Client Case Study Tiffany Han - When I Grow Up

Client Case Study Tiffany Han - When I Grow Up Um, do you know that Ive coached hundreds of women since I started offering dream career guidance in 2008? And that these women are freakin rock stars, leaving soul-sucking jobs and traveling the world and launching creative, grown-up businesses and simply doing work that fits their lifestyle goals? Well ya do now and youll hear their stories firsthand in my new Case Studies series! Business Branding Coach Tiffany Han is up first, and we worked together one-on-one from January through May 2010. Why did you decide to work with a creative career coach? I had just left my looks-good-on-paper day job and knew I wanted to do something creative with myself but had no idea what that meant for me. Michelles energy was infectious and I knew that shed not only be able to help me get clarity on the direction I wanted to go in but kick my butt into gear to actually get me into action! What were you doing work-wise when we started our sessions? I was working at Paper Source and wondering what my next legit move would be. What was your biggest takeaway from our work together? Sorry, but I couldnt possibly narrow it down to a single takeaway! My three biggest takeaways: That my creativity and my perceived hot-mess-ness were not liabilities but assets That I knew more than I realized That I could pretty much go in any direction I wanted, but that action was the key to finding all the answers Was there anything else you tried to do as a career between the time we stopped our sessions and what you do for work now? If so, how did it inform your current business? Yes, my career path has definitely been an evolution, but it has all stemmed directly from our work together. I started by creating my own stationery line and focusing on being an artist. Simultaneously, I got training for life-coaching as I always knew I wanted to be of service and help people! I knew that Id gotten that degree in Psychology for a reason! Shortly after we worked together, I also opened an art studio and workshop space with a couple of collaborators and we ran Teahouse Studio for 2 years. Throughout that time, I grew my coaching business and realized, over time, that I was coaching creatives on their businesses, not their lives, and that was the work that made me feel most alive. We closed Teahouse in 2013 and I went full-time in my coaching business (and promptly got pregnant with twins) and went all in with that, dedicating myself to business and branding development for highly-creative women. I know that I would not be where I am today without Michelles guidance and support throughout the years. Cause, um, after we worked together, I made her be my friend and that developed into collaborating on the oh-so-rad Its Business Time program this year where, along with graphic designer Erin Cassidy, we helped 10 badass creative women go from big dream to legit biz in just 6 months. What would you tell someone now that was in your shoes when we first started working together? Whats your best tip to allow them to make a grown-up living doing what they love? Get started, trust yourself, and then keep going. Theres a lot to learn, but tenacity and scrappy resilience will take you farther than you realize. Ive learned that so-called risk and bold action is the key to getting pretty much anything you want in life and that its no different in business. Whats on the horizon for your business? Wed love to hear about any upcoming offerings or goals! Im so excited to have just launched my second round of 100 Rejection Letters a year-long coaching program designed to help highly-creative entrepreneurs raise their hands and say yes to the things that scare them, to what they really want to say to the world, to sending the pitches and making the asks, and to the businesses (and lives!) they deserve. In addition to leading this program and continuing my own quest to get my own 100 rejection letters , I’m going to be focusing on growing my podcast (and considering sponsorship!), writing (and pitching!) a book proposal, starting a new professional project (coming soon!) and developing and growing them all with my Raise Your Hand Say Yes philosophy: trusting that I will figure it out as I go, celebrating a rejection as a sign that I’m trying and knowing that a single win or loss isn’t going to set my overall career â€" but that a sustained habit of doing the work will. This was so much fun the first time, Im doing it again this Friday! Click here to RSVP its free! Whee!