Ling Ling Tai – What Do You Value Most in Life? Invest in It

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As an Intercultural Strategist,</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/linglingtai/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><strong>Ling Ling Tai</strong></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">helps people and organizations develop intercultural skills to foster successful collaboration and build important relationships to ensure continued business success in a globalized environment. She is a podcaster for the</span> <a href= "http://leadersoflearning.asia/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Leaders of Learning</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">podcast, and she offers her insights through her website</span> <a href= "http://www.culturesparkglobal.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.culturesparkglobal.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>“If it’s a problem that can be solved with money, it’s not a problem at all. If it’s a problem that cannot be solved with money, then it’s something you have to look into.”</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ling Ling Tai</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2> <h3><strong>Inheriting her parents’ attitude towards risk</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ling Ling and her siblings grew up in a traditional Chinese family and were taught the value of being prudent and frugal from a very early age. According to her parents, when it comes to taking risk, it’s either low risk or no risk at all. This shaped the decisions in her life and the things that she chose to do.</span></p> <h3><strong>Chasing independence</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Throughout her life, Ling Ling wanted to be independent, self-sufficient, and be able to rely on herself. She didn’t want to be a housewife and rely on a rich man, even though that’s what most Chinese parents want for their daughters. So she invested all her time in building up her career.</span></p> <h3><strong>