Role Model

I was traveling first time on Transatlantic Flight. I got a middle seat and on my left side a women was from Russia. She was lecturer in Russian University but was retired and spending rest of life in US. On my right side, a Chinese guy was sitting, whose age was approximately between 65 to 70. I started general conversation with Chinese guy and introduced myself to him. I told him purpose of my traveling. I also asked him a couple of question to get to know him and build positive relationship with him. He introduced himself, his name is Wang Fu and started telling me, what he was doing and how he started his life. During his brief introduction, he mentioned that he is a Business man and moved to Philippines after revolution in China. Now he is running SM Department store, which is chain of stores in Philippines. I desired to learn more about his success s in business. I asked him how he started his business, when he moved to Philippines.

He told me that when he moved to Philippines 1930's and it was a very tough time for him He was 10 years old boy and knew only how to repair shoes so he started repairing shoes with another Filipino guy in a small town shop in Manila. He had one objective in mind that one day he will own store where he can provide varieties of product and services, with this objective in mind. He worked hard and started saving money. He also sold boiled eggs after working in parks so he can save more money and move toward his objective. After 3 years he was able to rent his own place and started with a new idea besides repairing shoes. He made shoes with new design at a reasonable cost so that it can be affordable for ordinary people in town. Initially he made couple of shoes which were immediately sold. His shoes became famous and were in great demand. He was working alone and was hard for him to meet growing demand. He talked to his family and started building a team with his family. He always focused on good quality and commitment to high work standards.

After 6 months he got an institution contract, where he needs to supply 1000 pair of shoes and this was first contract for him to produce 1000 pair of shoes. He realized that now he needs more labor to meet this order. He hired some more people along with family members and proactively working closely with his team in order to meet the deadline of 1000 pair of shoes.

Wang Fu liked to discuss new ideas with his team and ready to accept any input or suggestion for new designs and accommodate accordingly in his design. He is a futuristic person and knew where he will be after 5 years. He arranged meetings with team members and discussed his objective to build a chain of stores on National level. He planned his business so he can achieve his goal in perfect fashion. Initially his family member did not agree but with him he was good team leader and knew how to influence others to achieve his desired mission and objectives.

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