Blood feuds, death threats, starvation, and other catastrophes nearly smothered me as a wimpy and sickly youth. Yet these traumatic experiences, together with the nurturing of a strong-willed mother, transformed me into a man of discipline and drive. As a result, I acquired, through my life journey from China to America, several great fortunes: a professorial career with pathbreaking books from research at Harvard and Stanford, a robust health at...