: Betty Ng, Po-Ling Ng
: Po-Ling Power Propelling Yourself and Others to Success
: Indie Books International
: 9781947480209
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: CHF 10.50
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: Management
: English
: 253
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: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
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In this book, you will learn about the inspiring life journeys of mother and daughter, Po-Ling and Betty Ng. These two Asian-American leaders have led very different career and life journeys, but have shared a common approach to propel themselves and others to success. You will learn about the PO-LING POWER framework, its genesis, how it works, and its real-life application as exemplified through their life stories. You will be armed with a simple, yet powerful evaluation, decision-making, and measurement tool to help you analyze your own situations, as well as decisions you may be contemplating. Bottom line: You will be inspired and empowered to propel yourself, your community, and your organization to success by focusing on what matters.
CHAPTER 1
The Genesis of PO-LING POWER:A Decision-Making Framework for Life
by Betty Ng
“I feel so guilty,” Mom said, as she tried to fight back the tears. “I feel guilty about your dad dying so suddenly, for the poor childhood you had, and for not being able to give you what you wanted.”
It was Mother’s Day, 2016. My brother, sister, and our mom, Po-Ling, were making their inaugural visit to our new home in the Poconos. I really wanted to make it a point to share more stories about our family with my children, Moorea and Jasper, who were eight and six years old at the time. I wanted to help them learn some important life lessons, appreciate what an incredible woman theirPo Po (grandmother in Chinese) is, and cherish what they have.
So, I was dumbfounded by my mom’s reaction to what I had thought was a powerful story to demonstrate the importance of always being your best, even if you get dealt a bad hand. The tears then started to well up in my own eyes too. I said, “Are you kidding me, Mom? We may not have had much growing up, but you gave us everything we needed.”
“Yeah, Mom,” my sister, Jeannie chimed in. “We were happy kids.”
“And we had each other,” added my brother, John.
“The intention of that story was not to make you feel guilty. Quite the opposite, Mommy,” I said. “Yes, at first, I was upset when you made me get a temp job instead of letting me go to Taiwan to learn Chinese for the summer. The point of the story, though, was that I faced up to my practical obligations. I had to get a paid summer job, and I made the most of it. With the support of a senior executive, I transformed a temporary receptionist job into a meaningful opportunity to develop something great for the community and the company. It also turned into an opportunity to make a presentation to the CEO of RJR Nabisco and to line up a real summer internship for the following year.”
Moorea and Jasper were visibly confused about why we were all suddenly so emotional. Yet compassionate tears rolled down Moorea’s face as my husband Darin gently rubbed her back.