DIFFERENCE MAKERS: STORIES OF THOSE WHO DARED
A Collection of Interview Columns by Susan Long
by Susan Long (The Straits Times, Singapore)
Susan Long is editor of the Saturday Special Report, a weekly features section within The Straits Times, Singapore's leading national daily newspaper. Over eleven years in the newsroom, she has made her name as a skilled interviewer and profile writer of Singapore's most prominent people in business, politics and government. She has anchored several long-running weekly interview columns including The Susan Long Interview, Movers and Shakers, and Achievers. She has also flown around the world to interview the likes of the late Charles Schulz, Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and Stan Shih. To date, she has picked up many industry awards for excellence in writing and published two bestselling books with Prentice Hall. The titles are Grit Success: Stories of Millionaires in Our Neighbourhood (1999) and Grit Success II: The Guts Behind Singapore's Entrepreneurs (2002). She graduated from University of York in England with a second upper honours degree in English Literature in 1994 on a Singapore Press Holdings Scholarship. Insatiably curious, her past-times include asking questions, golf, and painting in oils and acrylics.
Difference Makers: Stories of Those Who Dared is a different sort of book. It features many big names from corporate titans to ministers to social entrepreneurs. But it is not just a compilation of feel-good success stories and minting millions. It is a celebration of the human spirit, of daring, drive and doggedness to make a difference. The endeavours within will make you tear, chortle, sigh, reflect and renew your faith that all things are possible. It is guaranteed to make a difference to your life.
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