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I was feeling lost and helpless while pursuing an MBA at Fudan University. This study was meant to be a transformation for me, but I had no clear direction. All I knew was that due to a company restructuring, I was reassigned from being the head of Lean Six Sigma and Leadership Development, to the head of strategic planning and market expansion for a wholly-owned subsidiary focused on training.

This new position involved managing nearly 1 billion RMB in investments and around 600 million RMB in training sales revenue annually, but I wasn’t interested in it. I was only interested Lean Six Sigma but didn’t know why or how to return to my pervious work. Changing jobs wasn’t an option to considered; switching positions as a mid-level manager in a centrally managed large state-owned enterprise in China didn’t seem a smart move.

During this period of confusion, I signed up for the “Creating Your Abundant Life” workshop offered by Fudan MBA Orientation II for second-year students, where I met two seasoned team coaches, Shan Wu & Clark Sun. What I didn’t know was that, this encounter would lay the groundwork for my successful transformation later on.

During the workshop, the coaches led us in exploring our true desires, empower us to take time unfold and rediscover ourselves through past highlights and low points. The continuously expanding perspectives and envisioning of infinite possibilities in one on on sessions gradually removed my limiting, self-sabotaging thoughts, freeing me for the first time.

I also gradually realized that my past successes were driven internally by organized structure and efficiency, which I had never noticed or tried to understand before.I willing to help individuals and organizations achieve progress and success through continuous optimization. When the meaning was fully confirmed, I could be very resilient and persistent, enduring long periods without external rewards. But once I found that the path of my work and life was increasingly drift away from this meaningful approach, I would enter a state of suppressed emotions, as if my vitality were slipping away.

With this realization, I actively tried to optimize management in my position, to substantiate the value of what I believe in. However, all these efforts did not bring the results I expected. After confirming that it was impossible for me to reengage with the work I loved, and good at it, and had succeeded in at this company, I finally decided to resign.

Today, I am the HR and Process Optimization Head of a private company, I am training leadership teams and optimizing operational processes. I continuously fulfill the value of work for both the organization and myself—supporting individual growth, promoting organizational development, and building an orderly and efficient operating enterprise. Yes, this is exactly what I have always longed for. I have achieved it!