![]() ![]() Can anyone fool Heaven indefinitely, escaping what’s written in the stars? Or can Zhu claim her own future, burn all the rules and rise as high as she can dream?Ī re-imagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang, who was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, She Who Became The Sun is an epic historical fantasy by Shelley Parker-Chan. But all the while, she feels Heaven is watching. Zhu’s pursuing the destiny her brother somehow failed to attain: greatness. ![]() Stealing her dead brother’s identity to survive, she rises from monk to soldier, then to rebel commander. She Who Became The Sun follows a peasant girl who refuses her fate of an early death in Mongol-occupied imperial China. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Working conditions are difficult for all migrant workers, most of whom have to leave families far behind. And while they currently have the right to work in Canada, that right may be challenged. But it has become increasingly difficult for them to earn a livelihood, and so they come back to Canada each year as migrant workers in order to survive. ![]() The Low German-speaking Mennonites from Mexico are a unique group of migrants who moved from Canada to Mexico in the 1920s and became an important part of the farming community there. But most of all she wonders what it would be like to stay in one place. Sometimes she feels like a jack rabbit living in an abandoned burrow, as her family moves into an empty house near the fields. Sometimes she feels like a bird, flying north in the spring and south in the fall. A New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2011, an Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award Honour Book, and finalist for the Governor General's Award: Children's Illustration and Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards: Picture BookĮach spring Anna leaves her home in Mexico and travels north with her family where they will work on farms. ![]() ![]() Some people would rather to just follow the rules. Why some employees put up with it? Because they feel a sense of pride in toughing it out. They rationalize the fear model as “just the way things are done around here”. ![]() ![]() In developed countries many leaders rely on fear and their employees continue to put up with it. The fear from authorities has been a dominative factor even until present day. In advertising field, there were tight controls which decreased creativity. At offices fearful employees could not put on a good face for customers. In factories,strict rules dictated to workers in order to increase their productivity metrics. During all these years ” fear” was a dominant model in various societies for example at school, governments,home, work environment and so on. Should we love or have fear from a leader? This reminds me of Niccolo Machiavelli who asked the same question long time ago. Should leaders encourage love or fear? Leadership advice ![]() |