Jenny Shih
Success On Your Terms
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I Wish I Knew This 8 Years Ago: How to Make Change in Real Time
A few years before I took my medical leave, I went through a period of thinking that my business needed to change. The problem was, I had no idea what kind of change I wanted. And because I didn’t know exactly what I wanted, I didn’t do anything. I let the thought float in the…
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When Necessary Changes Feel Awful: Why the Right Change Can Still Feel Wrong
Last week I wrote about beginning the business realignment process by putting the human first. Start by understanding what you need from the business, make those needs part of the redesign from the beginning, then use your strategic savvy to realign your business from there.…
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Human First, Strategy Second: What Does Your Business Need to Make Possible for You?
Last week I wrote about the importance of avoiding binary thinking when your business doesn’t work for you anymore. It’s not “blow it up” or “keep going at all costs.” It’s about getting fine-tuned in spotting the mismatches, so you can adjust what you need to and keep what…
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Before You Blow Up Your Business, Avoid this Binary Thinking
Two weeks ago, I wrote about how problem-solving—something experienced business owners are usually very good at—can work against them. When they see something isn’t working, they make a thoughtful change, evaluate, and adjust. Sometimes the change helps but doesn’t resolve the…
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Reader Question: I’m No Longer Inspired by My Business
Last week, I wrote about the endless cycle of problem-solving that business owners can get into: changing different parts of the business over and over without ever addressing the deeper issue underneath. After I sent that email, a reader wrote to me about what that’s looked…
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When Problem-Solving Backfires and You Get Stuck in this Endless Loop
Most experienced business owners are great at solving problems. It’s one of the reasons they’ve been able to build a successful business. Something stops working, they look for the cause, decide what to change, and take action. Usually, that works. But sometimes a change…
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Expanding the Definition of Success On Your Terms
Last week I shared a story of how quickly I doubted myself when another coach got frustrated that I didn’t like her solutions to a problem I was trying to solve. That story is one example of a much larger (and unfortunate) pattern I’ve recently noticed, and I’m diving into the…
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How I Found My New Business Direction
As I previously wrote, I’m a different person now than I was before I took my extended medical/personal leave. So what work am I actually doing now? And how did I figure out this next evolution of my business? Today I’m going to tell you how I got here and exactly where here is.…
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My Extended Personal Leave: Why I Needed More Time to Heal and How I Finally Made It Back to Work
I’ve been self-employed since 2009. Quitting my corporate engineering and management career to work for myself was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. My business hasn’t been a hobby; it’s been a support-my-household-as-the-sole-breadwinner kind of business, and I’m deeply…