How to succeed? Siobhan Haughey and other Hong Kong women trailblazers open up
Olympian Siobhan Haughey, businesswoman Joanna Hotung and education advocate Vivian Chung discuss female leadership and youth empowerment
What is success? Three accomplished women in Hong Kong gave their take on the question at a recent event hosted jointly by Chanel and the Post, which set out to inspire and encourage young female students to reach for their goals through reading.
“There’s no such thing as a failure,” Haughey said. “I learn a lot more from races where I don’t swim well. There are many more learning opportunities from a bad race than a good one.”
In the hall full of female students, Haughey added how “girls are taught to be perfect”, a traditional value drilled into them from a young age. But she emphasised that learning from setbacks and regularly seeking new challenges were what had shaped her career as an Olympian.