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t wasn’t explicit advice, but my father gave advice by example. He worked hard and diligently, excelling at his profession. He loved to travel and pursued that dream all his life, taking his family to faraway places (I frst visited Hong Kong in 1974!). He taught me to always seek knowledge and not believe in preconceived notions. Most importantly, he taught me to enjoy life.
Work ethic, love of travel, pursuit of knowledge and enjoying life. These are all things I want my children to learn. I’m still fguring out how to communicate the message as well as my father did.
Andreas
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he best ever advice my dad gave me is: “Set priorities for yourself.” That’s what it’s all about in life – socially, professionally and personally. I still (try to) live by it the best I can every day!
Saskia
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y dad gave me this good advice: The most important thing you’ll learn at university is how to give the answer that your professor wants to hear.
He was right and it’s served me well in life!
Kim
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y father, an amateur master gardener, once told me, “Bloom where you
are planted.” His advice has helped me to avoid
focusing on other pastures (even when they look greener than my own) and to focus instead on being the best I can be at whatever I am doing throughout all the different seasons of my life – from student to marketer to business leader to business owner to mother and back again!
Gina
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think the best advice my dad ever gave me was to try and think positively about change. Specifcally, when embarking on life-changing episodes in life – moving to the other side of the world for instance – he said that whilst it’s sad leaving family and friends, you must always approach the new country or challenge positively. Try to embrace the changes, even if they are uncomfortable at frst, and give it your best shot.
Lucy
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t’s the journey that counts.
Blair
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hen I was 21, he said, “Travel the world as much as you can before you have kids and a mortgage”. I did, and now I’m looking forward to “re-travelling” with my kids.
Sam
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got a job offer to come to work in Hong Kong while I was fnishing university. At the time I wasn’t sure whether I should come or not. My dad was the one who told me to give it a go. He said that I could try it out for a couple of years and, if things didn’t work out, I could always return home. If I didn’t try, then I would always be wondering “what if” later in life.
That was in 1996. I am still here in Hong Kong and am married to “the boyfriend” who followed me out here a couple of months later. We are raising our two lovely children and are always encouraging them to try out new things for themselves. We only wish that we lived closer to
Kung Kung (Grandpa)!
Sarah
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emember, God is with you; remember your family is with you. Now nobody can hold you back or bring you down.” Life can throw some less-than-pleasant experiences our way, some that could make a person crumble and fall. Not an option if you have a father like mine, and for that I am grateful.
Angela
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