My full professional journey: from to Google to Creator
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
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I have distilled the best of what I've taught over the years to you in this course...for *free*. No catch. My goal is to ensure that everyone can be fearless when facing life’s chaos. Remember, it’s not about how much you learn in our information overload world, but identifying and focusing on the right things to constantly improve your life. Mind Maps and Strategic Thinking are essential tools to help you cut through the noise and future-proof yourself.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
01:41 - Berkeley & flunking o-chem
03:40 - Trying to get a job after college
06:13 - My first startup blowup
08:03 - Painfully 8 months unemployed
09:55 - Almost didn't make Google
11:00 - Google made me cry
12:06 - Starting another company
13:20 - Before Pokemon Go
15:43 - Rejected by all the bschools
17:49 - Turning down VC for no-name startup
20:56 - I quit, again!
21:53 - Returning to California
23:31 - Covid changed everything
24:03 - Reflections
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Sheng is a former tech strategist and a full-time decision-making consultant. Drawing from mind mapping, 1st principles, and practical business experience, he creates frameworks that help thousands of people and companies make informed decisions and refine their purpose. He founded Mind Map Nation, a mastermind group of lifelong learners dedicated to becoming creative critical thinkers and confident decision makers in a world that's increasingly chaotic and noisy.
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Waiting on the TED Talk series from you… seriously, how do you not have millions of followers! Good stuff.
I really appreciate that Heather :)
One word: resilient! Your experience and thought process really resonated with me, good to see the risk taking and learning that led to this exciting life journey so far Sheng! Best of luck with the content creation direction from all that reflection 💪😁
Thank you so much Sam. It means a lot to me finding this community of likeminded people on here :)
Thanks for sharing your story so honestly, extremely inspiring!! A role model for sure.
Thank you for sharing your story with us.It is extremely comforting to know that not everything needs to be figured out right away,its okay to take risks,"failures" and rejection are things that we all face and in the end it's just a ride.It must have taken courage to be frank about your life.
Happy new year in advance
Love from India
Thank you Chitra for your kind words. Happy New Years to you too!
Such an interesting journey Sheng! Would be glad to see more behind the sceene thought process on how did you structure wide range of skills development during those journey.. Thank you for sharing those zigzag generalist experiences, really inspiring. ☆☆☆☆☆
I really appreciate that Abila. Thank you for dropping by :)
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Listening to this as someone who's recently entered the world of work and unsure if my current role is really for me, I find this so inspiring! Thank you for sharing your life journey and lessons with us, it means more than you could imagine!
Totally Andrew. A lot of things seem so linear in hindsight but at the time is really uncertain. I’ve felt that way so many times in my career because of the number of transitions. And that’s okay. It’s all part of the discovery process to find what’s truly for us. Good luck with your own journey Andrew and may the new year bring you closer to what you’re looking for.
It was so good to hear your full story :) thank you for the honesty.
Aww thank you Claudia! Happy new year!
@@ShengHuang Happy New Year! :)
Thanks so much for sharing your full story :) Today I was also reading a PM newsletter by Deb Liu, and she suggested exploring a multi-platform career such as writing, advising etc., instead of focusing on a single platform. Really looking forward to your future content!
Thank you for dropping by! Absolutely this is going to become more important when we don’t know what the future holds. Having different mind and skill sets gives us a lot of adaptability power.
Thank you for sharing your story. You’ve had a rich and varied experience. It’s obvious you have a tremendous work ethic, and I am sure that whatever the future holds will be both interesting and fulfilling. Best Wishes always. I enjoy your content.
Thank you Janette. I appreciate that!
Thank you for sharing your story, this is exactly what young people need. A new age of mentoring-kudos to you. At the end of the day, it is your humanity that matters not the material stuff nor the job accolades.
I appreciate that a lot, Raven. Thank you so much for dropping by.
Thanks for opening up about your journey, Sheng. I too live in Northern California and would love to have a cup of coffee with you sometime. ☕️💬📝
Thank you! I’d love that :) let me know if you’re ever in SF!
Thanks for sharing your story. It is so easy for people to dismiss others who do not have a linear career path. Your professional journey is proof that we need to think creatively about professional value and how it is attained. "A jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one". Thanks for sharing!
Ahh thank you for sharing the second half of that quote! It is becoming even more important to have diverse mindsets and skill sets in the face of an uncertain and rapidly changing future. There are a lot of antifragility elements like optionality we’ll talk about in the future.
Wow thank you for sharing your journey with us. I'm a change management consultant, but before that I experience so many things and I'm glad I did, curiosity is my motivation, I'm like a little kid looking to learn and discover something new everyday. 😄
What better experience for a change management consultant than going through change itself? ;) Let's never stop being childlike and curious!
Hi Sheng! Thank you for sharing! Newbie here, bio and econ major and two years in startup operation. I rather work at another startup than go back to organic chem!
I was wondering if you can do a video about the signs to look for in organization restructure, lay-offs or failing startup, something along the lines of how to know when to leave. Also, a video on execution, having a detailed plan can be different from executing the idea in uncertain and evolving companies. As always, keep the videos coming! :)
Hey Annamaria, thank you for dropping by! Great questions that I'll keep in mind for future videos. In the meantime, I came up with a framework for determining when to quit: www.silverandsteel.org/steel/when-should-you-quit-your-job. There'll be a video on this soon too. Yeah I agree the startup environment is very different from large corps, especially as we go into uncertain turbulent times.
What is the purpose of life @Sheng Huang
This is part of the answer Muhammad: ruclips.net/video/_JgWVAPsXas/видео.html. Ultimately I think it is for each of us to find meaning in our lives through connecting with others, nature, the past, present, and future. This is my definition of spirituality in fact - that is the feeling of being connected to a greater whole. The inverse is also true - things are anti-spiritual if they tear us and divide us. Anyways, that is topic for another video and another time :)
All of this because of organic chemistry 😂😂 (greetings from a PhD in biochemistry)
Hahaha mad respect Sabine!! 😂