This document provides career advice and strategies for managing your career and life. It recommends thinking about your long-term goals and finding your passion or "sweat pot". It also advises taking immediate action by creating a roadmap to close the gap between your current situation and your dreams. The document emphasizes managing tough times through positive thinking and determination. It suggests "letting money follow you" by focusing on your work and objectives. Additionally, it recommends finding sponsors and mentors by developing your personal brand and helping others. Employers prefer candidates with a balance of heart and mind who can utilize their talents.

1. Managing Your Career and Life from Today
Own Your Own Future
Tom TC Yu

2. Agenda
 Think from end
 Find your sweat pot
 Take immediate actions
 Manage the tough time
 Value “Do not follow money, let money follow
you.”
 Find your sponsors and mentors.
 Employers’ preference
 Everyone is a talent.

3. Think from End
 What could be a most regrettable thing at the
end of education, career or even life that you
cannot afford that?
 Real example from one colleague

4. What I am truly passionate about.
What fits my value proposition.What I can be the best at.
•Curiosity for discovery
•Creativity and innovation for new solutions
•Knowledge & practice sharing
•Inspiration with intelligent people
•Conceptualize business models
•Business study and research
•Strategic thinking and project management
•Linkage between industry and academic world
•Out of box thinking
•Communication with influence
Target: A world class faculty in a top business school
Target
•Positive impact to the world in a broader
scope
•Life-work balance
•A global exposure
Real example from one taxi driver
Find Your Sweat Pot

5. Take Immediate Actions
 With your goals in mind, what is the gap
between reality and dream?
 How to zap the gap?
 What can you do for it right now?
 What will be your road map to review years
later?

6. Mayor in English
Minor in Industrial Foreign Trade
(optional)
Found and Chaired Economic
Association
MBA (Part time)
Six Sigma Black Belt
Founding start-up comp.
Learning & Development
Master of Science HR
Program (part time)
1992 1996 2004 2008
Ph.D/DBA program
Business research,
teaching, consulting
Future (PLAN)
EducationPractice
Purchasing
Customer Service
Strategic Project Magt.
Supply Chain Magt.
Total Quality Magt.
Strategic Business Devp.
Strategy Consulting
Time
Northeast China China, Thailand, Asia Pacific China, US, Asia Pacific GlobalExposure
+ Other Corporate trainings + Other Corporate trainings
Road Map to Pursue Your Dream
Example

7. Manage the Tough Time
Competences Level
Personal
Growth Cycle
High Low High
External
Environment
High
• Focus on the long term goal
• Know who you are
• Know your limitation
Low
• Self confidence
• Never give-up
• Positive thinking
• Determination
Believes and Values

8. “Do not follow money, let money follow
you.”
 Self-motivation
 Focus on process with clear objective

9. Find Your Sponsors and Mentors
 Personal branding
 Value every opportunity
 Emotional bank account
 People would like to help people alike
 Be useful and helpful

10. Employers’ Preference
Heart
Mind
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11. Every One a Talent
 Use your strength and make your weakness
less critical
 Take care: be your own owner
 Believe in your dream
 Less complain
 Action

12. Questions and Answers
Good Luck