Become a Castaway

About Brandon

What about me would you like to know? 🙂

 

Brandon’s Human + Weird Side

I’m married to my highschool sweetheart, Leah — we’ve been together for 11+ years 🙂

Leah and I have been to 23 different countries together. We’ve fought gallantly in a city-wide squirtgun festival in Thailand (Songkran), bathed in the geothermal Blue Lagoon spa in Iceland, feared for our lives driving a moped in Indonesian traffic, floated in the Dead Sea in Israel, danced with demons at an Ogoh-Ogoh parade in Bali, and got engaged to the backdrop of the world-famous Duomo di Firenze in Florence, Italy… to name a few!

I’ve ran a marathon, completed the Spartan Trifecta + a Spartan Ultra (50K, 60 obstacle race), and done a 100 mile bike.

Outside of my wedding & birth of my daughter… some of my other favorite moments were getting to spend a day on Sir Richard Branson’s private island, and watching my first ever live event (The Curiosity Quest) come to life!

Other weird / fun facts about me:

  • I’m a girl dad! Kaiya was born in November 2023
  • In elementary school, I used to write mini stories about each of my classmates, highlighting their strengths. I called it “Sideways Stories From Hillside School” because I loved this book by Louis Sachar.
  • Growing up, I did Tae Kwon Do with my whole family, and got my black belt in the 4th grade.
  • I have a younger brother named Brett. Growing up our nicknames were B1 and B2 because of Bananas & Pajamas (We also loved Dragon Tales + playing Pokèmon together)
  • I type on a DVORAK keyboard instead of a QWERTY keyboard, because I’m a productivity super nerd.
  • Related to the last one, my keyboard shortcuts have keyboard shortcuts, and I’m also a Zapier / automation freak. (Favorite mac tools: Alfred, BTT, Hazel, Stream Deck)
  • Last productivity one… I listen to content ranging from 2-5x speed (Brandon, how do you go 5x+? This. You’re welcome 😜)
  • My first business venture was a “rock stand” at age 5
  • I used to help out my parents’ business by making cold calls starting as soon as my voice dropped circa age 12.
  • My favorite sport is Spikeball, and I play every week in the summer!
  • I can solve a Rubik’s cube in ~60 seconds.
  • I haven’t had social media on my phone since 2016.
  • I’ve never been drunk in my life… not only am I allergic to alcohol (it’s an Asian thing), but I’ve never really had the desire to drink.
  • I’m weirdly good at rock skipping… with a still lake and a good rock, I can get 15+ skips relatively consistently.
  • In high school, I wrestled. My favorite class was art (specifically making sculptures). I was friends with everyone but never felt like I fit in, and my superlative was “most likely to rule the world.”

My Core Values

Childlike Curiosity

The world is a beautiful, wonderful, and FUN place to live. For the curious adventurer, lessons await around every corner. Our beliefs are written in pencil, not pen… and we are on a never ending pursuit to upgrade the lenses we use to view the world. Be curious about finding a better way. Be curious about what makes others tick. Be curious when things go wrong… there’s a lesson hiding if you’re looking for it. And above all, be curious about yourself and your limitless potential. Your capacity is only limited by your level of curiosity.

Deep Connection

Through connection, all is possible. Dare to connect deeper with yourself, and to love yourself unconditionally. Your limitless value is non-negotiable. Dare to connect deeper with others. Give unconditionally. Trust them. Love them. Dare to connect people, ideas, and observations to come up with creative solutions. And while you’re busy changing the world, don’t forget to connect deeply with the moment… because it’s all you have.

Conscious Storytelling

Your stories are the medium of your reality. Elevate your stories, upgrade your reality. We believe in the power of story to change lives, and are therefore committed to telling empowering stories to ourselves and the people we serve. We believe that “reality” is simply the stories we tell ourselves about our lives. By constantly choosing the empowering story, we live in bliss. Interpretation, not causation, determines reality.

Be a Catalyst

Everything starts with you. Commit to becoming the best version of yourself, living your purpose, and support others in doing the same. Every moment presents an opportunity to do this. We realize that “we can’t read the label from inside the jar” and have a duty in sharing honestly what we see with the intention of helping others be truer to themselves. This means telling the honest truth, even if the truth hurts. We actively give and receive feedback (positive and negative) in a respectful and loving way. We are catalysts. We create change. We push humanity forward… and we do it in a Respectful, Enthusiastic, Appreciative, and Loving way.

My Superpower: C5 (What I call, “The 4%”)

I am a Catalyst. I create in a 5 phase process. Each phase starts with C:

  1. Curiosity: Leverage boundless curiosity to relentlessly seek insights from everything and anyone.
  2. Connect: Effortlessly and instantaneously connect people, ideas, and observations to come up with innovative solutions.
  3. Creativity: Instantly generate multiple potential creative solutions calling upon his vast database of people and ideas.
  4. Communicate: Communicate complex ideas through speaking and writing in a way that is elegant, simple and motivating.
  5. Catalyze: Determine high level strategy, develop a system to execute, and take immediate action to bring the vision to life.

In one sentence: Curiously explore, Connect the dots, Create a system of transformation, Communicate vision, and be a Catalyst to push the human race forward.

Bio

Brandon is a husband to his high school sweetheart, Leah, father to a smiley and happy baby girl, Kaiya, (born in November 2023), head world builder of Curiosity Island™, and host of the top 1% globally ranked Beyond Curious® podcast. His life purpose is to create a more deeply connected world.

Every week on his podcast, Brandon interviews INCREDIBLE and curious humans including Olympians, 7-9 figure entrepreneurs, NYT bestselling authors, TED speakers… and even an occasional FBI hostage negotiator, decorated air force pilot, illusionist, Hollywood legend, NFL player, Shark from Shark Tank, and even the man that invented the cell phone!

Beyond connecting with world-changing leaders on his podcast, Brandon also facilitates connection and transformation amongst them in his premium and invite-only Curiosity Island™ community. Brandon leverages childlike play and facilitation to help his citizens solve their hairiest problems and accelerate the timelines on their highest priority projects.

Prior to starting his own company, Brandon ran the marketing for SuperHuman Academy, a 7-figure online education company specializing in producing media on the topic of accelerated learning and memory. During the 3 years Brandon was on the team, the company added 150,000+ students to their online courses and amassed 3M+ downloads on the podcast.

Personally, he’s obsessed with playing Spikeball, has completed a marathon and a Spartan Ultra (34 mile, 60 obstacle race), types on a DVORAK keyboard instead of QWERTY, loves traveling with Leah (23 countries and counting, has been invited to spend a day on Sir Richard Branson’s private island, and LOVES baby snuggles and being a girl dad!