Transform Your Life and Career with ThreeEQ’s Next-Gen Leadership, High-End Career, and Executive Coaching
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4s and 3eq | emotional, social, and leadership intelligence
TABLE OF CONTENTS
– Preamble
– Exceptional Student Outcomes
– Right Now, You Are Probably a Bit Stuck
– Our Personalized, One-on-One Mentorship
– Here’s the Next Step
Preamble
Most driven young adults care about thriving in amazing careers and live fulfilling lives. We at ThreeEQ would also say that building up your “personal operating system,” soft skills, and direction early on is just as important.
Having guided holistically and successfully 1-on-1 hundreds of mainly high-achieving young people (his own two young adults included) these past 15 years (in his 38 years in the education, technology, and investment industries since his Berkeley Engineering degree), ThreeEQ CEO and Chief Mentor Jason Ma and Team ThreeEQ celebrate all of the worthy outcomes coveted by many. That said, they are not easy to achieve without quality preparation.
These days, most young people, especially high achievers, often feel stressed or anxiety-ridden. Given a plethora of digital distractions and the pressure to succeed, various young adults can struggle a bit in finding their way in today’s highly competitive landscape in our turbulent world.
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Exceptional Student Outcomes
ThreeEQ’s 1-on-1 coaching services have helped numerous high-achieving college students and elder Next Gens achieve outstanding outcomes, including fulfilling college experiences, more marketable (soft) skills and mindsets, high-end internships and post-college jobs and careers, and happier lives. With a nearly 100% success rate and unparalleled expertise, Founder and CEO Jason Ma is an award-winning Chief Mentor of Next-Gen Leaders. Learn more about the transformative impact of our services by exploring our plethora of client mentee, parent, CEO, and other testimonials and success stories.
The following are some of the great outcomes that our students have achieved:
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College/University Students . |
Professionals & Entrepreneurs . |
Rewarding internships, first jobs, and career pathways at Google, Apple, and various notable companies.
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Impactful, rewarding jobs and careers at notable tech companies, enterprises, venture capital/private equity firms, investment banks, and family enterprises.
More optimized career and business strategies, activities, social life, and well-being as rising leaders at work. |
Happier lives in college and the real world, without the high stress and anxiety many students experience.
Deeper relationships with and appreciation for parents, professors, employers, significant others, peer leaders, mentors, and other influencers. |
Happier lives at work and socially without the high stress and anxiety many young adults experience.
Deeper relationships with and appreciation for family, significant others, bosses, staff, peers, mentors, and other influencers. |
More positive, powerful mindsets, direction, strategies and execution, and employable soft skills. | More positive, powerful mindsets, direction, strategies and execution, and career-advancing soft skills. More succession-ready as inheritors in UHNW families. |
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Ask yourself: “Do I want to achieve great results, unleash my full potential, be happy, and secure my bright future—starting now?”

Jason Ma guest lecturing on “How to Hone the ‘OS and Apps’ of Your Entrepreneurial Mind and Soul,” inspiring and educating graduate and undergraduate students at Stanford University.
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Right Now, You Are Probably a Bit Stuck
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Situation 1
As a COLLEGE OR GRADUATE STUDENT, you want to achieve, grow, live happily, do well in academics, research, and extracurriculars, hone employable skills, build meaningful connections, get great internship and job offers, and thrive in an impactful, rewarding career path—but are unsure how BEST to do so.
Actually, many students at Ivy League and elite colleges face high stress and anxiety—or even depression. (Read Penn ranked highest out of the Ivy League for mental health—with a D+. Also, view The myth of the Ivy League.)
Back in high school, most of these students and their parents shortsightedly worried about college admissions. However, they didn’t build strong enough emotional, social, and leadership intelligence (“3EQ”) with high-quality, third-party guidance. Now these students face incessant competition and feel lingering “imposter syndrome.”
We believe that college or grad school ISN’T your destination but is PART of your journey. It is essential to think longer-term THROUGH college, NOT shortsightedly just AT college/grad school! College or grad school is a stepping stone to your greater career and personal success and growth for decades to come!
All the while, the best companies hire and develop only the very best candidates for their coveted internships and jobs. For example, Google’s hiring rate is 0.25% (1 hire out of 400 applications). “It’s 20 times harder to get into Google than to get into Harvard,” said Laszlo Bock, Google’s former SVP of People Operations. Don’t be surprised to see hiring rates ranging from less than 1% to 3% for coveted jobs at many great companies.

ThreeEQ Chief Mentor Jason Ma with Wharton Undergraduate Finance and Technology Group then-President Lydia Ma and Penn students from Wharton, Engineering, and the College hanging out in SF.
Situation 2
As an ADULT AT WORK OR IN BETWEEN, you want to grow, achieve, and live happily, hone employable soft and hard skills, build meaningful connections, do well in your current job or get a great next job in a company or your family business, pave an impactful, rewarding career path, and be more succession-ready as inheritors in UHNW families—but are unsure how BEST to do so.
Please review the last 2 paragraphs in Situation 1 above. We would think that your own circumstances would have some uniqueness.
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The good news? Regardless of your situation, we can help and guide you to achieve success with GREATER life-cycle impact and gains, better relationships, and peace of mind, and without the usual stress and anxiety. Consider this: The above results are what we help our students authentically achieve. If we can do it for them, why can’t we do it for you?
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Our Personalized, 1-on-1 Mentorship
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A secret to success for (high) achievers is having trusted, third-party, top-notch mentorship by their side, preferably early on. Our personalized, 1-on-1 mentoring and coaching will help you optimize your goals and maximize your achievements, unlocking your authentic, best self.
Our success mentoring ensures that you stay focused during your prime. We bolster the development of your discipline and drive, while inspiring you to reach for greater heights. Ultimately, we help you become even better as a genuinely thoughtful and highly engaged leader who will contribute, grow, and connect with positive impact.
We specifically focus to:
- Hone your growth and contribution mindset, strategies, (employable) soft skills, and execution for GREATER, short- to long-term impact and benefits, even among your driven peers.
. - Help you build or enhance an attractive story, prepare authentic storytelling, and, when needed, present and interview for highly competitive and compelling job applications that maximize your chances for getting hired to your dream companies or non-profits, all the while minimizing stress, confusion, and anxiety.
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“4S” and “3EQ” are ThreeEQ CEO/Chief Mentor Jason Ma’s own personalized, 1-on-1 mentorship framework and process that helps our students achieve these outcomes. “Executive function” is a subset of 4S and 3EQ.
- 4S:
- Visionary story (including character, which is the sum of all habits and choices)
- Emotional and mental state of mind
- Strategies (key approaches depending on context)
- Soft skills (in addition to hard skills) and talent
- Execution
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- 3EQ:
- Pragmatic emotional, social, and leadership intelligence. This is more profound and powerful than just EQ.
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- Pragmatic emotional, social, and leadership intelligence. This is more profound and powerful than just EQ.
Elevating your “4S” and “3EQ” will empower you to enjoy GREATER life-cycle impact, relationships, and peace of mind all around you, while enabling you to mitigate risks of future (painful) opportunity losses in our turbulent, ever-changing world. Hard skills may become obsolete over time. Strong soft skills stay with you a long time.
In our experience, personalized 1-on-1 coaching is by far more effective and profound than group coaching and “mass-market” webinar or product training. In UHNW families, our work also eases legacy and succession planning—with sound family values and without the usual stress and anxiety.
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To learn more about how we can help you, depending on your life stage, take a look at the following:
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Enhancing Purpose and Thriving as a University Student
We help you choose and optimize rigorous yet balanced course loads year to year, enhance your GPA, plan for test prep, and select a major (and any minors) that complement your personal interests and career aspirations.
We encourage and guide you in applying for meaningful and often highly selective internships (for which we may provide choices or connections, if appropriate, and certainly guidance) to obtain impressive work and leadership experiences and desirable skills. We also train you to maximize your contribution to relevant extracurricular/community activities and to build great relationships with your “ecosystem constituents.” This will better position you for a thriving career or a competitive university transfer application season.
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Planning for and Applying as a Transfer to Highly Competitive Universities or Graduate Schools
If you are planning to apply as a transfer student to other competitive U.S. (or UK) colleges and universities, please see the 3 phases with 24 line items (success ingredients) towards the bottom half of our High Schoolers page. The planning and application process is similar but has nuanced, significant differences for university transfer and graduate school applicants (to MS, MA, MD, MBA, and PhD programs). We delight in helping our students optimize their game plan and maximize their success by steering them through this complex process.
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Preparing to Succeed and Thrive in Your Career as a Working Adult
We are committed to helping you become a leader of your industry in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe/Middle East, or globally.
We help you define powerful visions, set and achieve short-term and long-term career goals, transform creative ideas into concrete business proposals, and become more consistently effective in execution. Moreover, we help you enhance and sustain international-grade decision-making, communication, and people skills, prepare for job interviews, plan for and navigate family succession (if applicable), and thrive in a career or major family business.
IN SUM, by taking advantage of ThreeEQ’s foremost, personalized, 1-on-1 mentorship, our ambitious students maximize their wins and successes, minimize their pain and opportunity losses, and gain clarity and better peace of mind. With our guidance, you will set a clearer direction, prepare wisely, achieve sound outcomes, and cultivate stronger, more succession-ready, next-gen leadership and other soft skills—while transforming powerfully upward and unleashing your own full potential.
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Here’s the Next Step
Are you ready to achieve great results, unleash your full potential, be happy, and secure your bright future?” If the answer is yes, we would be delighted to set up a (complimentary) initial strategy meeting (30 to 45 minutes) between you and ThreeEQ Chief Mentor Jason Ma.
During this meeting, we will explore your past, present, and future aspirations, address any confusion and questions, and discuss how we can help you make your dreams a reality. Additionally, we will determine if our services align with your goals and your investment mindset (our fees). Quality preparation is crucial for success in anything significant and highly competitive, and we want to ensure that we make the most of our time together.
To schedule a meeting, simply go to ThreeEQ.com/apply to choose a time that works for both you and your parents. Afterward, please fill out the follow-on form at ThreeEQ.com/application, which will give us a preliminary understanding before the meeting.
Before we meet, we ask that both you read some of Mr. Ma’s articles and watch 1-2 relevant videos. It is mandatory that ALL decision-makers, including your financial sponsors, are present during the meeting.