An Inspirational True Story Of Resilience And The American Dream

An Inspirational True Story Of Resilience And The American Dream

An Inspirational True Story of Resilience and the American Dream
12/10/2012 02:51 pm ET Up to date Feb 09, 2013
MeiMei Fox NYTimes bestselling creator, blogger at , Forbes contributor
Think about being torn out of your loving mother's arms at age eight. Subsequent factor you understand, you're alone, crammed onto a practice full of people headed for another metropolis - one you barely know. You think that a minimum of your aunt and uncle, whom you've got met a handful of times before, shall be ready for you upon your arrival.
However as an alternative, you're greeted only by a couple of threatening teenagers in uniform who drop you off at a dormitory, where you be part of a ragtag group of different lost kids. When you set foot within the small, soiled room that can be your house for the subsequent ten years, you discover your four year-previous sister mendacity on the bare concrete ground, sobbing. She desperately wants your tender care.
In in the future, you have not only lost your mom, you've got develop into one your self.
That is no nightmare. It is only one small a part of the true story of Ping Fu, instructed in her memoir, Bend, Not Break You'll be able to watch the short video trailer (directed by my talented husband, Kiran Ramchandran ) below.
Ping Fu's journey solely grows extra outstanding from that traumatic outset. She went on to face ten years of near-starvation, abuse, and child labor as a manufacturing facility worker and soldier during the Cultural Revolution in China. She acquired no formal training during that time.
But Ping never let these bitter experiences defeat her. Quite the opposite, she found beauty in nature and kindness in small acts of generosity from associates and neighbors. She refused to develop exhausting, but as a substitute opened herself to compassion for all humankind, residing the philosophy, "Always err on the aspect of generosity."
After arriving within the U.S. at age 25 with solely $eighty and a few phrases of English, Ping Fu labored her method by means of faculty as a pc programmer. She has since triumphed as founder and CEO of Geomagic , a software program firm that is leading the 3D printing and imaging revolution. In 2005, Ping Fu was named Inc. journal's Entrepreneur of the 12 months Right now, she sits on President Obama's Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Above all, Ping Fu is without doubt one of the most beneficiant, compassionate, and wise folks I've ever had the respect to know.
Picture credit: Arin Wiscomb
Ping and I really like to tell folks how we met - at Burning Man in 2010. Wearing a customized-printed silver masks and wearing purple streaks in her hair, I never would have suspected Ping's position as a high-tech chief. But then again, that is a part of what makes Burning Man so nice. You get away from identities and egos.
Just a few months later, our mutual friend Chip Conley , founding father of Joie de Vivre boutique motels and creator of Emotional Equations , mentioned to me that he really wished Ping to write down her life story. Would I be involved in helping her inform her tale?
I'm so glad that I stated yes, because working with Ping to put in writing Bend, Not Break has been one of the best expertise of my total publishing profession. Ping is not solely gracious and intelligent, but she has a wonderful ear for language - particularly considering the fact that she did not start studying English till she was in her mid-20s. Past that, I am awestruck by her ability to overcome adversity, to forgive and love, and to shine her vibrant mild on the earth. She is a residing embodiment of my mantra, "Concern Much less, Love More."
Bend, Not Break facilities round eight of Ping Fu's life lessons, from her childhood in Mao's China, to finding her manner as a poor American immigrant, to turning into a widely respected female executive and mom. Whether or not you are fascinated about studying more about China, gaining perception into the world of enterprise capital and excessive-tech begin-ups, or simply studying a provocative, inspirational story of the facility of resilience, I really feel sure you will enjoy studying this e book.
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