[ELLE Voice] Tue Nghi: “Build your dreams from the roots, not from the top!”

Starting to work to make money at the age of 14 or 15, Tue Nghi has gone through many hard jobs from manual labor to small business.

Can Tue Nghi share a little about the challenges and obstacles you encountered during the process of running a business at a very young age?

Actually, I feel like I don’t face many obstacles, except that I’m young and as a woman, I will have to work 100 times harder if I want to be recognized.

Running multiple businesses at the same time, do you have time to dedicate to yourself?

I love my job very much, I can wake up at 4 am to work but have to come home before 7 pm to eat with my family.

Do Tue Nghi think that success comes to you too early and if you fail, you have to start over?

Given what I’ve been through, I don’t think it’s too soon.

What does Tue Nghi think when the young girls who idolize you think starting a business is an easier path to success than having to start working?

I worked my way up from the smallest jobs and didn’t master them right away.

When I go to universities, I always tell students: `To build a dream, you must build from the roots, not on top.`

Many young people today want quick success, just graduated and want a high-paying position, demanding a lot but easily giving up, tending to follow the crowd… Do you have any advice for them from your experience?

For such young people, all advice is useless, because it depends on perspective.

However, from another perspective, I think the reason many young people demand and want high-paying positions is because deep down inside, they need more recognition.

Work is busy but you still have time to write a book.

Most of my books are written during long flights or at night.

`Building a career is difficult, keeping it is even harder. Working as an employee will teach us lessons that no school teaches.`

That was just a fleeting thought at the age of 15. That day I wanted to do art, I wanted to be famous so I could get advertising contracts so I could have money to pay my mother’s hospital bills.

Can you share a bit about your exciting future plans related to the community?

Over the years, I have maintained community activities aimed at women and children.

Tue Nghi

• Real name Phan Thanh Bao Ngoc, born in 1993.

• Chairman: Pacific Empire Investment.

• CEO & Founder: Shion Trading.

• Country Director: MTD International Vietnam.

• Author of the books: `The hidden law`, `There will be a way, don’t worry!`, `Just stay calm`, `Men promise, women believe`… are among the top best-sellers.

• Received the New Element Award of the Ho Chi Minh Era (2013) and Outstanding Young Leader in Asia – Pacific (2013) and a number of other awards.

• Judge of startup competitions, become ambassador of domestic and international community projects.

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