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Andy See

Managing Director and APAC Geographic Legal Lead for a Fortune 500 multinational

Andy See is currently a Managing Director and APAC Geographic Legal Lead for a Fortune 500 multinational. He has been a lawyer for 23 years. He has been working for his current employer for approximately nine years. Andy was borne during the Cultural Revolution in the south of China when the country was in a turmoil and there was virtually no much to eat and clothe. He emigrated with his family from China to Hong Kong when he was 12 years old. His father died of cancer in the same year they emigrated to Hong Kong – the loss of the bread winner for the family. Andy, along with his other siblings, had to do part-time jobs to support themselves and the family since 12 years old. As a new migrant to Hong Kong from China, he and his family members faced biases and prejudices from the people in Hong Kong against new migrants from China. He could not speak Cantonese (the dialect spoken in Hong Kong), nor could he know a word of English.



Because of the hardship he faced in his childhood, he told himeself that he must work harder than other people in order to make a living – at least, to be respected and to have a decent life free of bias and prejudices. Since his 12 years old, he worked as a worker in factories, waiter and cleaner in restaurants, bell-boy and housing-keeping staff in hotels, security guard, tour guide and salesman etc. Because of his mentality of “working hard,” he studied and worked almost non-stop for the past three decades. In March this year, he suddenly felt that the right side of his body was numb. He slapped on his right face but could not feel the pain; he used his right hand to punch the wall but could not feel the pain; and he used his right foot to kick the wall, but could not feel the pain. He was extremely scared, horrified, terrified and panicked. His wife immediately took him to the emergency unit of a hospital in Beijing where his home is based. He was in the hospital for 15 hours and went through various tests on his blood, CT scan on his neck etc. He was diagnosed with mild stroke. He is now recovering gradually. He has since then made changes to his lifestyle, for example, getting more sleep, doing meditation, practicing gratitude, developing a heart for wonders and avoiding back-to-back meetings. Below is his post to the Thrive communtiy after his attendance at the Thrive course for the past five weeks.

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