How To Master Your Asian Masculinity & Live The Life You Want with Kevin Kreider

Will Chou's Personal Development Show Podcast - A podcast by Will Chou: Blogger and Podcaster

Kevin Kreider is an Asian American male model, life coach, speaker, fitness trainer, social media influencer, and bodybuilding competitor.
As a child, he was bullied for his skinny figure and race, while struggling with Tourette’s Syndrome. Kevin has won several natural bodybuilding competitions and spoke at TEDx. Now, he helps other Asian American men cultivate their Asian American masculinity through life coaching.






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You will learn about:

* Asian male dating problems
* how to become a masculine, attractive Asian man
* the importance of coaching and getting a mentor
* the problem with anger, self-pity, and resentment
* identifying and dealing with self-hatred and denial
* Asian representation in media and what to do about this portrayal
* how Kevin used to be a quiet, awkward Asian kid and how he changed
* why it’s good to want to make more money and get muscular but why this on its own won’t bring happiness
* overcoming negative Asian men stereotypes in media (such as American Asian men seen as feminine)
* what happened when Kevin asked a Black woman on a Tinder date, “Do you find Asian guys attractive?”
* how taking care of the internal parts of your life will make you more successful and happy than just the external
* why he turned his back to the Asian American community for a while because of their image but how he turned that around
* how to date a white girl as an Asian (but really how chasing or avoiding women by their race could be a sign of a deeper internal dilemma you need to fix)
* why supporting and showing sympathy for the struggles of Asian American females rather than negativity can improve the success of our entire community



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Time Stamps
0:29 – What was the documentary that Kevin was asked to be a part of?
2:45 – How the same injustices and influence are amplified in the modeling world
4:04 – How would you recommend other Asian Americans handle self-hatred and bitterness other than just feeling sorry for yourself and tearing others down?
9:55 – How to deal with the thought, “She probably doesn’t like me” when you see a beautiful girl
11:00 – How others are going through shit too and the importance of compassion and empathy
11:50 – Will’s own embarrassing story with Asian American racism
14:00 – How what you focus on appears more in the world, how this can hurt you in social media, and how to fix this
14:55 – Kevin’s negative experience with existing Asian empowerment groups and forums
17:00 – How it’s okay that it’s hard at the beginning and how 1 out of 10 is normal for dating
17:53 – How everything changed when he saying being Asian as a strength rather than a weakness
19:44 – Intermittent fasting and social media fasting tips (and how Pat Flynn of SPI does the same thing) and the benefits
22:00 – Can you talk about Asian masculinity and dealing with self-hatred?

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