Before Dawn, There Is Always Darkness”, cuốn sách mới với mỗi chương là một câu chuyện, một bài học hoặc một kinh nghiệm xương máu mà tác giả muốn gửi đi những thông điệp nhằm lan tỏa những giá trị tích cực trong cộng đồng
Tạ Minh Tuấn, author of “Trước bình minh luôn là đêm tối,” was already well known for being named in Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30 (30 young people under 30). He is a professional speaker loved and admired by many young people, a social entrepreneur who has founded and led dozens of respected businesses and organizations across the country, and a healthcare social advocate with major achievements and many contributions to society. Curiously, after reading Tuấn's book and learning of these impressive accomplishments, many people cannot help recalling the Bulgarian proverb: “The hand that gives a rose always carries its fragrance.”
Perhaps the author himself is not a mystery, but his bold commitment and spirit of service emerge so naturally across nearly 400 pages that we imagine he was given a special mission on entering this world. Across 25 chapters, each is a story, lesson, or hard-earned experience he wants to share with young people, inspiring them and sending messages that spread positive values in the community.
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As he shared, the title of each chapter is like a ‘mantra’ he constantly reminds himself of, to become ‘the conductor of his own life.’ Someone once said that reading a good book is like talking with an intelligent person. It is difficult to assert that ‘Darkness Always Comes Before Dawn’ is a good book, because everyone has different criteria. Yet when reading Tạ Minh Tuấn’s first book, readers will certainly be conversing with an intelligent, witty young man with particularly profound experiences in both entrepreneurship and life.
The book touches on many issues in life: from young people's entrepreneurship to startup culture and Vietnam's standing; from faith, effort, and the heart's motivation to holding onto dreams and mastering body and mind; from mistakes and falls to growing in wisdom, becoming global citizens, and appreciating profound kindness…
Tạ Minh Tuấn's way of observing and viewing life, together with his analysis and conclusions, goes beyond his own stories. His sound, open insights take you from surprise to confidence and leave you with a strong urge to act! In “Darkness Always Precedes Dawn,” we also encounter a childhood Tạ Minh Tuấn with childish dreams that logically connect with today's Tạ Minh Tuấn, full of ambition and a spirit of execution. Though he has tasted both victory's sweetness and failure's bitterness, he remains filled with faith in the future, viewing life and doing good like a wandering dreamer handed a miraculous baton.
A Tạ Minh Tuấn strong in his resolve, clear in his philosophies of life, yet with a heart burning warmly with love for life. In a time when people rush after material values and life's illusions, a young person who still tries to preserve family traditions by arranging to have lunch with family every day or hugging and kissing his parents goodbye before every flight… as Tạ Minh Tuấn does, is perhaps uncommon, if not rare.
Reading Tạ Minh Tuấn's book, we encounter an inspiring storytelling approach that is not new but is very much of the moment. The author tells each story chronologically, from his birth and childhood through schooling, entrepreneurship, failure and success… At times he pauses to quote meaningful asides, personal notes from social media and letters… from some distant moment in the past… One might expect this style to become disjointed, but it does not. In his book we find a tight structure, a continuous line of thought, opening and closing motifs that echo and fit together, all strung on a thread called “Sincerity.”
If a valuable book is one that ‘inspires hope when opened and leaves something useful when closed,’ then ‘Darkness Always Comes Before Dawn’ must be such a book.
