Sheng Huang

With us entering a tough job market, I figured I share this story. One of my friends is actively job hunting, and watching her struggle was like watching someone fight her way through a tiny front door when there's a side entrance perfectly designed for her.

She had been applying to generic account management LinkedIn posts, the ones with 100’s of applications, and getting nowhere. Spending hours crafting cover letters that disappeared into the void. Classic Red Ocean blood bath. That bazaar in Marrakesh where everyone's selling the same stuff. Perfect competition, no differentiation.

But here's the thing - her actual strength is walking into a room and completely charming everyone. Somehow she forgot that, choosing instead to compete in the one arena where that strength was completely neutralized.

So we talked about making a PROCESS goal: a list of 30 people she’d met and made an impression before in a niche industry she had an edge in (aka Blue Ocean market), and reaching out to 2-3 of them every day for two weeks. This is 100% within her control. Not worrying about whether they respond - that's an OUTCOME goal, out of her control.

PROCESS goals in BLUE Ocean markets. That's where the magic happens, because you're focusing on what you can actually control while operating in spaces that leverage your unique strengths.

So much of life is recognizing what's a trap versus what's an actual opportunity. And traps love to disguise themselves as opportunities - market incentives paint them that way. Just ask any bubble. The front door looks like the obvious path until you realize everyone's trying to cram through there.

The question is…what trap disguised as opportunity might you be grinding away on? And how can you shift to goals you can control that leverages your strengths?

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 40

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If you take 5 minutes to map out your day before you jump in, you’ll realize a) all the stuff you’ve been procrastinating on take way less time than you imagine, b) they can be batch processed to reduce switching cost, c) you can create a sequence that makes sense for your flow.

Go ahead, try it for yourself and see your productivity get unblocked and stress drop: https://youtu.be/B9Y1ps6Se8M?si=Uhx0c...

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Contrary to popular growth mindset, plateaus are great. They are what your body and nervous system needs to adapt, regulate and thrive. They are where life exists, where cities are built and civilization blossom.

Yes epiphanies come from the peaks and depths but the integration happens in the middle. The plateaus.

If you’re living a truly open life, you don’t have to go searching for mountains to climb. They will find you. So savor the peace and contentment that plateaus bring you, my friends.

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If you want to turn what you read into actual results, 1) have a immediate project to apply it, 2) mark up the book and really engage with the writer and 3) create a summary mind map to “own” the newly acquired knowledge. This is what I’m doing with “Made to Stick” as I’m leveling up my Storytelling skills. Here’s my 3 step process if you wanna learn more:
https://youtu.be/ChXJzbwAaLo

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4 weeks ago | [YT] | 33

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Check ourselves as we go.

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Slow is fast.

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Ramping up the Storyteller life arc let’s go!

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Sheng Huang

Always exciting to start something new. Making it stick (both for yourself motivation wise and others product market fit wise), is a different story.

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Why, What, How is my most often used alignment framework in both my change management consulting work and personal projects.

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