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Amazon China

Amazon is a highly respectable company and I am pretty sure you have ordered or received a package from Amazon. During this trip, we had the opportunity to visit the Amazon office in Beijing and listened to Elaine Chang, President of Amazon China and Vice-President of Amazon. Mrs. Chang began his career as a software engineer, a position that many huskies of us are chasing after! She advanced quickly throughout her career and worked a variety of jobs, such as networking account manager, marketing manager, and regional PR director.

After listening to Mrs. Chang's talk, we had a chance for Q&A. The students asked such deep and intelligent questions. One of the questions a student asked her is how she can lead a team of people who are older and more experienced than her. She acknowledged that it was difficult for her in the beginning since people did not seem to trust her ability. However, as time went by, she proved her ability and the willingness to help others to gain her team's trust.

Another message that I surely won't forget is the phrase "Be bold for change". To be successful, you have to try new things, new ideas and accept new challenges. If a person gets too comfortable in a particular situation, there will be no growth. Mrs. Chang talked about how other people think she was crazy for moving to a position of leading a large group to leading such a small group with only three members and success was not guaranteed. However, because she took the initiative to try a new way, she was promoted and she led that team to phenomenal success that has never been achieved before. So the final massage is "BE BOLD, DAWG!"

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