VIP Class Notes (Ally)

It’s very often that I..

“What matters the most to you?” – empowering others; inspiring others to break the boundaries

– Dad story (how he never gave up, started multiple businesses, even drove me around on an ambulance)

-dance-> switching from ballet to street dance

-negative voices “what’s wrong with you”

-doubted myself, but despite voices, found the courage… (transition: ambulance?)

– leaving Bloomberg – voices again

– start up (how great it was ) -> conclusion: next challenge

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“I don‘t think I can do it.” Annie, one of the dancers at ACE rejected my suggestion. As the VP of the dance studio, I saw her potential in and suggested her to be the lead in the next choreography. Her rejection reminded me of the ambulance I took 20 years ago.
My dad started his career as a surgeon, surrounded by patients that he knew since childhood in a small town. However, he is more like an adventurer than a doctor. At 32, he decided to leave the town and opened his own clinic in Guangzhou. It wasn’t easy to run a clinic in a big city. He needed to be the surgeon, the manager, and the ambulance driver at the same time. There were times when he picked me up from school driving his ambulance. I was teased by the others, but in my heart I was proud to sit in an vehicle that carried
courage and persistence of a dreamer.
“what’s wrong with you?” At 15 years old, I considered leaving ballet for street dance that was perceived as informal and underground. I was challenged by friends and relatives. But I remember the ambulance
that taught me to stay firm in pursuing my dream regardless of the surroundings. My fear disappeared. By staying firm, I was rewarded by valuable memories, a unified street dance team and applause from the audience in three national competitions in the next 15 years.
Now my dad is 62 years old. Constant failures have gradually made him risk adverse. I should’ve told him earlier that every brave step he takes has inspired me to be brave in pursuing my dream. I will spend my whole life going beyond the status quote and encourage others to do so.
As the VP of ACE, I always paid extra attention to dancers that stand in the far corner, giving them encouragement to step forward and dream to be the lead. “I know how it feels to face uncertainties and to be questioned by the surroundings, and sometimes even yourself. But you can do it”. I said to the Annie, and the other dancers that are too shy to shine.
At Bloomberg after I was promoted as the sales manager, I urged three of my account managers in my team to get on the stage and shared their strategic campaign in the APAC, so they will no longer be under evaluated as an unimportant role, and China will not longer be seen as a region that only follows what HQ asked.
There are people that are told to keep quiet be obedient, that have dreamed big but are too timid to make it come true. It is my mission to find those sitting at the darkest corner, to search for the voice buried in the loudest crow and empower them in action.