Episode 13: How To Create Global Impact With Benny Tran

G.E.M. Series

A global impact is created by doing small things, done together. To fight global issues and make a difference, you first need to build communities. This is how Benny Tran was able to make things happen and use his capabilities to benefit the world. Wow! How did he manage to pull this off?

Benny Tran, EVP of Corporate Strategy and Operations at the Los Angeles Football Club, is a success in the sports industry. Before this, he started his career by trying his luck to get a job and eventually landed one in the Clinton Foundation, one of the biggest nonprofit organizations in the United States.

Benny didn’t grow up with money and prosperity. His prime motive for success is to provide a better life for his family in the years to come. In high school, he opted to learn Arabic as a ticket to having a solid college application. Understanding other cultures expanded his attention to political and global issues. He found his purpose in helping others in dire situations. For this purpose, he joined the Clinton Foundation and contributed to the fight against HIV/AIDS. Now he has built a community through a sports team. He made sure that his actions would impact other people’s lives.

In this episode, Benny takes us on a journey through his life, from his early days at the Clinton Foundation where he began his career in pursuit of opportunities, to the building of a community in the sports industry through movements. Listen in as he shares his insights on how he became the master of execution despite working in a variety of industries and also how he overcame stress and failure along the way. Benny always made sure to thrive in any field, and you should too!

Watch today's episode to find out how Benny sets the stakes on how to prosper and be successful in your field by learning from his expertise. Check it out!

Key Takeaways

(00:06) - Who is Benny Tran?
(01:28) - Benny’s childhood and background
(03:19) - Why Benny learned Arabic
(06:22) - The opportunities when Benny was starting out
(10:01) - Navigating which path to take
(10:42) - The biggest challenge in starting out
(12:48) - How Benny helped in treating HIV patients from rural areas
(13:38) - From working with the Clinton Foundation to Helping to build LAFC
(14:22) - How Benny started his career in the Clinton Foundation
(15:38) - The process behind working with the government to help treat HIV
(17:54) - Benny’s driving force to make an impact on other people’s lives
(19:03) - Creating a public policy that will effectuate change
(20:46) - How Benny tackles these major global issues
(24:33) - Benny’s insights on failure
(25:52) - Benny’s experience in Vietnam
(27:38) - What Benny learned from President Clinton
(30:20) - Lessons working with national governments
(33:11) - The negative outcomes of stress
(34:18) - How Benny started a basketball team in Vietnam
(37:25) - How the community helped to form the stadium
(41:07) - What did Benny learn from starting movements?
(47:23) - The story behind the LAFC stadium
(52:36) - What kind of impact does Benny want to make on the world?
(55:28) - Closing thoughts

Quotes

"It's not about how you fall, it's how you get up and keep going." (24:46-24:52)
"You're not changing anything by stressing more about something." (32:27-32:30)
“You’ve got to learn as much as you can and it’s ok that you don’t know something. You just have to ask and then incorporate what you learned.” (52:36-52:53)
“I love the fact that companies are incorporating causes in their business and we are mobilizing society.” (55:00-55:17)

Links

Benny Tran’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benny-tran-a058224/
Los Angeles Football Club Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lafc/

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