IVY BUSINESS INSTITUTE

Sophia first realized the needs of balancing work-life while working at HYSTA. Initially, she did not mind working 15 - 18 hours daily, 360 days a year, including weekends and holidays. She thrived on the challenges of her job, working until 2 am after midnight every day... However, her hectic lifestyle began to change due to a single, seminal moment. While she was working at her desk at her home office in the late afternoon, her 9-year-old son often knocked her door, came to her, and asked her to play with him. She asked him to wait for a "moment". As days went by, her son still came and pushed the door ajar, but instead of asking her to play, he would say:"Oh oh! Mommy is tending her flower garden" (which is the homophones of HYSTA in Chinese). Then he closed the door and walked away quietly. One day, she turned around. Her door was shut and she realized her son had stopped coming to her. That was the moment of revelation. She asked herself:"What am I chasing after? What am I..

Primary location: San Jose United States