?You don?t need to have resources, whether financial or academic, to change the world. It all starts with you...When You're Great They Remember Your Name.????????????????This is a business memoir meant to be a career how-to guide, via my own experiences, to help others who, like me, had no clue about their own dreams or?potential. My jobs spanned from New York City to?the fish markets of Hong Kong,the rice fields of China and exotic Indonesia. After 41 years of working at?successful careers, none of which I was qualified for, I retired.????????????????My most notable career was working for the multinational toy manufacturer,?Mattel?in Hong Kong, China, leading?teams in Asia that developed the fabrics and fashions for dolls,?mainly?Barbie. Yes...I dressed the most famous girl in the world! The pink-glittered, blue-eyed, blonde American icon who?claimed nearly two hundred careers to inspire girls.???????????????After relocating back the USA, I was often asked what kind of a background I had to work in Hong Kong and develop fashions for Barbie? The answer was complicated and I jokingly replied, " Read the book!
?You don?t need to have resources, whether financial or academic, to change the world. It all starts with you...When You're Great They Remember Your Name.????????????????This is a business memoir meant to be a career how-to guide, via my own experiences, to help others who, like me, had no clue about their own dreams or?potential. My jobs spanned from New York City to?the fish markets of Hong Kong,the rice fields of China and exotic Indonesia. After 41 years of working at?successful careers, none of which I was qualified for, I retired.????????????????My most notable career was working for the multinational toy manufacturer,?Mattel?in Hong Kong, China, leading?teams in Asia that developed the fabrics and fashions for dolls,?mainly?Barbie. Yes...I dressed the most famous girl in the world! The pink-glittered, blue-eyed, blonde American icon who?claimed nearly two hundred careers to inspire girls.???????????????After relocating back the USA, I was often asked what kind of a background I had to work in Hong Kong and develop fashions for Barbie? The answer was complicated and I jokingly replied, " Read the book!