Episode #52: The Lessons From Journey Into Entrepreneurship with Joel Xu

The Grow2Gether Podcast

This episode of the Grow2Gether Podcast is taken from our Redefine Your Twenties series where we're joined by community member and entrepreneur, Joel Xu as we discuss his journey into entrepreneurship and business from a young age and how other young people can use this young age to build something. After coming to Canada as a first-generation immigrant, Joel felt as if he was stepping into a whole new western world and felt slightly disadvantaged due to a language barrier. This was a tough challenge to face, but Joel worked hard to leave this disadvantage behind. After feeling like he was starting as an underdog, he utilised the power of growth and thinking, alongside multiple learning techniques to get to where he is currently. During his school years, Joel knew the entrepreneur life was for him so he assembled a plan on the path of business entrepreneurship which would allow him to learn and progress to redefine his twenties.

Today Joel works as a growth marketer with a background in sales, he also is a fellow podcaster with his podcast Model Millennials which helps young people tap into their true potential. Listen in to discover various new learning techniques, how you can thrive on your own reflection of yourself and most importantly, how we can succeed and grow together.

Some takeaways from this episode:

﹥ Comparing yourself to other people can be dangerous to your own mental health. You don’t know what goes on behind closed doors, social media acts to show the highlights of peoples lives. You need to take that time to have that self-awareness, you need to make time to reflect on who you really are.

﹥ We are better when we work and grow together. When we succeed together you are adding value to others too. As Joel explains, ‘you can chase money all your life, but you might never get it. But if you chase adding value to others, money will chase you.’ If you have that mindset of giving to others, without thinking about what you get in return, eventually it’s always going to come back to you: A rising tide raises all ships.

﹥ Have that core belief system in yourself and plan your future. Joel offers many techniques in which you have the power to truly harness your belief system. One key technique he explains is to take the time to create an internal growth plan, this helps you to visualise your goals and can make them seem more achievable.

﹥ Plus, much, much more!

Connect with Joel through Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelxu93/

Check out his ‘Model Millennials’ content through his website here: https://joelxu.com/

Learn more about Grow2Gether: https://www.letsgrow2gether.com

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