Description

Lynn Yap grew up in Malaysia and moved to the UK at the age of 19 to study law. Her career has taken her from law to investment banking to launching a network supporting women and girls in work. In 2021 Lynn published her first book, The Altruistic Capitalist, following research and interviews with business leaders on how to solve today’s complex worldwide issues. In this interview, Lynn talks about:

• her passion for learning and not feeling comfortable being comfortable 
• how passion, perseverance and grit can all be learned and developed
• what she learned when she was forced to decide between family and work
• the importance of focusing on your values and doing meaningful work
• why it’s important for women and girls to have role models and aspirations
• why capitalism is not all bad and can in fact be altruistic

Lynn’s network for supporting women and girls is actv8.network

Her recently-published book can be found at www.altruisticcapitalist.com

The book Lynn mentioned in the interview is Grit by Angela Duckworth. 

And the episode in which we interviewed an altruistic capitalist is Episode 14: Safe Drinking Water with Mark Matamisa 

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Music: Pablito's Way by Paolo Pavan