y favorite part of today's interview is when our guest realizes something about herself that gives her the confidence to pursue entrepreneurship.

Shell Zhang was raised in China, and absorbed there the notion that risk is bad. That a conventional profession is the appropriate career path.

And much of her career has had the markers of safety and prudence.

She studied finance, got a job in consulting, later corporate.

So she did not see herself as a risk taker.

But eventually she had what she calls her "awakening":

She had immigrated to another country, and there is huge risk in that.

In Shell's words:

"If you think of packing up your bags and moving to another country where you don't know anybody, going out there and doing these things that none of my family or my friends have done before. So I realized, I am the kind of person that is a little bit more entrepreneurial than I previously thought."

That awakening plus a few other factors led her to decide to buy a business.

Probably my second favorite part of the interview is the business she bought: a provider of guided tours to Italy.

Shell Zhang on a Nada's Italy tour
Shell (far left) on a Nada's Italy tour, aka testing the product

Now, to be clear, it's not all chianti sipping and taking in the Tuscan sun.

Matter of fact, there's exceedingly little of that. Shell emphasized to me offline that her day-to-day as owner of Nada's Italy is not unlike that of any business owner: communication and project management behind a screen at her home in Texas.

Still, I'm choosing to celebrate the magic of owning an Italy tour company.

See if you agree. Here's Shell Zhang, owner of Nada's Italy.