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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.08,0:00:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This program is brought to you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.75,0:00:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Stanford University.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.45,0:00:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please visit us at stanford.edu.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.44,0:00:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, oh, the books.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.76,0:00:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.79,0:00:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, thank you,\NPresident Hennessy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.87,0:00:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to the trustees\Nand the faculty,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.77,0:00:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of the parents\Nand grandparents, to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.41,0:00:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Stanford graduates.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.12,0:00:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for letting me share\Nthis amazing day with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.51,0:00:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to begin by letting\Neveryone in on a little secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.10,0:01:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secret is that\NKirby Bumpus--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.29,0:01:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Stanford class of '08--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.40,0:01:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,0-8!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.34,0:01:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--is my god-daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.77,0:01:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was thrilled when\NPresident Hennessy asked
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.39,0:01:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me to be your commencement\Nspeaker, because this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.86,0:01:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the first time I've been\Nallowed on campus since Kirby's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.95,0:01:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.29,0:01:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, Kirby's\Na very smart girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.10,0:01:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wants people to get to know\Nher on our own terms, she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.84,0:01:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not in terms of who she knows.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.35,0:01:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she never wants\Nanyone who's first
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.37,0:01:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meeting her to know that I\Nknow her and she knows me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.51,0:01:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when she first\Ncame to Stanford
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.05,0:01:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for new student\Norientation with her mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.23,0:01:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear that they arrived, and\Neverybody was so welcoming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.27,0:01:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somebody came up to Kirby\Nand they said, oh my god,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.84,0:02:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's Gayle King--\Nbecause a lot of people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.63,0:02:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know Gayle King is my BFF.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.55,0:02:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So somebody comes up to Kirby\Nand they say, oh my god,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.69,0:02:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that Gayle King?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.33,0:02:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Kirby's like, uh-huh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.38,0:02:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's my mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.74,0:02:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the person\Nsays, oh my god,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.78,0:02:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does it mean, like,\Nyou know Oprah Winfrey?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.58,0:02:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Kirby says, sort of.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.42,0:02:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, sort of?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.26,0:02:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You sort of know me?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.24,0:02:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I have photographic proof.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.45,0:02:37.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have pictures,\Nwhich I can email
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.45,0:02:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you all, of Kirby riding\Nhorsey with me on all fours.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.62,0:02:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I more than sort\Nof know Kirby Bumpus.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.27,0:02:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm so happy\Nto be here, just
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.80,0:02:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happy that I finally, after\Nfour years, get to see her room.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.93,0:02:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is really nowhere\Nelse I'd rather be,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.72,0:03:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm so\Nproud of Kirby, who
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.73,0:03:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduates today with two\Ndegrees, one in human bio
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.99,0:03:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other in psychology.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.22,0:03:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love you, Kirby Cakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.15,0:03:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how well I know her,\NI can call her "Cakes."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.68,0:03:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so proud of her\Nmother and father,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.13,0:03:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who helped her get through this\Ntime, and her brother Will.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.77,0:03:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really had nothing to do with\Nher graduating from Stanford,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.14,0:03:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but every time\Nanybody's asked me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.05,0:03:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the past couple of weeks\Nwhat I was doing, I'd say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.86,0:03:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm getting ready\Nto go to Stanford.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.98,0:03:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just love saying "Stanford."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.13,0:03:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the truth\Nis, I know I would
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.58,0:03:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have never gotten my\Ndegree at all, because I
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.15,0:03:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't go to Stanford.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.18,0:03:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to Tennessee\NState University.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.27,0:03:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I never would have\Ngotten my diploma at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.12,0:03:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was supposed\Nto graduate back in 1975.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.96,0:03:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was short one credit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.91,0:04:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was short one credit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.83,0:04:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I figured, I'm\Ngoing to just forget it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.93,0:04:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'm not going\Nto march with my class.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.63,0:04:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because by that point, I\Nwas already on television.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.34,0:04:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd been in television since\NI was 19 and a sophomore.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.44,0:04:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Granted, I was the\Nonly television anchor
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.83,0:04:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person that had an 111 o'clock\Ncurfew doing the 10 o'clock
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.03,0:04:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,news.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.96,0:04:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seriously, my dad was\Nlike, [OLD MAN VOICE]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.75,0:04:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, that news is over 10:30.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.28,0:04:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be home by 11.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.37,0:04:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that didn't matter to me,\Nbecause I was earning a living.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.80,0:04:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on my way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.85,0:04:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought, I'm going to\Nlet this college thing go,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.16,0:04:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I only had one credit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.78,0:04:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my father, from that\Ntime on and for years after,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.98,0:04:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was always on my case,\Nbecause I did not graduate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.99,0:04:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd say, [OLD MAN VOICE]\NOprah Gayle--
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.34,0:04:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's my middle name-- I\Ndon't know what you're going
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.59,0:04:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do without that degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.45,0:04:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd say, but Dad, I\Nhave my own television show.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.98,0:04:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he'd say,\N[OLD MAN VOICE] I still
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.52,0:04:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't know what you're going\Nto do without that degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.81,0:04:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.35,0:05:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd say, but Dad, now\NI'm going a talk show host.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.74,0:05:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd say,\N[OLD MAN VOICE] I don't
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.12,0:05:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know you're going to get\Nanother job without that degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.49,0:05:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.44,0:05:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in 1987, Tennessee\NState University
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.74,0:05:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invited me back to speak\Nat their commencement.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.71,0:05:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By then, I had my own show,\Nwas nationally syndicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.08,0:05:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd made a movie, had been\Nnominated for an Oscar,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.28,0:05:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and founded my company, Harpo.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.79,0:05:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I told them, I cannot come\Nand give a speech unless I can
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.41,0:05:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,earn one more credit, because\Nmy dad's still saying I'm not
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.37,0:05:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to get anywhere\Nwithout that degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.10,0:05:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I finished my coursework,\NI turned in my final paper,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.02,0:05:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got the degree.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.32,0:05:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CHEERING]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.50,0:05:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my dad was very proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.67,0:05:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that if\Nanything happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.09,0:05:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one credit will\Nbe my salvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.98,0:05:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I also know why my dad\Nwas insisting on that diploma,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.16,0:06:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because as B.B. King put it, the\Nbeautiful thing about learning
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.44,0:06:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that nobody can take\Nthat away from you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.36,0:06:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And learning is really, in the\Nbroadest sense, what I really
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.71,0:06:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to talk about today,\Nbecause your education,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.11,0:06:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course, isn't ending here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.52,0:06:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many ways, it's\Nonly just begun.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.98,0:06:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world has so many\Nlessons to teach you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.32,0:06:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consider the world, this\Nearth, to be like a school,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.62,0:06:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our life the classrooms.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.48,0:06:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes here on\Nthis Planet Earth school,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.14,0:06:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lessons often come dressed\Nup as detours or road blocks,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.80,0:06:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes as\Nfull-blown crises.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.85,0:06:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the secret I've\Nlearned to getting ahead
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.62,0:06:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being open to the\Nlessons-- lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.67,0:06:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the grandest\Nuniverse of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.15,0:06:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is, the universe itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.11,0:06:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's being able to walk\Nthrough life eager and open
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.45,0:06:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to self-improvement\Nand that which
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.72,0:06:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to best help you\Nevolve-- because that's really
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.70,0:07:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why we're here, to\Nevolve as human beings--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.89,0:07:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so to grow into being\Nmore of ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.00,0:07:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always moving to the next\Nlevel of understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.93,0:07:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next level of\Ncompassion and growth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.74,0:07:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think one of the greatest\Ncompliments I've ever received,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.94,0:07:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I interviewed with a reporter\Nwhen I was first starting out
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.67,0:07:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Chicago, and then many years\Nlater I saw the same reporter
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.54,0:07:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said to\Nme, you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.71,0:07:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You really haven't changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.82,0:07:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've just become\Nmore of yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.54,0:07:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is really what\Nwe're all trying to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.39,0:07:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become more of ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.69,0:07:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that there is\Na lesson in almost everything
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.34,0:07:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you do in every experience,\Nand getting the lesson
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.22,0:07:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how you move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.14,0:07:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's how you enrich your spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.35,0:07:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And trust me, I know\Nthat inner wisdom
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.46,0:07:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more precious than wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.31,0:07:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more you spend\Nit, the more you gain.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.65,0:07:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today, I just want to share\Na few lessons, meaning three,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.22,0:08:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I've learned in\Nmy journey so far.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.84,0:08:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And aren't you glad?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.52,0:08:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you hate it when somebody\Nsays, I'm going to share a few,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.82,0:08:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's 10 lessons later?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.09,0:08:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're like, listen,\Nthis is my graduation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.46,0:08:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not about you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.78,0:08:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's only going to be three.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.55,0:08:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The three lessons that have had\Nthe greatest impact on my life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.70,0:08:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to do with\Nfeelings, with failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.31,0:08:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with finding happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.96,0:08:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year after I left college,\NI was given the opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.50,0:08:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to co-anchor the 6\No'clock news in Baltimore,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.76,0:08:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the whole\Ngoal in the media
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.18,0:08:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the time I was\Ncoming up was that you
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.89,0:08:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to move to larger markets.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.42,0:08:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Baltimore was a much\Nlarger market than Nashville,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.86,0:08:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so getting the 6 o'clock\Nnews co-anchor job at 22
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.54,0:08:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was such a big deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.55,0:08:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like the biggest deal\Nin the world at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.84,0:08:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was so proud,\Nbecause I was finally
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.82,0:08:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to have my chance to be\Nlike Barbara Walters, which
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.78,0:08:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is who I'd been\Ntrying to emulate
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.84,0:08:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the start of my TV career.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.81,0:09:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was 22 years old\Nmaking $22,000 a year,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.55,0:09:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's where I met\Nmy best friend, Gayle,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.67,0:09:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was an intern at\Nthe same TV station.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.64,0:09:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And once we became friends,\Nwe'd say, oh my god,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.57,0:09:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.36,0:09:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're making 22.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.87,0:09:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're only 22.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.49,0:09:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine when you're 40\Nand you're making 40.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.66,0:09:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I turned 40, I was so\Nglad that didn't happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.00,0:09:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here I am, 22,\Nmaking $22,000 a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.72,0:09:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, it didn't feel right.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.73,0:09:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't feel right.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.17,0:09:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first sign, as President\NHennessy was saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.19,0:09:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was when they tried\Nto change my name.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.61,0:09:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The news director said\Nto me at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.97,0:09:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody's going to\Nremember "Oprah,"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.76,0:09:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we want to change your name.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.85,0:09:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've come up with a name we\Nthink that people will remember
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.72,0:09:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people will like.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.70,0:09:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a friendly name, Suzy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.94,0:10:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(PETITE VOICE) Hi, Suzy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.66,0:10:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very friendly.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.38,0:10:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't be angry with Suzy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.25,0:10:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember Suzy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.58,0:10:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my name wasn't Suzy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.82,0:10:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, I'd grown up\Nnot really loving my name,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.45,0:10:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when you're looking\Nfor your little name
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.64,0:10:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the lunch boxes and\Nthe license plate tags,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.22,0:10:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're never going\Nto find "Oprah."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.62,0:10:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I grew up not\Nloving the name,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.24,0:10:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but once I was\Nasked to change it,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.35,0:10:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, well, it is my\Nname, and do I look like a Suzy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.10,0:10:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.04,0:10:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought, no, it\Ndoesn't feel right.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.76,0:10:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to change my\Nname, and if people remember it
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.18,0:10:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not, that's OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.76,0:10:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they said they\Ndidn't like the way I looked.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.29,0:10:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was in 1976 where your\Nboss could call you in and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.63,0:10:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like the way you look.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.23,0:10:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that would be\Ncalled lawsuit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.14,0:10:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But back then, they\Ncould just say,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.43,0:10:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like the way you look.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.36,0:10:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which, in case some of you in\Nthe back, if you can't tell,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.43,0:10:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nothing like Barbara Walters.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.24,0:11:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they sent me to a salon,\Nwhere they gave me a perm.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.04,0:11:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after a few days,\Nall my hair fell out
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.97,0:11:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to shave my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.14,0:11:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they really\Ndidn't like the way I look.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.18,0:11:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because now I am black and\Nbald and sitting on TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.80,0:11:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a pretty picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.31,0:11:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even worse than being\Nbald, I really hated,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.22,0:11:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hated, hated being sent to\Nreport on other people's
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.52,0:11:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tragedies as a part\Nof my daily duty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.91,0:11:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that I was just\Nexpected to observe when
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.36,0:11:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything in my\Ninstinct told me that I
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.40,0:11:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should be doing something.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.13,0:11:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should be lending a hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.70,0:11:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as President Hennessy\Nsaid, I'd cover a fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.46,0:11:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'd go back and I'd try\Nto give the victims blankets.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.06,0:11:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wouldn't be\Nable to sleep at night
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.39,0:11:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of all the things I\Nwas covering during the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.25,0:11:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And meanwhile, I was trying\Nto sit gracefully like Barbara
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.23,0:12:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make myself\Ntalk like Barbara.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.42,0:12:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, well, I could\Nmake a pretty goofy Barbara.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.67,0:12:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I could figure\Nout how to be myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.98,0:12:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could be a pretty good Oprah.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.04,0:12:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was trying to sound\Nelegant like Barbara.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.48,0:12:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes I\Ndidn't read my copy,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.24,0:12:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because something\Ninside me said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.03,0:12:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this should be spontaneous.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.35,0:12:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.51,0:12:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should be spontaneous.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.55,0:12:22.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wanted to get the news as\NI was giving it to the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.21,0:12:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so sometimes I\Nwouldn't read my copy
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.75,0:12:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it'd be like,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.21,0:12:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six people in a pileup on I-40?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.44,0:12:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my goodness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.97,0:12:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes I\Nwouldn't read the copy,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.63,0:12:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I wanted\Nto be spontaneous,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.09,0:12:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd come across\Na list of words I
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.63,0:12:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't know, and mispronounce.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.65,0:12:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one day I was reading copy\Nand I called Canada Ka-na-da.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.39,0:12:48.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I did just that, I\Ncracked myself up on the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.51,0:12:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I decided, this Barbara\Nthing's not going too well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.26,0:12:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should try being myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.95,0:12:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time,\Nmy dad was saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.44,0:12:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oprah Gayle, this is the\Nopportunity of a lifetime.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.29,0:13:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd better keep that job.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.44,0:13:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my boss was saying,\Nthis is the nightly news.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.23,0:13:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're an anchor,\Nnot a social worker.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.68,0:13:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just do your job.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.22,0:13:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was juggling these messages\Nof expectation and obligation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.73,0:13:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and feeling really\Nmiserable with myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.93,0:13:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd go home at night and fill\Nup my journals, because I've
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.29,0:13:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kept a journal since I was 15.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.79,0:13:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I now have\Nvolumes of journals.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.43,0:13:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'd go home at night\Nand fill up my journals
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.56,0:13:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how miserable\NI was and frustrated,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.77,0:13:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I'd eat my anxiety.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.58,0:13:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where I\Nlearned that habit.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.75,0:13:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after eight months,\NI lost that job.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.08,0:13:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said I was too emotional.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.47,0:13:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.32,0:13:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But since they didn't want\Nto pay off the contract,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.44,0:13:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they put me on a talk\Nshow in Baltimore.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.92,0:13:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the moment I sat down\Non that show-- the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.94,0:13:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did-- I felt\Nlike I'd come home.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.58,0:13:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that TV could be\Nmore than just a playground,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.26,0:13:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a platform for\Nservice, for helping
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.36,0:14:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other people lift their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.32,0:14:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the moment I sat down\Ndoing that talk show,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.44,0:14:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it felt like breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.44,0:14:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt-- it felt right.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.99,0:14:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's where everything\Nthat followed for me began.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.07,0:14:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got that lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.15,0:14:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're doing the\Nwork you're meant to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.55,0:14:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it feels right, and every\Nday is a bonus, regardless
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.61,0:14:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what you're getting paid.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.18,0:14:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.97,0:14:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how do you know when\Nyou're doing something right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.22,0:14:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.56,0:14:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels so.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.01,0:14:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I know now is that\Nfeelings are really
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.36,0:14:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your GPS system for life.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.82,0:14:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're supposed\Nto do something
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.57,0:14:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or not supposed to do something,\Nyour emotional guidance system
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.41,0:14:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lets you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.47,0:14:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trick is to learn to\Ncheck your ego at the door,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.37,0:14:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start checking\Nyour gut instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.27,0:15:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every right decision I've made--\Nevery right decision I've ever
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.61,0:15:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made-- has come from my gut.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.06,0:15:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every wrong decision I've\Never made was a result of me
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.00,0:15:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not listening to the\Ngreater voice of myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.84,0:15:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it doesn't feel\Nright, don't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.68,0:15:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.18,0:15:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that lesson alone\Nwill save you, my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.88,0:15:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of grief.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.39,0:15:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even doubt means don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.55,0:15:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I've learned.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.63,0:15:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many times when\Nyou don't know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.80,0:15:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you don't know\Nwhat to do, get still.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.91,0:15:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Get very still, until\Nyou do know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.82,0:15:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you do get still and\Nlet your internal motivation
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.85,0:15:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be the driver, not only will\Nyour personal life improve,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.39,0:15:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you will gain a competitive\Nedge in the working world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.48,0:15:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.28,0:15:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as Daniel Pink writes\Nin his bestseller, A Whole New
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.84,0:15:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mind, he says we're\Nentering a whole new age.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.75,0:16:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he calls it\Nthe conceptual age,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.13,0:16:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where traits that set\Npeople apart today
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.22,0:16:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to come\Nfrom our hearts--
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.65,0:16:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right brain-- as\Nwell as our heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.70,0:16:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no longer just the logical,\Nlinear, rules-based thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.24,0:16:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that matters, he says.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.88,0:16:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's also empathy and joyfulness\Nand purpose, inner traits
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.09,0:16:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have transcendent worth.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.96,0:16:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These qualities bloom when\Nwe're doing what we love-- so
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.48,0:16:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're involving the\Nwholeness of ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.76,0:16:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our work, both our\Nexpertise and our emotion.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.27,0:16:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I say to you, forget\Nabout the fast lane.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.44,0:16:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you really want to fly,\Njust harness your power
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.51,0:16:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your passion.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.08,0:16:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honor your calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.20,0:16:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody has one.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.82,0:16:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trust your heart, and\Nsuccess will come to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.19,0:16:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do I define success?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.67,0:16:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you,\Nmoney's pretty nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.60,0:16:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to stand\Nup here and tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.39,0:16:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's not about money,\Nbecause money is very nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.52,0:17:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like money.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.04,0:17:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's good for buying things.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.56,0:17:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But having a lot of money\Ndoes not automatically
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.09,0:17:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make you a successful person.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.41,0:17:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you want is\Nmoney and meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.85,0:17:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want your work\Nto be meaningful,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.56,0:17:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because meaning is what brings\Nthe real richness to your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.27,0:17:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you really want\Nis to be surrounded
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.39,0:17:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by people you\Ntrust and treasure,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.14,0:17:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by people who cherish you.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.55,0:17:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when you're really rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.29,0:17:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So lesson one,\Nfollow your feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.93,0:17:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it feels right, move for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.72,0:17:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it doesn't feel\Nright, don't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.25,0:17:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want to talk a little bit about failings,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.13,0:17:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because nobody's journey is seamless or smooth.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.04,0:17:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all stumble.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.06,0:17:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have setbacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.65,0:17:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If things go wrong, you hit a dead end-- as you will--
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.14,0:18:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just life's way of saying, time to change course.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.58,0:18:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ask every failure
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.92,0:18:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is what I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.51,0:18:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every failure, every crisis, every difficult time,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.60,0:18:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, what is this here to teach me?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.85,0:18:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as soon as you get the lesson, you get to move on.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.54,0:18:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you really get the lesson, you pass and you don't have\Nto repeat the class.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.72,0:18:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't get the lesson, it shows up wearing another pair\Nof pants, or skirt, to give you some remedial work.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.95,0:18:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I've found is that difficulties come when you don't pay\Nattention to life's whisper,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.40,0:18:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because life always whispers to you first.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.72,0:18:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.23,0:18:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever you resist persists, but if you ask the right question--
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.59,0:18:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not why is this happening,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.09,0:18:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what is here to teach me--\Nwhat is this here to teach me--
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.88,0:18:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it puts you in the place and space to get the lesson you need.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.34,0:18:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friend Eckhart Tolle, who's\Nwritten this wonderful book
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.77,0:19:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called A New Earth\Nthat's all about letting
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.66,0:19:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the awareness of who you\Nare stimulate everything
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.03,0:19:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you do, puts it like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.89,0:19:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, don't react\Nagainst a bad situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.57,0:19:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Merge with that\Nsituation instead,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.53,0:19:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the solution will\Narise from the challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.61,0:19:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because surrendering yourself\Ndoesn't mean giving up.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.31,0:19:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means acting\Nwith responsibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.82,0:19:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, many of you know that,\Nas President Hennessy said,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.67,0:19:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started the school in Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.79,0:19:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I founded this\Nschool where I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.63,0:19:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to give South African\Ngirls a shot at a future
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.34,0:19:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like yours, Stanford.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.71,0:19:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I spent five\Nyears making sure
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.35,0:19:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that school would be as\Nbeautiful as the students.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.72,0:19:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted every girl to\Nfeel her worth reflected
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.42,0:19:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in her surroundings, so I\Nchecked every blueprint,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.17,0:19:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I picked every pillow, I\Nwas looking at the grout
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.56,0:19:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in between the bricks.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.19,0:20:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew every thread\Ncount of the sheets.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.44,0:20:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose every girl from the\Nvillages from nine provinces,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.80,0:20:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, last fall, I\Nwas faced with a crises
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.63,0:20:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd never anticipated.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.05,0:20:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told that one\Nof the dorm matrons
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.00,0:20:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was suspected of sexual abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.98,0:20:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that was, as you can\Nimagine, devastating news.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.68,0:20:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, I cried.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.74,0:20:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, I sobbed, for\Nabout a half an hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.74,0:20:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I said,\Nlet's get to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.27,0:20:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all you get,\Nis a half an hour.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.51,0:20:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to focus on the\Nnow, what you need to do now.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.27,0:20:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I contacted a child\Ntrauma specialist.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.01,0:20:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put together a team\Nof investigators.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.44,0:20:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made sure the girls had\Ncounseling and support.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.39,0:20:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Gayle and I got on a plane\Nand flew to South Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.24,0:20:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the whole time I kept\Nasking that question, what
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.85,0:20:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this here to teach me?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.65,0:20:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as difficult as that\Nexperience has been,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.47,0:20:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got a lot of lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.35,0:20:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I understand now\Nthe mistakes I made,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.79,0:21:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had been\Npaying attention
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.24,0:21:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all of the wrong things.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.85,0:21:06.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I built that school\Nfrom the outside-in,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.47,0:21:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when what really mattered\Nwas the inside-out.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.02,0:21:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a lesson that applies\Nto all of our lives as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.63,0:21:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What matters most\Nis what's inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.24,0:21:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What matters most is the sense\Nof integrity, of quality,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.40,0:21:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beauty.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.51,0:21:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got that lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.92,0:21:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what I know is that the\Ngirls came away with something,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.08,0:21:26.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.75,0:21:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've emerged from this\Nmore resilient, and knowing
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.32,0:21:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their voices have power.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.27,0:21:34.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their resilience\Nand spirit have
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.77,0:21:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,given me more than I could ever\Ngive to them, which leads me
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.36,0:21:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my final lesson, the one\Nabout finding happiness-- which
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.12,0:21:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could talk about\Nall day, but I
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.54,0:21:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know you have other\Nwacky things to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.07,0:21:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a small topic this\Nis, finding happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.27,0:21:53.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in some ways, I think\Nit's the simplest of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.25,0:21:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gwendolyn Brooks wrote\Na poem for her children.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.58,0:21:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called "Speech\Nto the Young,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.08,0:22:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Speech to the Progress-Toward."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.05,0:22:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she says at the end,\Nlive not for battles won.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.89,0:22:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Live not for the\Nend of the song.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.46,0:22:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Live in the along.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.47,0:22:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's saying, like\NEckhart Tolle,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.39,0:22:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you have to\Nlive for the present.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.19,0:22:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be in the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.31,0:22:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever has happened\Nto you in your past
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.61,0:22:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has no power over this present\Nmoment, because life is now.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.82,0:22:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think she's also saying,\Nbe a part of something.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.89,0:22:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't live for yourself alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.20,0:22:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I know for sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.86,0:22:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to be truly happy,\Nyou must live along with
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.46,0:22:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to stand for\Nsomething larger than yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.63,0:22:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because life is a\Nreciprocal exchange.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.15,0:22:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To move forward, you\Nhave to give back.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.13,0:22:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to me, that is the\Ngreatest lesson of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.10,0:23:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be happy, you have\Nto give something back.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.10,0:23:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you know\Nthat, because that's
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.95,0:23:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lesson that's woven into the\Nvery fabric of this university.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.65,0:23:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lesson that Jane\Nand Leland Stanford got
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.13,0:23:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one they've bequeathed\Nto you, because all of you
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.38,0:23:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know the story of how this\Ngreat school came to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.84,0:23:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the Stanfords lost\Ntheir only child to typhoid
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.75,0:23:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the age of 15.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.52,0:23:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had every right and\Nthey had every reason
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.80,0:23:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to turn their backs against\Nthe world at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.67,0:23:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead, they channeled\Ntheir grief and their pain
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.26,0:23:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into an act of grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.16,0:23:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within a year of\Ntheir son's death,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.79,0:23:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'd made the founding\Ngrant for this great school,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.15,0:23:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pledging to do for\Nother people's children
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.00,0:23:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they were not able\Nto do for their own boy.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.15,0:23:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lesson here is clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.33,0:23:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is, if\Nyou're hurting, you
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.79,0:23:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to help somebody\Nelse ease their hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.42,0:24:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're in pain, help\Nsomebody else's pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.44,0:24:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you're in a mess, you\Nget yourself out of the mess
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.84,0:24:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helping somebody out of theirs.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.96,0:24:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the process,\Nyou get to become
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.95,0:24:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a member of what I call the\Ngreatest fellowship of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.70,0:24:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sorority of compassion\Nand the fraternity of service.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.53,0:24:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Stanfords had suffered the\Nworst thing any mom and dad can
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.33,0:24:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever endure, yet they\Nunderstood that helping others
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.14,0:24:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the way we help ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.56,0:24:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this wisdom is\Nincreasingly supported
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.90,0:24:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by scientific and\Nsociological research.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.99,0:24:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no longer just\Nwoo-woo soft-skills talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.52,0:24:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's actually a helper's\Nhigh, a spiritual surge
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.82,0:24:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you gain from serving others.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.40,0:24:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you want to\Nfeel good, you have
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.05,0:24:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go out and do some good.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.93,0:24:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you do good, I hope\Nyou strive for more than just
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.62,0:24:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the good feeling that\Nservice provides,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.96,0:24:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know this for sure,\Nthat doing good actually
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.79,0:24:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes you better.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.87,0:24:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whatever field\Nyou choose, if you
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.44,0:25:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,operate from the\Nparadigm of service,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.43,0:25:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know your life will have more\Nvalue, and you will be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.84,0:25:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was always happy\Ndoing my talk show,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.76,0:25:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that happiness reached\Na depth of fulfillment,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.99,0:25:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of joy, that I really can't\Ndescribe to you a measure when
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.06,0:25:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stopped just being on TV\Nand looking at TV as a job,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.44,0:25:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided to use\Ntelevision-- to use it and not
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.80,0:25:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have it use me-- to use it as\Na platform to serve my viewers.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.75,0:25:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That alone changed the\Ntrajectory of my success.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.80,0:25:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I know this-- that\Nwhether you're an actor,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.30,0:25:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you offer your talent in the\Nway that most inspires art;
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.84,0:25:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're an anatomist, you\Nlook at your gift as knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.37,0:25:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and service to\Nhealing; whether you've
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.50,0:25:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been called, as so many of you\Nhere today getting doctorates
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.43,0:25:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other degrees to the\Nprofession of business, law,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.12,0:26:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engineering, humanities,\Nscience, medicine--
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.32,0:26:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you choose to offer your\Nskills and talent in service,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.32,0:26:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you choose the paradigm of\Nservice, looking at your life
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.35,0:26:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through that paradigm, it turns\Neverything you do from a job
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.23,0:26:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.82,0:26:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know you haven't spent\Nall this time at Stanford just
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.32,0:26:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go out and get a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.34,0:26:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you've been enriched\Nin countless ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.93,0:26:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no better way to\Nmake your mark on the world
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.41,0:26:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to share that\Nabundance with others.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.68,0:26:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My constant prayer for myself\Nis to be used in service
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.92,0:26:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the greater good.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.69,0:26:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me end with one\Nof my favorite quotes
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.64,0:26:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Martin Luther King.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.45,0:26:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dr. King said, not\Neverybody can be famous.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.67,0:26:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know if--\Neverybody today seems
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.47,0:26:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to want to be famous,\Nbut fame is a trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.90,0:27:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People follow you\Nto the bathroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.52,0:27:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.07,0:27:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to you pee.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.18,0:27:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.62,0:27:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Try to pee quietly,\Nit doesn't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.55,0:27:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They come out and say,\Noh my god, it's you.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.27,0:27:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You peed.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.77,0:27:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[LAUGHTER]
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.30,0:27:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the fame trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.30,0:27:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't know\Nif you want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.78,0:27:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Dr. King said not\Neverybody can be famous,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.26,0:27:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but everybody can be\Ngreat, because greatness
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.87,0:27:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is determined by service.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.66,0:27:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet, those of you who\Nare history scholars
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.41,0:27:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may know the rest\Nof that passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.83,0:27:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, you don't have to\Nhave a college degree to serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.39,0:27:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to\Nmake your subject
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.85,0:27:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and verb agree to serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.60,0:27:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to know about\NPlato or Aristotle to serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.24,0:27:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to know\NEinstein's theory of relativity
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.10,0:27:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.13,0:27:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to know the\Nsecond theory of thermodynamics
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.90,0:27:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in physics to serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.62,0:27:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You only need a\Nheart full of grace
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.79,0:27:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a soul generated by love.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.41,0:28:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a few moments, you'll all\Nbe officially Stanford grads '08
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.76,0:28:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the heart and\Nthe smarts to go with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.26,0:28:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's up to you to decide,\Nreally, where will you
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.94,0:28:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now use those gifts?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.73,0:28:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got the diploma, so\Ngo out and get the lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.12,0:28:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I know, great\Nthings are sure to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.29,0:28:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I've always believed\Nthat everything is better
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.62,0:28:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you share it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.37,0:28:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So before I go, I wanted\Nto share a graduation gift
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.34,0:28:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.90,0:28:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Underneath your seats, you'll\Nfind two of my favorite books,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.23,0:28:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth,\Nwhich is my current book club
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.79,0:28:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,selection-- our "New Earth"\Nwebcast has been downloaded
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.53,0:28:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,30 million times with that\Nbook-- and Daniel Pink's
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.11,0:28:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Whole New Mind-- Why Right\NBrainers Will Rule the Future,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.17,0:28:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has reassured me I'm moving\Nin the right direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.45,0:28:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really wanted\Nto give you cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.22,0:28:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I just couldn't\Npull that off.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.17,0:29:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Congratulations, [WHOOPING] '08.