– a conversation with Minami Yusui
On Broadway, they say “The show must go on.”
Well, 2020 has made us look at things differently, right?
When 18-year-old Minami Yusui went to the States to study, she dreamed of standing on a Broadway stage.
That dream eventually came true – as she performed in The King and I with Ken Watanabe, Miss Saigon, and My Fair Lady…
…until Broadway was suddenly shut down due to COVID-19 in March.
But Minami’s word of the year for 2020 was “Expansion.”
She wasn’t going to let what happened hold her back.
Minami turned this into an opportunity to focus on spreading joy to others in these tricky times and helping them to recognize their unlimited potential by bringing her “YU-project” online.
Until then, Minami’s workshops had been in person and limited to a small number of students visiting New York from Japan each year.
So this was a great chance for expansion!
In my heartfelt and uplifting conversation with Minami in Episode 89 of the Sasuga! Podcast (which you can also see here on YouTube), you’ll hear
- A super simple physical exercise you can do to “get out of your head” (stop overthinking) and feel better in seconds
- How Minami soon found that her Japanese classroom English was no use to communicate in the States – and how she overcame that
- How being an effective leader in a global environment isn’t about your English capability – it’s about listening to what people really want and doing your best to help
Enjoy!
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Minami and the “My Fair Lady” cast comes off stage after their encore at the Lincoln Center Theater in New York. (Chris Sorensen/For The Washington Post)
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YU-project
YU Salon
YU Seminar
YU-project’s YouTube Channel
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