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Daughter of the Yellow River: Special Edition (color photo insert)
Daughter of the Yellow River Special Edition - color photo insert Author:Diana Lu When Diana Lu was three years old, her family was forced to leave their comfortable middle-class life in the city to live an impoverished coal-mining village at the edge of the Gobi Desert for China?s culture revolution "reeducation." Life in that remote place was a constant struggle against hunger and fear. Passionate & determined, Diana res... more »olved to create a better life based on her own talents and dreams; she turned down prestigious job after medical school. Overcoming parental & societal objections, she explored university teaching, real estate, and other fields before finding her niche as a top executive in the optical fiber industry. In 1997 Diana moved to the United States, and launched her own international enterprise, melding the Western & Chinese business cultures to work with clients globally. Operating in a competitive, male-dominated high-tech field, she achieved astounding success -- from earning $30 a month in 1993 to in ten years making sales worth hundreds of millions of dollars. This inspirational book -- part memoir, part guidebook to personal and business success -- illustrates her remarkable journey. * I am a daughter of the Yellow River. Its waters flow within me like the blood in my veins. * I didn't need to define or limit myself by the circumstances I came from -- what counted was where I was heading. * I realized that our lives will be what we choose to make them? That can be a daunting challenge, but the rewards are immeasurable. * This is a limited special edition, with a color photo insert.« less