She started off with a goal of speaking “perfect” English without an accent, going so far as to stop speaking Mandarin for 10 years.

Here’s what founder of iGrow and author of UPGRADE Ella Zhang and I explored on Ep. 77 of The Quiet Warrior Podcast:

— The lengths we go to as professional migrant women to integrate into our new environment.

— When our accents are deemed not good enough, who is actually doing the judging: others, or ourselves, or both?

— How learning to accept all parts of ourselves builds self-awareness and confidence.

— The blessing of starting from zero to update ourselves with new skills and mindsets.

— Two ways to find the sweet spot to thrive professionally in a Western culture when you’re from an Eastern / Asian upbringing.

— The limitation in overusing labels like “introverts” and “extroverts”.

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