and I explore the challenging situation that many professional experience: speaking up. We discuss several key tactics that Connson has surfaced in her research to do this more effectively. Plus, we highlight several of the lessons Connson has discovered in her own experience that will help us (and others) do this with more success. Key Points Managing your negative emotions can help create movement for you. Reflecting or journaling is a key starting point. Change your attitude about failure by framing a growth mindset. Move away from repetition and towards deliberate practice. Instead of focusing on power difference, zero in on the other person's role in helping you achieve a greater good. Plan free time around learning a new skill or helping others instead of watching Netflix or sitting on the beach. Resources Mentioned Making Your Voice Heard: How to Own Your Space, Access Your Inner Power, and Become Influential* by Connson Locke Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes Use Power for Good and Not Evil, with Dacher Keltner (episode 254) Get Noticed Without Selling Out, with Laura Huang (episode 480) The Way to Make Sense to Others, with Tom Henschel (episode 518) Jumping In (Dave's Journal) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   When Taiwan went in to soft lockdown in May, a group of diaspora who had moved there decided a Covid 19 Taiwan fundraiser for organizations assisting society's most vulnerable was needed. They created the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser and before they launched it, I spoke with three of the seven organizers- Catherine, Kevin and Jane.   We talked about how the charities benefitting from the fundraiser provide direct assistance to the homeless, disabled, migrant workers and survivors of domestic violence, and how all donations will go directly to the participating organizations. The fundraiser's organizing team has pledged to match the first $10,000 donated. The team's novel approach to organizing the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser has given the charity organizations greater exposure to English language speakers and international donors.   The #TaiwanCovidRelief Fundraiser Organizing Team:   Catherine Chou is a second-generation Taiwanese-American who writes on Taiwanese history and identity, and tweets at @catielila.   Kevin Lin is the Co-Founder and former Chief Operating Officer of Twitch. He was born and raised in New Orleans. Through co-founding groups like Gold House, Kevin is giving back to communities that he cares about through sustainable investing, hoping to support creators of all shapes and sizes. @kevinlin Jane W. Wang is founder of Build Great Bridges Around Taiwan (BGBAT) and a self-actualization coach who helps multiculturalites navigate their Multicultural Hero's Journey, so they can find home within and live their joy & purpose.    Remaining Members of the #TaiwanCovidRelief Fundraiser Organizing Team  (not shown):   Jonathan Liao   Kathy Cheng @trickytaipei   Laura Huang @laurahuangla   Tait Sye     Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   How Catherine, Kevin and Jane, three of the organizers of the Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser met and their connection to Taiwan How they came up with the idea for the fundraiser Who's on the organizing team What it's been like being under soft lockdown in Taiwan How the fundraiser is meant to benefit vulnerable communities affected by COVID in Taiwan The five charity organizations that that will benefit from the fundraiser: Homeless Taiwan, Hsichulun Hpme, 1919 Foodbank, Serve the People, and Garden of Hope Donations will go directly to the organizations How the Taiwan COVID Relief Fundraiser committee will be matching the first $10,000 of donations made How Catherine approached 15 organizations initially about being a part of the fundraiser How the five charity organizations had to build English landing pages to receive foreign donations NetiCRM, the company that worked with the charities to create new landing pages and donation websites How the Taiwan COVID Relief Fundraiser will help the five charities to internationalize their donor market The fundraiser was initially targeted at diaspora, but it is also for one who may not be able to read Chinese language websites, are primarily English speakers, and friends of Taiwan around the world   Related Links:   The Taiwan Covid Relief Fundraiser: www.taiwancovidrelief.com     ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association): https://itasa.org/   TaiwaneseAmerican.org feature about ITASA - Inspire, Empower, and Activate: ITASA's “Coming of Age”: https://www.taiawaneseamerican.org/2011/01/inspire-empower-and-activate-itasas-coming-of-age/   BGBAT (Build Great Bridges Around Taiwan): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1798268263828078/   Articles related to the April 2, 2021 Hualien train crash:   NPR article, "More Than 50 Dead, Dozens Injured As Taiwan Train Derails Inside Tunnel": https://www.npr.org/2021/04/02/983763089/nearly-50-dead-as-taiwan-train-derails-inside-tunnel   The News Lens article, "Taiwanese American Investors Hold Fundraiser To Support Taroko Train Crash Victims" (about the fundraiser Kevin organized for the April 2, 2021 Hualien train crash): https://international.thenewslens.com/article/149825   GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/   Tiltify: https://tiltify.com/   NetiCRM, a Taiwanese constituent relationship management system for non-profits: https://netivism.com.tw operated by NETivism: https://neticrm.tw

Does it seem risky to be yourself at a job interview or on a first date? Turns out the riskier approach is trying to be what we think others want us to be. Dan and Akin squeeze research that weighs the benefits of authenticity against catering to the needs of others.  - Research Paper: 'To be or not to be your authentic self? Catering to others' preferences hinders performance' by Francesca Gino, Ovul Sezer and Laura Huang

職場開麥拉 5：The Pursuit Of Happyness 在看真人真事改編的電影The Pursuit of Happyness《當幸福來敲門》時，意外發現這部2006年的電影，竟然和哈佛商學院台裔女教授Laura Huang黃樂仁於2020年出版的著作Edge《隱性優勢》完美呼應。 劇中男主角Chris Gardner 從本來跟兒子無家可歸，到成為股票經紀人，一路上扭轉了無數他人的偏見，克服看似無法跨越的限制，獲得了他想要的幸福。除了拚命三郎的努力不懈之外，Chris在影片中每一個無所不用其極，竟和黃教授在書中所歸納出的四個獲得隱性優勢的訣竅完全吻合。 這集帶著大家看電影也看書，學習究竟怎樣的秘訣能讓我們扭轉弱點和劣勢。原來想要成功，除了努力再努力之外，還必須懂得找到專屬於我們的隱性優勢！ _____本集內容為2021-0227首播_____ 《那些老外教我的事》由好家庭聯播網：台中古典音樂台FM97.7，台北Bravo FM91.3聯合製播。 首播可鎖定每週六的下午5點，古典音樂台官網線上直播(http：// www .family977.com.tw) 煥恩的臉書，歡迎來找我聊天：https://www.facebook.com/LessonsFromLaoWai

Season 1, Episode 5The path for multicultural leaders to climb the corporate ladder is very different today than it was for leaders in the past. To create opportunities for growth in your career, you may need to take a counterintuitive approach to finding your edge. In this episode of Straight Up, Laura Huang talks about how she was able to shift from getting “kicked out of Elon Musk's office” into forming a business relationship with him. Laura also shares her expertise on how to use your unique personality and skillset to find your edge.Laura Huang is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. She has spent her academic career studying interpersonal relationships and implicit bias in entrepreneurship and in the workplace. Her research has been featured in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Nature. Laura was named one of the “40 Best Business School Professors Under the Age of 40” by Poets & Quants. 

Shadowboxing rounds are solo episodes, where I, Life-Sparring host Fabian Gruber share “what's On and Poppin” in my life, what current books provide “Food for Thought,” and what else is going on. No interviews, just a bit of solo rambling and occasionally some bad singing.In this round of Life-Sparring Shadowboxing: truly awful singing and an attempt to explain it, a first review of the Oura Ring health monitor and reviews of Laura Huang's book “Edge” and the late Clayton M. Christensen's book “Competing Against Luck.”More info and all show notes, links, and resources, as usual, at Life-Sparring.com/podcast.

Laura Huang is a researcher and professor at Harvard Business School. She researches and teaches on concepts of perception and bias in work and business.   Her work has been featured in all kinds of impressive places: The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and a whole bunch of others.   Through her work Laura helps people come to understand how others see them, take control of that narrative, and use it to their advantage.   In our interview we talk about how what she is advocating is an empowering bottom-up approach to the systemic change that a lot people talk about today.   This conversation was a blast. We talk about why "soft-skills" matter so much, how much fun footnotes are, and lots of other great things.   More than anything, Laura's a fantastic conversation partner with so much to offer anyone thinking deeply about who they are, where they're going, and what skills and steps may be needed to get there.   In this episode you'll learn: What Laura does How she followed her curiosity to her current work How to empower individuals facing adversity to create their own edge Why hard work and grit leave us frustrated Did Laura always hope and plan on being a researcher? Why following someone else's path will produce different results What is the meaning of “Finding Your Edge”? What are “Soft Skills” and how can we develop and leverage them? How to improve in self awareness What is the difference between self awareness and understanding someone else's perception of you Show notes at: https://themeaningmovement.com/laurah

Diversity Matters with Oscar Holmes IV Season 2 Episode 1 Episode Title: Anti-Asian Bias & Edge Book Discussion Guest: Dr. Laura Huang   Diversity Matters with Oscar Holmes IV is a podcast that explores all things diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) related. In each episode, Oscar and his guests have lively discussions around DEI topics, explore the latest research on the topic, and discuss the implications so that listeners will be more knowledgeable about the topics and be able to apply the insights to their lives.   Show Summary: The racism virus sadly continues. During the offseason of The Diversity Matters Podcast, a lot has happened, like the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. Anti-Asian bias and violence are rising while the deadly pandemic is still ongoing (also known as COVID19). Stereotyping has also been one of several painful struggles of many because others see them as incompetent due to their accent and color.   In this episode, Dr. Laura Huang, the author of EDGE: Turning Adversity into Advantage, an award-winning professor at Harvard business school and the creator and co-founder of Project Emplify, shares her knowledge and experiences about disadvantage, bias, and disparities. She says that there are deeper issues behind racism and discrimination that not all people understand. But despite all the draining problems people of color experience, she sees something that's inherently powerful, and that is deep solidarity.   Listen as Dr. Laura Huang tells her story about how she met Elon Musk and what she did when he wanted her out of his office. She shares and breaks down the four ways to have an "EDGE" and get an appointment with a very important person you want to meet, like Elon Musk.     3 Exceptional Highlights: When we understand the unique ways in which we can delight our customers, that is the equivalent of being able to have them pause for a second and consider us in a slightly different way so that we can have the opportunity to show them how we enrich and provide value. I appreciate that there's something very inherently powerful, especially around the increasing concerns that we have about race in America, that there is so much deep solidarity. They didn't talk about their accent, but because they were addressing these underlying perceptions and stereotypes, they were able to flip it in their favor and redirect people to their advantages, and positively impact these outcomes.   Show Highlights:    Why did Dr. Huang decide to write the book EDGE?   3:26 Dr. Huang   I had been doing all this research on disadvantages and disparities and people who are underestimated in the workplace and entrepreneurship for the last decade and finding out that these disparities and disadvantages were based on things like subtle signals, cues, and perceptions.   If you are a person whose identity group has negative stereotypes, how can you use that stereotype to your advantage?   6:40 Dr. Huang    One of the first studies that I ran when I became a researcher was looking at the role of accent or how people communicate. Growing up as a child, I saw both my parents getting turned down for promotion after promotion after promotion.   How does one get a meeting with Elon Musk?   22:02 Dr. Huang   This meeting was very serendipitous, where a friend of mine was talking about the emergence of the private space industry and thought that I had some things that I could add. And so we showed up at his office to kind of talk about this.    What are the four ways to gain the “EDGE”?   27:11 Dr. Huang   The title of the book is EDGE but EDGE actually stands for the components of this framework that I developed through my research. The E stands for enrich, the D stands for delight, the G stands for guide and the final E stands for effort.   How to eradicate White Supremacy and address Asian American and Pacific Islander violence and bias?   32:20 Dr. Huang   It's so easy for the intent to get misconstrued, which is inherently part of the problem. Racism and bias happen because of the intentions of those who are being racist or discriminatory, those trying to be allies but don't necessarily understand the deeper issues; there's so much nuance, and I will never be able to capture all of those nuances in 160 characters.   Call to Action: Subscribe to Diversity Matters and get exclusive access to all episodes of Beyond the Mill, which is my live diversity dialogues talk show that I host on campus at Rutgers University-Camden.    Episode Sponsor Links:      Producer Links:   Host Social Media Links:   Subscribe to Diversity Matters  Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher   

Join my conversation with Laura Huang, a Harvard Business School professor and the author of Edge. Laura and I chat about how to make decisions in environments with little data, what Venture Capitalists can teach us all about making decisions, and how small firms can be more agile in the face of major disruptions than large companies.

How do you find a competitive edge when the obstacles feel insurmountable? How do you get people to take you seriously when they're predisposed not to, and perhaps have already written you off? My next guest recommends creating your own edge by confronting the factors that seem like shortcomings and turning them into assets that make others take notice. She is Laura Huang, a Professor at the Harvard Business School and Author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Key Points from this Episode: Laura on how hard work is critical but it is signals, perception, and stereotypes that often dictate success and outcomes [01:22] Hone that intuition around how others see you [06:38] Identify your basic goods [08:11] Be truly self-aware [09:49] Like a tree, you need to prune to grow [10:43] Delight and the power of starting a conversation [13:40] The importance of guiding people to your authentic self [17:41] There is no "self;" There are "selves" [18:44] Like a diamond [19:08] How to make your effort and hard work work harder for you [20:34] Why companies should teach employees to cultivate their own edge [23:38] Constraints empower us [24:35] People saying No to you help hone your intuition around how they perceive you [27:26] Between fear of failure and embarrassment [29:38] Teaching kids to cultivate their own edge [32:13] Be the prom queen [34:56]

Implicit BiasImplicit bias is an uphill battle for those laboring under its burden and for organizations trying to eliminate it. You may have experienced it yourself. It might even be the reason you started your own business. No matter how hard you worked, no matter how great your ideas, your objective skills, or even your past successes – you're passed over, you lose out to someone else less qualified and in your gut you know there is some type of bias at work. It may not rise to the level of being illegal and even if it did you might not want to take legal action for a variety of reasons. BUT in your heart you know you've been unfairly disadvantaged. What can you do? How can you turn that adversity into and advantage? Into your super power? Harvard professor and award winning researcher, Dr Laura Huang shares her insights and explains how. What You'll Discover About Implicit Bias in the Workplace (highlights and transcript):https://businessconfidentialradio.com/how-to-deal-with-implicit-bias/# (HIGHLIGHTSCLICK HERE FOR AUDIO TRANSCRIPT) The difference between implicit bias, unconscious bias, and systemic bias. [3:32] The multiple forms of privilege in the workplace. [9:52] The problem with traditional anti-bias training. [8:16] How the myth of meritocracy muddies the water. [11:19] How individuals can overcome bias and empower themselves even within imperfect systems. [12:18] What EDGE stands for and how to make it work for you. [13:24] How management can empower employees to find their strengths and advance the organization [17:36] And much more. Guest: Dr. Laura Huanghttps://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/print-profile.aspx?facId=648943 (Dr. Laura Huang) is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and an expert in interpersonal relationships and implicit bias in entrepreneurship and in the workplace. She is also the creator of #FindYourEdge, an initiative dedicated to addressing inequality and disadvantage through personal empowerment. Her award-winning research has been featured in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Nature, and she was named one of the 40 Best Business School Professors Under the Age of 40 by Poets & Quants. She has previously held positions in investment banking, consulting, and management, for organizations as Standard Chartered Bank, IBM Global Services, and Johnson & Johnson. Laura holds an MS and BSE in electrical engineering Duke University, an MBA from INSEAD, and a PhD from the University of California, Irvine. She is also the author of https://www.amazon.com/Edge-Turning-Adversity-into-Advantage/dp/0525540814/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=laura+huang&qid=1599409949&sr=8-1 (Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage). Related Resources:Contact with Dr. Huang and connect with her on https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-huang-a3861a/ (LinkedIn), https://www.facebook.com/laurahuangLA (Facebook), https://twitter.com/LauraHuangLA (Twitter), https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNTofaheKUti9zRoc8AHy2Q (YouTube) and https://www.instagram.com/laurahuangla/?hl=en (Instagram). Subscribe, Rate and Review:Subscribing is easy and lets you have instant access to the latest tactics, strategies and tips. Rating and reviewing the show helps us grow our audience ad allows us to bring you more of the rich information you need to succeed from our high powered guests. Download ♥ Subscribe ♥ Listen ♥ Learn ♥ Share ♥ Review ♥ Enjoy

2019 Women's Afrobasket MVP, Ezinne Kalu plays for the reigning African champions, Nigeria's D'Tigress. While most know Ezinne for her talent on the court, she's also jumped headfirst into the world of entrepreneurship; she's launched her own cosmetics company, Kalu Kosmetics, and an organization empowering young girls who want to play basketball, the Kalu Team Heat. This episode explores Ezinne's entrepreneurial drive and commitment to uplift the Black community, as well as the connection between bias and entrepreneurship. Experts interviewed include Ezinne's father, Mr. Kalu, teammate and coach, Ndidi Madu, Founder and CEO, wovoyage, Rashmi Chadha, and Harvard Business School Assistant Professor, Dr. Laura Huang. Audio clip from Fiba's 'Kalu saves Nigeria in the last seconds! - 2016 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament'

Working hard is important. Sometimes others have more of an edge or advantage that your hard work alone just cannot overcome. How can you create that edge for yourself particularly when you feel disadvantaged? Tune in to learn how.

Working hard is important. Sometimes others have more of an edge or advantage that your hard work alone just cannot overcome. How can you create that edge for yourself particularly when you feel disadvantaged? Tune in to learn how.

Author and Harvard Professor Laura Huang chats with us about her book EDGE: Turning Adversity Into Advantage. What we can do in the uncertain times we are living in to make sure we continue to grow and share the best version of ourselves.

Laura Huang is a professor of Leadership and Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, and the author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage, a book on how to make your own privilege and overcome the barriers others create, while staying true to yourself. She is a Kauffman Fellow and was named one of the world's best 40 business school professors under 40 by Poets & Quants. In this episode, you will learn: 1. What to do when you 'hit the wall' in spite of your biggest efforts and hard work. 2. How to "flip' perceptions and insecurities without coming across insecure. 3. COVID-19 impact on Asians and how we should approach this issue.

Laura Huang is a professor at Harvard Business School. She joins us on the show to to dissect the topic of adversity and how we can find a way forward when it comes into the picture. During our discussion, we talk through her framework, a how-to on turning adversity into advantage, as well as discover why hard work and grit is, in fact, the last thing you should focus on.Check out Laura's book and the rest of her work | https://LauraHuang.netFollow Laura on Instagram | @LauraHuangLAFollow Laura on Twitter | @LauraHuangLAListener TribeWe have our own private social network for listeners of the Unmistakable Creative podcast. You can meet other listeners, discuss episodes, and even have the opportunity to have your favorite episode re-aired on a Friday! Just visit https://unmistakablecreative.com/tribe to sign up.UNMISTAKABLE CREATIVE PRIMEWe are launching Unmistakable Creative Prime, exclusive access to all our new monthly courses, group coaching calls, live chats with former guests as well as access to a keyword search engine of our entire podcast catalogue and much, much more. To find out more, visit https://UnmistakableCreative.com/Prime See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adversity into AdvantageLaura Huang ----------------------------As I get older, I appreciate the struggles of my past almost as much as the successes, and here's my question for you: What if your greatest weakness could be flipped and leveraged as your greatest strength? What if your biggest problems could be reframed as your best assets? The world of leaders and heros is filled with people who leveraged their rock-bottom experiences to create abundance and service in the present. Currently, we're living in very difficult times. The health and economy of the world is suffering from COVID-19, and uncertainty is the norm. While no one knows exactly how this will change the world, it's very clear that things will change. And if we're fortunate and diligent, perhaps these adverse times can eventually become an advantage too. Listen & Learn: How to create your own edge in life, often built off the adversity of your past Why EDGE (enrich, delight, guide, effort) can give you a framework for moving forward Why hard work is the last step, not the first - you need to aim first    Links & Resources: Laura's website ABOUT OUR GEST Laura Huang is an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. She was previously assistant professor of management at Wharton. Her research has been featured in The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes and Nature. Her new book is, The Edge - Turning Adversity into Advantage. Nutritional Tip of the Week: Vit C for COVID19 Got Questions? Send me a voicemail here: Ask Lucas a Question Or write to us: podcast@yogabody.com  Like the Show? Leave us a Review on iTunes

My guest today is Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, shows that success is about gaining an edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support. Some people seem to naturally have it. Now, Huang teaches the rest of us how to create our own from the challenges and biases we think hold us back, and turning them to work in our favor. The topic is her book Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Huang draws from her award-winning research on entrepreneurial intuition, persuasion, and implicit decision-making, to impart her profound findings and share stories of previously-overlooked Olympians, assistants-turned-executives, and flailing companies that made momentous turnarounds. Through her deeply-researched framework, Huang shows how we can turn weaknesses into strengths and create an edge in any situation. She explains how an entrepreneur scored a massive investment despite initially being disparaged for his foreign accent, and how a first-time political candidate overcame voters' doubts about his physical disabilities. Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Laura Huang (@LauraHuangLA) is a professor at Harvard Business School and the author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Laura teaches that success is about gaining an edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support. For some, this comes naturally. For everyone else, Huang provides a framework for creating it. In startups, that edge becomes critical in the fundraising process. For all the talk about due diligence, digging into the financials, and “de-risking” investments, investors often make investment decisions based on “gut feel” and certain biases. For founders, the question is how can you gain an edge by knowing these biases and using them to your advantage. During this #DreamitLive discussion, Huang draws from her award-winning research on entrepreneurial intuition, persuasion, and implicit decision-making to impart lessons that founders can use.Topics covered in this episode (in order in which they appear in the episode): Differences between implicit versus explicit bias in fundraising Why investors make “gut decisions” when investing in startups Why is it that both male AND female investors tend to discriminate against female founders? Investors claim to care about founders' “passion”? What does that even mean?  How to position your professional failures to your advantage and guide to Specific biases versus universal biases  How to read the room to gauge the biases in the room?  Does it help to have founder diversity on the team when pitching?  How do introverts present their startup to VCs? Finding congruence with your potential investors Traction and seed funding seems like a chicken or egg problem. How should founders think about this? Laura Huang is an associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. Prior to joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Professor Huang's research examines early-stage entrepreneurship, and the role of interpersonal relationships and implicit factors in the investment decisions of financiers such as angel investors and VCs. Her work studies the subtle signals and cues that often impact the behavioral perceptions of investors, which can lead to implicit bias in the investing process. Her research has been published in several academic journals including the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and has also been featured in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Nature. She has won a number of awards for her research and was named one of the 40 Best Business School Professors Under the Age of 40 by Poets & Quants. Learn more: https://laurahuang.net/ (https://laurahuang.net/)

#unfairadvantage #MBA Laura，理工背景出身，歷經銷售及行銷部門、新加坡投資銀行，現在是賓州大學華頓商學院的副教授。職涯上的轉折讓 Laura 發現，女性如果能先找到自己的「不公平優勢」，其實更可能是妳的成功關鍵。 「在矽谷有很多關於所謂利用不公平優勢的例子。每個人都有不同的工作經驗和背景，或許你有很特別的經驗結果人家反而視為是妳的缺點，但其實這是妳的『不公平優勢』。女性創業家本身就具有『不公平優勢』，如果妳能夠成功地把妳的性別和經驗結合，我想這樣無論想找怎麼樣的工作，妳都能說服別人妳已經具備相當的資格與能力了。」 很多人會問：我該不該唸 MBA？ Laura 也給了大家一些建議。一起聽聽她的語音專訪。

Laura Huang, a preeminent Harvard Business School professor, says that success is about gaining an edge: that elusive quality that gives you an upper hand and attracts attention and support. Some people seem to naturally have it. She says the rest of us can create our own successes from the challenges and biases we think hold us back, turning them to work in our favor. Huang argues that success is rarely just about the quality of our ideas, credentials and skills, or our effort. Instead, she says achieving success hinges on how well we shape others' perceptions—of our strengths, certainly, but also of our flaws. It's about creating our own edge by confronting the factors that seem like shortcomings and turning them into assets that make others take notice. Come for a fascinating conversation about how to find your unique edge and keep it sharp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Harvard professor and author Laura Huang shares how to build your edge and be perceived positively.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why the myth of hard work is so dangerous. 2) How unfair perceptions can quietly limit your career–and what to do about it. 3) A formula to turn embarrassment and bitterness into enrichment. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep542 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT LAURA — Laura Huang is a professor at Harvard Business School, who specializes in studying interpersonal relationships and implicit bias in entrepreneurship and in the workplace. Her research has been featured in several publications like the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Nature. She was also named as one of the 40 Best Business School Professors Under the Age of 40 by Poets & Quants. Laura has also previously held positions in investment banking, consulting, and management in several companies such as Standard Chartered bank, IBM Global Services, and Johnson & Johnson. She received her MS and BSE in electrical engineering from Duke University, an MBA from INSEAD, and a PhD from the University of California, Irvine.• Book: “Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage”• Facebook: Laura Huang• Instagram: @laurahuang• LinkedIn: Laura Huang• Twitter: @LauraHuangLA • Website: LauraHuang.net— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo• Book: “Girl in Translation" by Jean Kwok• Book: “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro• Book: “When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age Story about a Native American Boy Caught Between Two Worlds” by Hal Borland— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Baked by Melissa makes delicious miniature cupcakes. Get 15% off with the promo code AWESOME• Blinkist. Learn more, faster with book summaries you can read or listen to in 15 minutes at blinkist.com/awesomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

If you've ever felt unseen, under-estimated or unfairly passed over in your career,  this podcast provides all the remedies you'll need to ensure you never feel that way again! While we'd all like to believe our career growth will always be the result of a reliable meritocracy, the truth is our success at work is […] The post Laura Huang: Four Powerful Ways To Create A Winning EDGE appeared first on Mark C. Crowley.

Adversity has shaped humanity into who we are now - the most dominant and inventive species on this planet - so what can you do to stop looking at adversity as a roadblock and start looking at it as a necessity to becoming who you want to become?What to Listen ForHow can you know when you should trust your gut and when you should trust logic?What can you do to develop your own sense of intuition?Why is embarrassment integral to learning and mastery of a skill?What are the biggest social skills deficits in the workplace today and what should you focus on if you don't want to lose out on that next job or promotion?What areas of your life should you focus on if hard work is not enough to get ahead in today's world?How do you make your own privilege and create advantages for yourself in life that no one can take away from you?Why is it so important to think about the intent of a message vs the impact?What can you do to build advantages against biases people might have toward you? What is Laura Huang's EDGE acronym stand for and how can you use it to gain an edge over your competition?How do you ask questions at a new job without coming across as incompetent?If we lived in a world without adversity, what challenges would you face to make you a better person mentally, emotionally, and physically? Many of us wish our lives were easy (or easier) but might not realize how important it is to our development that we are challenged on a regular basis. Unless you experience disappointment, how can you learn to set expectations? Unless you lose someone you care about, how can you learn how to cope with loss? Every time you are faced with adversity, it is an opportunity to learn something about yourself and life. You are the product of billions of years of life facing adversity and adapting to deal with it - there's no reason it has to stop now that you're stressed out about a job promotion or exam. Face your challenges head-on, use them to your advantage, and learn from them.A Word From Our SponsorsShare your vulnerabilities, victories, and questions in our 17,000-member private Facebook group at theartofcharm.com/challenge. This is a unique opportunity where everyone — both men and women — celebrate your accountability on the way to becoming the best version of yourself. Register today here!Resources from this EpisodeEdge: Turning Adversity into Advantage by Laura HuangLaura Huang's websiteLaura Huang on LinkedInLaura Huang on InstagramLaura Huang on FacebookLaura Huang on YouTubeLaura Huang on TwitterCheck in with AJ and Johnny!AJ on InstagramJohnny on InstagramThe Art of Charm on InstagramThe Art of Charm on YouTube