Entrepreneur article page featuring Mike Ling, written by Kenny Au

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Mike Ling Came to America to Study Medicine. Now He Runs a Successful Fitness-Tech Company. It All Came Down to Passion.

The 43-year-old FitTime founder sheds light on how a plant-based diet, meditation and Jiu-Jitsu helped him become sturdier and more successful.

By Kenny Au|Jan 15, 2021

Mike Ling practicing Jiu-Jitsu, hero image from the Entrepreneur article — Mike Ling

People can clean out themselves, and start to learn how to let go. Mantak Chia

A conversation can carry a life forward

Who are you inspiring next?

Your story may be the light someone else needs to see.

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KIN / Opening

Every life leaves a light.

The journey has a definite ending rather than an automatic wrap to the beginning. The opening keeps five featured shimmering stars dominant above a large, cropped, city-lit view of Earth; the globe provides global context without restoring geographic transitions. Each guest carries one restrained, steady ember fixed at the heart throughout their story. At every heart-to-heart handoff, the outgoing person and ember fade together while the incoming person appears with their own ember already in place. No light crosses between people. Mike's medicine chapter uses the underlying study image and his anchored heart ember without a separate center-screen graphic. Mantak's breath becomes a featured constellation, then a wider human galaxy. The WeAllKins mark holds first, lifts upward, and reveals three real interview moments before the question: Who are you inspiring next? XYO is depicted as a decentralized blockchain verification mesh of 10M+ nodes, mostly smartphones plus other IoT devices. Satang appears through a desktop trading chart and regulated rails; Kasikornbank's supported 97% acquisition is shown without an unsupported purchase-price claim. Mantak Chia teaches inside his darkroom retreat in Chiang Mai.