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181 leadership books. One that stopped us cold. 📖

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, CuriosityBased updated their Latino/Latinx/Hispanic leadership book list — and Julie Pham has one title she can't stop thinking about.

Read the full newsletter to find out what "Brown Enough" by Christopher Rivas made her curious about. 👇
https://curiositybased.com/brown-enough-and-180-other-books-by-latinx-leaders/

📚 Explore the full list → https://tinyurl.com/2026LatinoLeadershipBooks

Image caption: The 2026 Leadership Book List by Hispanic/Latino/Latinx authors, curated by CuriosityBased.

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What does respect actually mean — to you, specifically?
Not the definition you'd give if someone asked. The one you carry without realizing it. The one your family modeled, your culture reinforced, and your experiences hardwired.

In her conversation with Oti Jay on Infinite Dialogues podcast, Julie Pham unpacks exactly that: why respect isn't a universal concept, how growing up between Vietnamese and American cultures gave her a front-row seat to what happens when people's unspoken definitions collide, and how curiosity — real curiosity, not the performative kind — is what makes it possible to bridge that gap.

Oti is a genuinely thoughtful host, and this one moves at a pace that gives the ideas room to breathe.

Give it a listen → 🎧 https://curiositybased.com/infinite-dialogs-with-oti-jay/

The Golden Rule is great. But what happens when someone doesn't want to be treated the way you want to be treated? 🤔

CuriosityBased founder Julie Pham has been thinking about this — and she's got another rule.

Read the full newsletter to learn about the Rubber Band Rule of respect and what it reveals about how much others might be stretching for you right now. 👇
https://curiositybased.com/taking-for-granted-when-others-stretch-for-us/

Image caption: Julie at the airport preparing bundles of rubber bands to illustrate the Rubber Band Rule for a keynote talk.

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Asking for help: Have you read the "7 Forms of Respect®?" If so, can you do us a favor and help us with a quick review? We are trying to get too 100 reviews on Amazon.com and 50 on Goodreads and we are so close!

Click your preferred book review spot below.

👉 Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Forms-Respect-Transforming-Communication-Relationships-ebook/dp/B09Y2SKVNF

👉 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60888809-7-forms-of-respect

Thank you! This helps more than you can know.

Quick exercise. Four prompts. Possibly life-changing. 📝

CuriosityBased founder Julie PhamJulie Pham just read Aiko Bethea's new book on self-leadership — and one exercise stopped her cold.

Read the full newsletter to try it yourself and find out what Julie discovered when she did. 👇
https://curiositybased.com/what-we-want-vs-what-the-world-wants-for-us/

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Image caption: Aiko Bethea and Julie holding a copy of Aiko’s new book, "Anchored, Aligned, Accountable."

Thank you to all of our supporters who joined us last night for the CuriosityBased Appreciation Celebration. It was an epic night and we are so grateful to share this milestone with you all. Special thanks to Marcus Green for joining us in a heartfelt conversation about curiosity and respect.

New look. Smarter function. Same CuriosityBased energy. ✨

Marketing manager Maia Segura takes you behind the scenes of the CuriosityBased website refresh — and it's way more interesting than it sounds.

Read the full newsletter to find out what updating a website has in common with renovating your home. 👇
https://curiositybased.com/adapting-our-spaces-as-we-evolve/

And check out the new site at curiositybased.com

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Image caption: Maia & Daimian rebuilt the CuriosityBased website focusing on the evolution of the business by “showing,” not “telling.”

What does improv theater have to do with having better conversations? More than you'd think.

CuriosityBased founder Julie Pham recently watched two long-form improv ensembles perform — and what separated the good from the great had nothing to do with talent.

It was listening.

Read the full newsletter to find out what it revealed about how we show up in group conversations. 👇
https://curiositybased.com/long-form-improv-is-a-master-class-in-listening/

Listen to Julie read the newsletter on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8C1QWA0i6JA

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Caption: Jonni Ressler (center) is a Seattle area improviser and ensemble member of Comedy Theater. She can be found playing with independent groups around Seattle and at .

She came. She ate dim sum. She broke a world record. 🥟🏆

CuriosityBased founder Julie PhamJulie Pham was one of 830 people who gathered in Seattle's Chinatown International District to beat Australia's Guinness World Records — and they did it by 66 people.

But the real story? What Guinness itself can teach us all about staying relevant.

Read the full newsletter to find out. 👇
https://curiositybased.com/how-guinness-stayed-relevant/

Listen to Julie read the newsletter on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qKRXL_MGxLM

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Image caption: Julie getting ready to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for “largest dim sum dinner” with 800 other people in Seattle Chinatown International District.