Sha
human interested in helping other humans live their best lives
Welcome!
Hi there, I'm Sha.
This site, like me, is a work in progress.
Here you'll find a collection of some work I've done and experiences that have shaped me.
I'm currently looking for interesting problems to work on, a good group of people to work with and fearless leadership.
My career journey thus far has been driven by curiosities. It is a reflection of my desire to understand others in order to understand myself, to share the stories of our common existence in creating community and belonging, underpinned by the question of how I can best serve.
Roles I've had
Producer
Researcher
Development Producer
User Experience Researcher & Designer
Project Lead
Life Coach
Check it out on LinkedIn
What I Do
I help organizations
develop better products and services by understanding their users - their wants and needs, by defining the problem space so they operate in the appropriate solution space, and by understanding the system in which their offerings exists, .
I believe organizations succeed by caring about its people, both internally (employees) and externally (users).
I believe organizations succeed by acting from love and not fear; love for the people, love for the problem, love for the journey.
Serve the people and the people will serve you.
I help individuals
realize their passion projects, by helping them see what's possible and strategizing plans of actions.
i guide individuals
through their points of stuckness and periods of transitions by helping them gain awareness of what they might be overlooking and clarifying visions for their lives
why people like working with me
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innate curiousity about the world and a love for learning, inspires others to dream bigger
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freshmen year in college I had a list of 27 majors I wanted to pursue. Since I had 4 years, I settled for 3.
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experience working across culture, function and industry, helps others feel at ease when working in unfamiliar territories
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bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English
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have worked in Canada, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, US
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a can-do attitude
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having worked mostly in startup environment/small teams I'm used to taking on multiple roles and quickly mastering skills and knowledge needed to get the work done
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working in environments with limited resources has trained me to be resourceful and understand priorities and tradeoffs
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big picture thinking / cross-functional thinking
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flexible and adaptable / ability to stay calm during storm
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working in TV production, where anything that can go wrong will go wrong, have taught me the importance of having plans a-z as well as being flexible and going with the flow
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meditation and mindfulness practices help
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I don't like wasting time
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I'm not scared of hard work but I am scared of inefficiency
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Currently Working On
Life Coaching Training from CTI
Give away 100 sample sessions before end of year (interested in a session?)
Past Projects
Always the beautiful answer
who asks a more beautiful question.
- e.e. cummings
"We live in the world our questions create."
– David Cooperrider
"I am probably, possibly, almost annoyingly or pathologically, curious.
I don't know any other way."
– Michael Keaton
Coffee? Tea?
I'd love some! Let's talk books, travel, food, writing, meaning, product design and strategy, enjoying the simple things, being a third culture kid, ecommerce, life design, coaching, podcasting, youtube, or asian variety shows.
"If you think your life is about doingness, you do not understand what you are about.
Your soul doesn't care what you do for a living and when your life is over, neither will you.
Your soul only cares about what you're being while you're doing whatever you're doing."