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On this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Elliot Evans, a career leap coach, a nomad and a tinkerer, about his journey from naked waiter to hedge fund trader and then on to coaching.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- I started my career in a bank which was a lot of work and not very fun. Since then I’ve made it my mission to figure out the career thing in a way that felt sustainable and like I could have enough fun that I could be effective as a result of having that fun and therefore I could have the success. Since working in that bank I’ve had six major career leaps into completely different industries, I’ve lived on three different continents, had three major dreams shattered/businesses come to an end, two mini breakdowns, and one incredibly unhealthy obsession with self-development.
- Along my journey I’ve discovered the things that we all tell ourselves are going to make us get that feeling of never working a day in our lives. I’ve had the big aha moment – I was going to be a music producer, I made my hobby my job – becoming a wedding DJ, which made me hate DJing, I’ve had big lifestyle goals and moved to the Rockies in Canada to snowboard a lot while trading remotely which didn’t bring satisfaction and happiness. After that period I thought screw it, I’m going to get a silly job that pays really well in a party town and I became a naked waiter, which was not my proudest moment, but was another attempt to find a dream career.
- Previously, success was having a vision, quite specific vision almost always involving a lifestyle element – living in a certain place, having the freedom to do what I want, lots of spare time. It involved a financial element – I want to be able to support myself enough so that I can only work four hours a day so I can go snowboarding and secretly still be a DJ and music producer. I didn’t see success the same as other people: get a good job, get lots of promotions, retire. But, it was very specific. If I didn’t get everything in my to do list done and didn’t go to plan I’d be really unhappy with myself and beat myself up which would leak into the next day. Now, four days out of five, my idea of success is simply did I flow during the day? Did I go through the day with as little resistance and as much calm as possible?
- Purpose for me is defined by a question. At least once a day, but hopefully multiple times a day, I ask myself: What would the highest version of myself do or not do right now? Then I try my best to do or not do that thing, especially not doing that thing because quite often he would stop, go for a walk, remember what was really good about life, remember that most of these things won’t matter in a year’s time and focus on peace and calm and let that bring me to success rather than get the success so that I can feel peace, calm and wellbeing.
BEST MOMENTS
‘I help people feel like they’re never working a day in their life.’
‘The big insight I gained through coaching was not to view failure as there’s one way for things to be right and a million ways for things to be wrong but to use what you learn to inform the next thing.’
‘Pre- and post-leap, I was always in a mode of thinking that things wouldn’t work out as they should, what if I fail, what if I regret this decision.’
‘From calm and relaxedness comes the creativity, the big shifts forward rather than just the to do list and getting productivity moving.’
ABOUT THE GUEST
Elliot Evans helps smart, frustrated humans make courageous career leaps so that they rediscover how it feels to Back Themselves.
Linkedin: https://www.facebook.com/Elliotthecoach/
ABOUT THE HOST
Tze Ching started her entrepreneurial journey back in 2007 with the launch of a sustainable clothing and home furnishing ecommerce business. Next, she created a sustainable fashion brand.
In 2019, she launched a social enterprise to help raise awareness about the negative impact of fashion at schools and colleges.
Through the 15-year journey, she learned so much, but easily the most meaningful lesson learned was about the importance of marketing. She now focuses on channelling those insights to help others succeed, through We Disrupt Agency, a business coaching, mentoring and digital marketing company.
Tze Ching’s mission is to create a community of global change makers and to contribute to positive change in both people and planet.
CONTACT DETAILS
Tze Ching’s website: https://wedisruptagency.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wedisruptagency
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wedisruptagency/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wedisruptagency
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzechingyeung/
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On this episode of the Lead With Purpose podcast host, Tze Ching Yeung talks to Elliot Evans, a career leap coach, a nomad and a tinkerer, about his journey from naked waiter to hedge fund trader and then on to coaching.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- I started my career in a bank which was a lot of work and not very fun. Since then I’ve made it my mission to figure out the career thing in a way that felt sustainable and like I could have enough fun that I could be effective as a result of having that fun and therefore I could have the success. Since working in that bank I’ve had six major career leaps into completely different industries, I’ve lived on three different continents, had three major dreams shattered/businesses come to an end, two mini breakdowns, and one incredibly unhealthy obsession with self-development.
- Along my journey I’ve discovered the things that we all tell ourselves are going to make us get that feeling of never working a day in our lives. I’ve had the big aha moment – I was going to be a music producer, I made my hobby my job – becoming a wedding DJ, which made me hate DJing, I’ve had big lifestyle goals and moved to the Rockies in Canada to snowboard a lot while trading remotely which didn’t bring satisfaction and happiness. After that period I thought screw it, I’m going to get a silly job that pays really well in a party town and I became a naked waiter, which was not my proudest moment, but was another attempt to find a dream career.
- Previously, success was having a vision, quite specific vision almost always involving a lifestyle element – living in a certain place, having the freedom to do what I want, lots of spare time. It involved a financial element – I want to be able to support myself enough so that I can only work four hours a day so I can go snowboarding and secretly still be a DJ and music producer. I didn’t see success the same as other people: get a good job, get lots of promotions, retire. But, it was very specific. If I didn’t get everything in my to do list done and didn’t go to plan I’d be really unhappy with myself and beat myself up which would leak into the next day. Now, four days out of five, my idea of success is simply did I flow during the day? Did I go through the day with as little resistance and as much calm as possible?
- Purpose for me is defined by a question. At least once a day, but hopefully multiple times a day, I ask myself: What would the highest version of myself do or not do right now? Then I try my best to do or not do that thing, especially not doing that thing because quite often he would stop, go for a walk, remember what was really good about life, remember that most of these things won’t matter in a year’s time and focus on peace and calm and let that bring me to success rather than get the success so that I can feel peace, calm and wellbeing.
BEST MOMENTS
‘I help people feel like they’re never working a day in their life.’
‘The big insight I gained through coaching was not to view failure as there’s one way for things to be right and a million ways for things to be wrong but to use what you learn to inform the next thing.’
‘Pre- and post-leap, I was always in a mode of thinking that things wouldn’t work out as they should, what if I fail, what if I regret this decision.’
‘From calm and relaxedness comes the creativity, the big shifts forward rather than just the to do list and getting productivity moving.’
ABOUT THE GUEST
Elliot Evans helps smart, frustrated humans make courageous career leaps so that they rediscover how it feels to Back Themselves.
Linkedin: https://www.facebook.com/Elliotthecoach/
ABOUT THE HOST
Tze Ching started her entrepreneurial journey back in 2007 with the launch of a sustainable clothing and home furnishing ecommerce business. Next, she created a sustainable fashion brand.
In 2019, she launched a social enterprise to help raise awareness about the negative impact of fashion at schools and colleges.
Through the 15-year journey, she learned so much, but easily the most meaningful lesson learned was about the importance of marketing. She now focuses on channelling those insights to help others succeed, through We Disrupt Agency, a business coaching, mentoring and digital marketing company.
Tze Ching’s mission is to create a community of global change makers and to contribute to positive change in both people and planet.
CONTACT DETAILS
Tze Ching’s website: https://wedisruptagency.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wedisruptagency
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wedisruptagency/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wedisruptagency
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tzechingyeung/