{"podcast":{"title":"Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong","slug":"outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880","podcast_index_feed_id":699880,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/outliersedge/","website_url":"https://niiamahashong.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/74c022c5-ed46-4421-b206-75f0d357b98a/outliers-edge-podcast-cover-3000x3000.png","author":"Niiamah Ashong","episode_count":962,"summary":"Outlier's Edge Podcast is a live coaching podcast where we come together in conversation to work through the challenges and apply the gifts of being a unique tribe of high-performing, high-impact entrepreneurs, changemakers, and leaders who choose to play a bigger game of impact, influence, and income than we've ever play before. What's an Outlier? An Outlier is a high-performing, high-impact leader who often is: One of the Only: Thrive in systems/environments that were not designed to have someone like them succeed, One of the First: Thrive doing things no one else has ever done or dares to even try One of a Kind: Thrive on their unconventional and independent terms regardless of what others around them are doing THIS IS A PODCAST FOR PEOPLE WHO: - aren't afraid of \"playing small\", but are scared of \"thinking medium\". - Are exploring new frontiers in society or their field - Are at the top of their field or business against typical odds and expectations from others like them, - Are taking an independent and unconventional approach outside of the status-quo - know that their mindsets, limiting beliefs, and other internal struggles are actually shared with other leaders who stand f…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T22:21:10.777347+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880"},"episode":{"title":"What's Actually Keeping You From Starting | Tam Nguyen | Ep 961","slug":"what-s-actually-keeping-you-from-starting-tam-nguyen-ep-961","published_at":"2026-05-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/what-s-actually-keeping-you-from-starting-tam-nguyen-ep-961","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880","url":"https://niiamahashong.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d6877e5f-aec1-4b5c-9f84-7b50ecb7e525.mp3","summary":"\"The fear of getting rejections is worse than the rejection itself.\" – Tam Nguyen Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Tam Nguyen, business development director, Vietnam Rising podcast founder, and the person her foreign colleagues call the only local they truly trust, for a live coaching session that peels back a fear most leaders misname. Tam thinks she's afraid of public criticism. What she discovers is something far more specific and far more worth facing. If you're building something that matters and you keep stalling at the edge of visibility, this conversation will show you exactly why. Welcome to the Outlier's Edge Podcast, hosted by Niiamah Ashong, Founder of Outlier's Edge and Sherpa of the World of Difference. On this podcast, you'll join other high-performing unconventional leaders and entrepreneurs (aka Outliers) as they talk about leveraging what makes them different to make a difference in the world. Timestamps: 00:00 Openness changes everything 02:30 Singapore closed Niiamah off 05:30 A stranger almost slipped away 08:00 Tam's gap year pivot 10:30 Building the family business 13:00 Vietnam Rising is born 17:00 First episode already recorded 19:30 The mission behind the show 23:00 Three years from now vision 28:30 The real fear surfaces Follow Outlier's Edge Socials: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website | Guild Community","meta_description":"\"The fear of getting rejections is worse than the rejection itself.\" – Tam Nguyen Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Tam Nguyen, business development direc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3200,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/episodes/what-s-actually-keeping-you-from-starting-tam-nguyen-ep-961/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/outlier-s-edge-podcast-with-niiamah-ashong-699880/what-s-actually-keeping-you-from-starting-tam-nguyen-ep-961.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}