"It took me a long time to rebuild my confidence, my mindset and my narrative around my career. I told myself, 'It's not that you're bad at working, it's just that you were in a job that didn't utilize your skills.' One analogy that I always tell my clients is that a water bottle can be sold for $0.50 in a gas station or a supermarket, $2 at a cinema, and $5 on an airplane, and it's the same water bottle. It's just being placed in the right conditions and in the right context. So I really had to unlearn that for myself back then to recognize that I just wasn't utilizing my strengths, and I needed to find a job where I would be able to do so." - Jennifer Ong
"If you don't look out for yourself and your career, no one else is going to do it. If you don't figure out what it is that you want, no one is going to tell you what you what your career should be. We have to learn to be a bit more selfish and really put ourselves first. Don't feel bad about leaving your boss behind or worry that you’re letting your team down." - Jennifer Ong
"The been biggest learning in my business so far is don't reinvent the wheel. Someone out there has already figured this out. It is so worth it to pay for knowledge especially in the early days of your business whn you are so fragile, the business is so fragile and you need momentum, because if you spend months hitting wall after wall, at some point, you're going to want to give up, whereas if you just pay for someone to teach you all the things that they've learned, and you could get there much faster for yourself, then you're probably going to stick it out. You're actually going to be able to build something for yourself instead of give up and pivot into something else again." - Jennifer Ong
In this episode, Jeremy Au speaks on the BlackRock to Style Theory GM to life coach journey, career transition advice, and reframing success narratives.
Keywords: Jennifer Ong, BlackRock to Style Theory GM, Life Coach, Career Transitions, Reframing Success, Singapore, Founder Story
