Cleverness is a gift. Kindness is a choice.
~ Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder
In May, Jeff Bezos addressed the 2010 graduating class at Princeton University. In the segment that follows, Bezos offers a thoughtful anecdote about what matters more than talents and concludes his speech by exhorting the students to go "build yourself a great story." Whatever our stage of life, we all, I think, have the opportunity to create our own lasting story. It simply takes heeding Bezos' advice to remember that "we are our choices."
build yourself a great story. I love this!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThe students in that graduating class who are truly clever, and who will be kind, will remember that address the rest of their lives.
ReplyDeleteAction is character; character is action.
time to flip the tassel
ReplyDeletekindness can accomplish so much ....
ReplyDeletewow, what a banquet to feast on for a long while. Thx.
ReplyDeleteNice... I love great commencement speeches. We should all have one in May, just like students, to commemorate the year!
ReplyDeleteBuild a great story -- we all have the capacity and power to build our own great story of life.
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