#045 | How Beatboxing Comedian Sang Don Park Learned to Fit into Korean Society

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#045: Sang Don Park is a talented beatboxer comedian who I met years ago while doing standup comedy. He spent a big chunk of his childhood in America before moving back to Korea.  

We talk about… 

• Self-dev message of the day: Sang brought up that he recently quit coffee: If you’re addicted to caffeine like I am, I’d encourage anybody to do research into it and consider giving up daily or regular coffee consumption to improve your quality of sleep and lower stress. 
• He grew up in Florida and Chicago and he got teased by other kids as is typical for many Asian-Americans. 
• How a lot of these experiences gave us thicker skin and how as adults we can laugh about them! 
• The reverse culture of moving back to Korea and what it was like adjusting to Korean society 
  • This happens a lot to people who can’t get a visa. My family may have just as easily not gotten our visas which allowed us a path to naturalization. 
• How he’s felt lost at times in his journey as being American or Korean 
• How we come to acceptance with our identities 
• How our adversities made us better, HARDer people 
• The challenges of doing standup comedy in Korean 
• The challenges of fitting into Korea as a Korean-American! 

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