Jenny Shih
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- Coaching and Consulting for Creative Entrepreneurs
I am a coach and consultant for right-brained, creative entrepreneurs. My clients call themselves coaches, designers, writers, teachers, healers, artists, and freelancers. They are idea factories. They have big plans for their business and realize they can’t make it happen all by themselves.
I help new entrepreneurs define their niche, learn the basics of marketing, and start making money.
I help entrepreneurs with big ideas create a solid plan and make their big ideas happen.
I help experienced entrepreneurs set up systems so they can get out of the daily grind and spend more time in their genius zone.
For more about me and how I can help your business, visit http://jennyshih.com
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You Think It Shouldn't Make You So Mad
... but it does. I hear this from clients: “Grrr. I’m so mad at her. I can’t believe she did that! She does this all the time. Why do I let it get to me so much?!” Or something along those lines anyway. Sound familiar? I’m sure you can think of a time where (1) you were frustrated with someone about something and (2) you were also frustrated with yourself for being irritated in the first place. I know it happened to me a few times just last week! Recall the last time you were irritated about being irritated.
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Monday Attitude Adjustment
How do you feel on Mondays? Does your day begin with dread, overwhelm and heaviness? Or does your Monday start with excitement, enthusiasm and eage ess? I will not deny that some people face tough work environments, challenging coworkers, and frustrating projects. You could likely find a roomful of people to commiserate with you about any difficult work situation. Does commiseration make you feel any better? In my experience, commiseration made work feel worse. When you focus on the challenging and frustrating aspects of your day, you will likely encounter more of the same.
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Future Thinking Does Little Good
We’re having absolutely fabulous weather here in Corvallis, Oregon. As I type this, it’s sunny and headed toward the mid-50s. I had a delightful morning run. The sun is now streaming in my office window and I can feel the fresh air blowing in. I love it. • Except when I start future-thinking. I fret about the winter we didn’t have. Will it come in March or April? Will it kill all of the buds on the trees? Will this create problems for the local farmers? What about the summer? Will it be crazy-hot? Will there be a lot of fires?
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Meaningful Connections in Everyday Life
I recently left my full-time corporate job to follow my heart and join the ranks of the self-employed, turning my coaching practice into a full-time venture. During my final weeks in the office, I remembered how important it is to truly connect with other people. As word got around that I was leaving the company, many coworkers asked about my future plans. What was I going to do?
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Noticing When it's Time to Slow Down
Have you ever been on a little rant, threw a tantrum, or had a fit? That’s a silly question. Of course you have, even if it was just inside your own head. How about this: Do you remember the last time you were on a little rant, threw a tantrum, or had a fit? Pull it up in your mind for a moment. When was it? What were you ranting or whining about? Who did you affect while you were in that mood?
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One Minue to Happiness
The holidays are among us. Thanksgiving causes some families to briefly ponder those things for which they are grateful. Then they dig into their food, stuff themselves silly, and watch football for the rest of the day. Ahhh ... America. What about the rest of the holiday season? I find it to be the perfect time to continue to focus on the best things in my life. As the world economy continues to slide, the fear among us seems to rise. Fear of losing our jobs, losing our homes, not finding work, losing our retirement savings, losing our businesses.
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Breaking Patterns
Do you have any unwanted patterns in your life? You know, those rituals, cycles, routines, and habits that you wish you could break? Here’s one way to start making some changes. Identify your unwanted pattern. Then ask yourself, “What is my payoff for keeping this pattern going?” By identifying your payoff, you can see what it is you’re avoiding. For me, I can easily keep myself too busy. My payoff for staying too busy is that I don’t have to check in and see if I’m happy.
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A Lizard Rules Your World
Whether or not you realize it, you have a lizard that lives inside your brain and rules your world. The most primitive part of our brain is called the amygdala. We share this part of our brain with our lizard pals. The amygdala broadcasts survival-related fears to keep lizards alive in the world. These survival-related fears fall into two categories: lack and attack. A lizard’s lack fears help him ensure he’ll search for food if it seems to be in short supply.
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My New Year’s Resolution: Listen
My 2010 New Year’s resolution is an internal one, one that will help me me be the person I want to be on the inside (the only side that really matters). It is the opposite of the typical lose weight, exercise more, do a crossword puzzle every day sort of resolution.
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Resolution Slip-Up
Do you have a resolution for 2010? Now that we’re half-way through February, how’s your resolution going? My two 2010 resolutions are “listen” and “allow.” For me, resolutions are not about a hard, fast, painful commitment to change. Rather, they are like a light that shines on my life to help me find a new way. I’ve noticed a few slip-ups on my resolution, yet I believe it’s perfect.
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Two Steps to Guaranteed Success
Life offers few guarantees. Some days I wish I had a sure-fire plan to make my life turn out exactly as I want. I bet you have those days, too. Wouldn’t a guarantee on everything be great? Perfect boss. Dream house. Well-behaved children. Steady income. Luxurious vacations. It would be so easy if they were just guaranteed, wouldn’t it? Think about it for a moment. If you were six years old and learning addition and you were guaranteed a perfect score on your test, would you keep studying? Some of you may, but not everyone would.
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There's Always too Much to Do
I had a great realization the other day, thanks to one of my friends. There will always be too much to do. This may sound like a funny realization, but it completely changed my perspective. I was fretting about my to-do list, which was growing faster tha I was tackling it. I also had plenty of things I wanted to do that I was too afraid to write down, fearful of making my list even longer. I was feeling quite overwhelmed! For some reason, I thought that when I left my corporate job to coach full-time, I would have excess time on my hands.
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