week 8 : Dr. Muhammad YunusｘDr. Lin Hwai-min

I went to a speech yesterday, which was given by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. Even though I have two mid-term exams this week, I still think it was a great and inspiring speech that I learned a lot from him and the well-known Taiwanese dancer, Dr. Lin Hwai-min.

     Both of them were professors in Universities in Bangladesh and Taiwan; however, they chose a totally different ways from others because of something they think is important. For Dr. Yunus, he walked into poor villages and founded the Grameen Bank for poor women. For Dr. Lin, he quitted his teaching career and founded a dance theater.

     From their speech, I learned that how passionate and hard-working a person can be; I learned that perseverance leads people to success; and that, be positive is extremely important if people want to do something successfully.