017 // "Be your own hero" with Alan Zhu

Alan Z is an Asian American hip-hop and R&B rapper, musician, and actor from Atlanta, GA. He fell in love with music and acting at a young age and uses it to own who he is and to be the best version of himself.

😬🤮 Worst advice: “You should go back to China and get famous there first / K-pop is totally your market / You should sprinkle in Chinese words to your songs.”

🤯🤩 Best advice: “Be your own hero.”

🤗💯 Advice for others: “Listen to your intuition before you listen to other people’s opinions.”

🥰📚 Most influential book(s): Never Grow Up by Jackie Chan, How to American by Jimmy O’Yang, I Can't Make This Up by Kevin Hart, Be Water My Friend by Shannon Lee

Check out and Connect with Alan: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/AlanZmusicFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/alanzmusicInstagram: http://instagram.com/alanzmusicTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alanzmusicTwitter: https://twitter.com/AlanZmusicSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2sSwCAZDFSHkjrhh6M0ycx

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Beyond the Resumes is a daily podcast that shares the worst and best life and career advice from globally recognized career leaders, LinkedIn Top Voices, executives, doctors, and entrepreneurs. Jerry, the founder and host of Beyond the Resumes, holds a BS from USC Marshall, an MBA from Michigan Ross, and was a former strategy consultant at Accenture and a sales and marketing leader in multiple industries. He now hopes to share both his and his guests’ extensive careers and experiences through these daily podcasts. Our mission is to be the leading voice for career and life advice for the modern global professional and empower the next generation of modern global leaders by sharing career and life advice to help you find happiness and success.

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