29: Dr. John Tan, Executive Director of CARE Singapore: Never Underestimate The Power You Have To Shape The Next Decade With Your Story

<p><br><strong>FWEP00029 John Tan<br></strong><br></p><p>In this episode we have a really amazing guest he is a volunteer of Care Singapore helping youth to succeed. His name is Dr. John Tan, he is a highly engaging interesting person, his life mission is to facilitate success experiences of youth as well as those who administers to youth. He is care Singapore executive director with his children at risk empowerment association since 2005 to present. He was formerly a director of the development of Care Singapore from December 2001 to 2004. He is a member stirring committee, mentoring alliance Singapore limited. He is also the chairperson of commonwealth alliance of youth work associations. He is also the founding president of youth work association Singapore. </p><p><strong>The start of podcasting<br></strong><br></p><p>If you believe in yourself that you can do it. It will truly happen. We might not be that positive thinker at the beginning but then we still try. Just share what you have in your heart.</p><p>(5:11-5:36) It is a great sense of achievement for me to have completed the whole season, a whole season of every you’ve met us. It was something that I really wanted to do for long, long time. And when I first launched it I was so overwhelmed and touched by the responses I received. </p><p>(06:06-6:30) There were several others who congratulated me for my efforts and they say that wow! This is long time coming we need to hear your voice and we want your voice to be heard far, far wide. Wow this is amazing and it was truly a fantastic experience for me. </p><p>(7:01-7:46) Why would a podcast like this carry on? Or in the first place take off. So firstly, podcasting the term podcasting during my time when I first started out there was no such thing like podcasting so what on earth is a podcast? So it has this image that is very difficult thing to do. It is something very difficult but honestly I tell you it’s only a sound board that is connected to some storage devise and with some buttons and there