#139 Compounding Memes - Trung Phan on his great grandfather, living abroad, the expat community in Asia, writing, working at The Hustle, children and work, balancing his various activities, going solo, and playing the long game

• 0:00 – Video intro
• 0:48 – Introduction
• 2:17 – The scripts Trung grew up with
• 2:49 – College and getting up late
• 4:45 – Trung’s great grandfather - the Vietnamese national hero
• 9:32 – Vietnam, important lessons from living abroad
• 15:41 – The ex-pat community
• 18:53 – Changes in South Asia
• 22:10 – Writing
• 27:05 – The Hustle
• 30:09 – Trung’s great-grandfather was captured by the French
• 30:41 – Writing & Productivity
• 33:08 – Going solo
• 35:45 – Balancing his various activities
• 43:08 – Kids and work
• 44:39 – Writing longer vs shorter forms
• 47:08 – Playing the long game
• 49:40 – Where can we find Trung?
• 50:31 – Video outro

Trung is a writer at Workweek, cofounder of bearly.ai, and co-host of the Not Investment Advice podcast. He is passionate about playing the long game and unleashing the power of compounding.

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