CHAPTER 4
PARADOX OF PIRACY
If you’ve ever thought your past—whether personal or professional—is the barrier to your individual future, read on.
Our next Bold One was never accepted into a highbrow university, and most think she couldn’t even read or write. In fact, her first profession was probably the oldest one (yes, that profession), and for almost her entire life, she was an outlaw.
If you’ve ever doubted one person’s ability to rule her own empire, let me introduce you to Ching Shih, the most successful pirate in history. If you thought Blackbeard or Redbeard (or even the mythological Captain Jack Sparrow) was a force of infamous and swashbuckling heroism, just wait until you hear about Ching Shih.
Like many legendary human beings, less ...
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