到了一定的年龄，我们每个人都无法逃避一个很现实的问题：“你长大后想干什么?”

10岁的她想成为一位作家。12岁的时侯，她和大部分中国学生一样开始学习英语。她的好奇心和个性向多方面发展，她后来渴望成为一名导游：周游世界，探索不同的文化，追寻那种跨越年龄，国家，种族的友谊。这些宏伟的目标成了她学习英语和阅读西方哲学的动力。

像大多数中国学生一样，她的阅读和写作能力还不错，但她并不为她的英语口语感到骄傲。虽然她并没有太多练习英语口语的机会。但她并不被困难所吓倒，而是想方设法寻找练口语的机会。她总是充份利用每个可行的机会来提高自己的英语会话能力。后来她的努力得到了很大的回报。虽然大多数外国人在美国需要很长的适应过程，但她在抵达美国一周年的时侯，就能够自由地与美国人交流，听收音机和音乐。两年之后，她成为社区学院的一个高级辅导老师。她帮助美国学生辅导功课，并帮助他们做家庭作业。她获得工商管理副学士之后决定做销售。在此期间，她最大的收获就是个人素质上的发展。她结识了一些美国最优秀的商业哲学家。博恩崔西（BrianTracy）鼓励她：“所有成功的男人和女人做喜欢梦。他们喜欢从各方面设想自己的未来。并且为了实现他们的理想而坚持不懈的努力。”吉姆。罗因(Jim Rohn）改变了改变了她对索取的态度。他说：“索取是得到回报的开始，你去海洋时，不要带一小茶匙，而是一个大水桶。否则孩子们会笑你。。。”

她做销售好可以，但内心深处，她想成为一名注册会计师。为了满足注册会计师的条件，她必需去学校得到更高层次的的教育。由于生活中的其他责任，她花了很多时间来完成注册会计师的学历要求。一旦她找到实现自己目标的机会，她很快就完成了注册会计师和注册管理会计师的考试。也许，她对自己的学术成就感到有点骄傲：她靠自学，第一次就通过了她的注册会计师和注册管理会计师（CPA和CMA）的考试。今天，她是一个商人，同时也在伊利诺伊州注册会计师协会的财务与资金管理委员会服务。该协会是监管会计行业，并帮助会计/金融专业人士，以配合监管变化，适应最新的发展趋势，和学习最佳的商务实践方式。

待续

At some point in life, we all have to face a question: "What do you want to do when you grow up?” At the age of 10, she wanted to be a writer. When she was 12, she started to learn English as most Chinese students would. Her curiosity and personality led her in many directions.  She desired to be a tour guide: traveling around the world, exploring different cultures and making friends with anyone regardless their races, nationalities, and ages.  Those ambitious goals motivated her to learn English and read western philosophies. 

Like most Chinese students, she was good at reading and writing, but she wasn’t proud of her spoken English.  Opportunity to practice her oral English was not abundant, but she found ways to make it work. She took advantage of opportunities to improve her conversational skills in English.  Her efforts did pay off in a big way. At the first anniversary of her arrival in the US, she was able to communicate with Americans freely, listen to radio and music without struggles as most foreigners would. After two years of her life in the US, she became an advanced tutor at a community college. She was able to help American students with their homework. After obtained her associate degree in business administration, she decided to be in sales.  During that period, she had the most gains in personal development. She got to know some of the best business philosophers.  Brian Tracy taught her that “all successful men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” Jim Rohm changed her attitudes towards asking.  He says: "Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you do not go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you."

She did well in sales, but deep inside her, she wanted to become a CPA.  She returned school to get the further education necessary to meet the CPA requirements. Due to other commitments, it took her a lot longer to fulfill the educational requirements for the CPA certification. Once she was able to pursue her goals, it didn’t take her long to finish the CPA and CMA (certified Management Accountant) exams. Maybe, she was a little proud of her academic achievements: she passed her CPA and CMA exams on the first attempt and by self-study. Today, she is a business owner and serving on the Finance and Treasury Management Committee and Task Force of the Illinois CPA Society.  The Society serves to regulate the accounting industry and help accounting/finance professionals to keep up with regulatory changes, latest trends, and the best business practices. 

     -To Be Continued-