Failures and burnout lessons from 2025

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Most people rush into a new year with new "goals" without ever questioning the systems running their lives. 

In this Tiger Sisters episode, Jean and Cherie sit down for an honest conversation about the rules they’re actually living by in 2026: the mental models, boundaries, and decision frameworks that reshaped their careers, relationships, energy, and sense of self over the past year.

This isn’t a goal-setting episode. It’s a conversation about how you DESIGN A LIFE you love.  Drawing from their experiences across Harvard, Stanford, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and building Tiger Sisters, Jean and Cherie unpack what they’re keeping, what they’re letting go of, and what they’re refusing to negotiate going forward.

We break down:

✅ Why goals failed them — and what replaced them

✅ The personal rules that protect energy, focus, and relationships

✅ How to design a life around seasons instead of pressure

This episode is for anyone who feels successful on paper, but knows something NEEDS to change before the next chapter.

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⏰ Timestamps

00:00 Why this isn’t a goal-setting episode

02:15 What we stopped optimizing for in 2025

05:10 The difference between pressure and clarity

08:40 The rules we no longer negotiate

12:30 Designing life around seasons, not grind

16:05 Why curation is our new superpower

19:40 The decisions that quietly changed everything

23:15 Letting go of performative ambition

26:20 What we’re protecting in 2026

29:45 The question we’re using before every big decision

33:10 How we’re defining success differently now

36:40 The cost of staying in old systems

40:05 What this next chapter actually requires

43:30 Final reflections going into 2026

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