1077. A Love for American Freedom Inspires Her Life

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Lily Tang Williams was a law school assistant professor in Fudan University, Shanghai, China who became an American entrepreneur, an educator and a motivational speaker. Born to illiterate working-class parents in China, she grew up in poor living conditions, social chaos and Communist indoctrination. Today, she has her own businesses and relishes the freedom, independence, and prosperity she found in America. She travels in the U.S. to share the story of her American Dream and about horrors of Communism.

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0:00.0	Hello, world, welcome to discover your talent, do what you love. I'm your host, Don Hutchison.
0:16.8	Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:27.0	On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.
0:39.3	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Lily Tong Williams. Welcome, Lily.
0:45.9	Thanks for having me, Dan. It is our pleasure. Lily, are you using your talents doing work that you
0:51.5	love? Yes, of course. Good, good.
0:56.0	Lily Tong Williams was a law school assistant professor in Fudan University, Shanghai, China,
1:03.0	who became an American entrepreneur, an educator, and a motivational speaker,
1:07.0	born to illiterate working class parents in China's western Sichuan province, just before
1:13.4	Mao's cultural revolution, Lily grew up experiencing extremely poor living conditions, food rationing,
1:20.6	social chaos, and communist indoctrination. She came to America in 1988 to attend graduate school. Today, Lily has her own business and relishes the freedom, independence, and prosperity she's found in America.
1:34.7	She loves her new country and travels frequently throughout the states to share her story of the American dream and educate people about the horrors of communism.
1:43.3	Lily is on the Speaker's Bureau of Victims of
1:45.4	Communism Memorial Fund. She has been speaking to students in middle schools, high schools, and
1:50.4	colleges during the past five years across the country. Well, Lily, that's a summary of your
1:56.5	amazing career. Before we get into your backstory, just take a minute or so and tell our listeners
2:01.3	around the world what you're engaged in right now that has you excited and motivated.
2:05.6	Well, I'm organizing the minority groups in New Hampshire. I'm a chair of the Asian American
2:12.5	Coalition. And also, I'm elected local supervisor of the checklist in my town in New Hampshire.
2:21.5	And I'm running for Congress as the first Chinese immigrant who survived
2:27.6	Mao's culture revolution to run as a Republican on a pro-America pro-liberty platform.
2:36.5	So I'm doing lots of exciting stuff.
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