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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.71,0:00:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I was a little girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.58,0:00:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a book sat on the coffee table\Nin our living room,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.92,0:00:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just steps from our front door.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.96,0:00:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the living room is a first impression.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.50,0:00:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ours had white carpet
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.12,0:00:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a curio of my mother's\Nmost treasured collectibles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.88,0:00:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That room represented the sacrifices\Nof generations gone by
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.46,0:00:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who, by poverty or by policy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.46,0:00:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,couldn't afford a curio of collectibles
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.00,0:00:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let alone a middle class house\Nto put them in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.29,0:00:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That room had to stay perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I would risk messing up\Nthat perfect room every day
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.79,0:00:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to see that book.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.71,0:00:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the cover sat a woman\Nnamed Septima Clark.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.21,0:00:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She sat in perfect profile\Nwith her face raised to the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.12,0:00:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had perfect salt-and-pepper cornrows
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.75,0:00:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,platted down the sides of her head,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.58,0:00:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pride and wisdom\Njust emanated from her dark skin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.50,0:01:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Septima Clark was an activist\Nand an educator,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.21,0:01:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a woman after whom I'd eventually\Nmodel my own career.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.79,0:01:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more than all the words\Nshe ever spoke,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.29,0:01:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that single portrait of Septima Clark,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.33,0:01:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it defined confidence for me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.83,0:01:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I ever even knew the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.58,0:01:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may sound simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.92,0:01:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but confidence is something\Nthat we underestimate the importance of.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.79,0:01:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We treat it like a nice-to-have\Ninstead of a must-have.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.29,0:01:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We place value on knowledge and resources
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.79,0:01:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above what we deem to be\Nthe soft skill of confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.17,0:01:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But by most measures,\Nwe have more knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.88,0:01:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more resources now\Nthan at any other point in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.08,0:01:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still injustice abounds\Nand challenges persist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.67,0:01:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If knowledge and resources\Nwere all that we needed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.62,0:01:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wouldn't still be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.96,0:01:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that confidence\Nis one of the main things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.62,0:01:54.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,missing from the equation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.21,0:01:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm completely obsessed with confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:00.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been the most important\Njourney of my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.29,0:02:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a journey that,\Nto be honest, I'm still on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.46,0:02:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confidence is the necessary spark\Nbefore everything that follows.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.17,0:02:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confidence is the difference\Nbetween being inspired
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.67,0:02:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually getting started,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.12,0:02:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between trying and doing until it's done.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.17,0:02:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confidence helps us keep going\Neven when we failed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.12,0:02:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The name of the book on that coffee table\Nwas "I Dream A World,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.08,0:02:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today I dream a world\Nwhere revolutionary confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.62,0:02:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps bring about our\Nmost ambitious dreams into reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.96,0:02:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's exactly the kind of world\Nthat I wanted to create in my classroom
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.42,0:02:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was a teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.75,0:02:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a Willy Wonka world\Nof pure imagination,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.46,0:02:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but make it scholarly.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.08,0:02:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of my students were black or brown.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.38,0:02:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of them were growing up\Nin a low-income circumstance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.17,0:02:59.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of them were immigrants,\Nsome of them were disabled,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.21,0:03:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all of them were the very last people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.21,0:03:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this world invites to be confident.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.88,0:03:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why it was so important\Nthat my classroom be a place
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.33,0:03:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where my students could build\Nthe muscle of confidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.75,0:03:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they could learn to face each day\Nwith the confidence you need
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.21,0:03:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to redesign the world\Nin the image of your own dreams.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.38,0:03:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, what are academic skills\Nwithout the confidence to use those skills
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.38,0:03:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go out and change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.21,0:03:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now is when I should tell you about\Ntwo of my students, Jamal and Regina.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.08,0:03:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I've changed their names,\Nbut their stories remain the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.88,0:03:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamal was brilliant, but unfocused.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.38,0:03:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would squirm in his chair\Nduring independent work,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.17,0:03:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would never stay still\Nfor more than three or four minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.21,0:03:48.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students like Jamal\Ncan perplex brand new teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.88,0:03:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they're not quite sure\Nhow to support young people like him.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.00,0:03:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took a direct approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.46,0:03:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I negotiated with Jamal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.38,0:03:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he could give me focused work,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.00,0:04:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then he could do it\Nfrom anywhere in the classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.46,0:04:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our classroom rug,\Nfrom behind my desk,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.08,0:04:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from inside his classroom locker,\Nwhich turned out to be his favorite place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.46,0:04:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamal's least favorite\Nsubject was writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.00,0:04:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he never wanted to read\Nwhat he had written out loud in class,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.62,0:04:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we were still making progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.04,0:04:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, I decided to host\Na mock 2008 presidential election
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.17,0:04:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.50,0:04:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My third graders had to research\Nand write a stump speech
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.00,0:04:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their chosen candidate:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.42,0:04:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton\Nor John McCain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.29,0:04:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The heavy favorites were obvious,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.29,0:04:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one student chose John McCain.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.38,0:04:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was Jamal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.58,0:04:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamal finally decided to read something\Nthat he had written out loud in class,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.38,0:04:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sure enough, Jamal stunned\Nall of us with his brilliance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.25,0:04:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like Jamal's dad,\NJohn McCain was a veteran,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.33,0:04:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just like Jamal's dad protected him,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.62,0:04:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamal believed that John McCain\Nwould protect the entire country.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.79,0:05:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he wasn't my candidate of choice,\Nbut it didn't matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.62,0:05:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the entire class\Nerupted into applause,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.79,0:05:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a standing ovation\Nfor our brave friend Jamal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.67,0:05:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who finally showed up\Nas his most confident self
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.17,0:05:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time that year.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.21,0:05:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there was Regina.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.58,0:05:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regina was equally\Nas brilliant, but active.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.46,0:05:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd inevitably finish her work early,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.04,0:05:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she'd get on about the business\Nof distracting other students.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.83,0:05:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.17,0:05:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walking, talking,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.46,0:05:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passing those notes\Nthat teachers hate but kids love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.00,0:05:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look like you passed a lot of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.92,0:05:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.29,0:05:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite my high ideals for our classroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.71,0:05:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would too often default\Nto my baser instincts,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.21,0:05:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would choose\Ncompliance over confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.88,0:05:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regina was a glitch in my intended system.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.75,0:05:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A good teacher can correct misbehavior
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.42,0:05:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but still remain a student's champion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.29,0:05:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on one day in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.46,0:06:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just plain old chose control.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.17,0:06:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I snapped,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.88,0:06:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my approach\Ndidn't communicate to Regina
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.46,0:06:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that she was being a distraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.08,0:06:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My approach communicated to Regina\Nthat she herself was a distraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.04,0:06:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched the light go out from her eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.29,0:06:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that light sparked joy\Nin our classroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.88,0:06:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had just extinguished it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.04,0:06:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The entire class became irritable,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.71,0:06:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we didn't recover\Nfor the rest of the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.25,0:06:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think about the day often,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.71,0:06:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have literally prayed\Nthat I did not do irreparable harm,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.25,0:06:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because as a woman who used to be\Na little girl just like Regina,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.83,0:06:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that I could have started\Nthe process of killing her confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.96,0:06:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.83,0:06:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lack of confidence\Npulls us down from the bottom
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.00,0:06:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and weighs us down from the top,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.00,0:06:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crushing us between a flurry\Nof can'ts, won'ts and impossibles.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.21,0:06:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without confidence, we get stuck,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.83,0:07:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we get stuck,\Nwe can't even get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.08,0:07:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of getting mired\Nin what can get in our way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.67,0:07:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confidence invites us\Nto perform with certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.71,0:07:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all operate a little differently\Nwhen we're sure we can win
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.79,0:07:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,versus if we just hope we will.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.54,0:07:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this can be a helpful check.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.54,0:07:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't have enough confidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.33,0:07:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be because you need\Nto readjust your goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.08,0:07:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have too much confidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.67,0:07:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be because\Nyou're not rooted in something real.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.83,0:07:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not everyone lacks confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.46,0:07:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We make it easier in this society\Nfor some people to gain confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.00,0:07:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they fit our preferred\Narchetype of leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.83,0:07:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We reward confidence in some people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.38,0:07:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we punish confidence in others,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.88,0:07:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the while far too many people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.42,0:07:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are walking around\Nevery single day without it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.83,0:07:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.25,0:07:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confidence is a revolutionary choice,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.83,0:08:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it would be our greatest shame
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.17,0:08:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see our best ideas go unrealized
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.29,0:08:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our brightest dreams go unreached
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.79,0:08:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all because we lacked\Nthe engine of confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.67,0:08:11.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not a risk I'm willing to take.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.79,0:08:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do we crack the code on confidence?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.88,0:08:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my estimation,\Nit takes at least three things:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.42,0:08:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,permission, community and curiosity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.62,0:08:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Permission births confidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.54,0:08:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community nurtures it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.08,0:08:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and curiosity affirms it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.83,0:08:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In education, we've got a saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.62,0:08:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can't be what you can't see.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.38,0:08:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a little girl,\NI couldn't show confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.04,0:08:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until someone showed me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.21,0:08:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family used to do everything together,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.21,0:08:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the mundane things,\Nlike buying a new car,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.92,0:08:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every time we did this,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.46,0:08:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd watch my parents\Nput on the exact same performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.75,0:08:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd enter the dealership,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.21,0:08:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my dad would sit
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.00,0:08:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while my mom shopped.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.17,0:08:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my mom found a car that she liked,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.83,0:09:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'd go in and meet with the dealer,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.04,0:09:04.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and inevitably, every time\Nthe dealer would turn his attention
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.92,0:09:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his body to my dad,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.96,0:09:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assuming that he\Ncontrolled the purse strings
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.33,0:09:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore this negotiation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.33,0:09:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Rev. Packnett," they'd say,\N"how do we get you into this car today?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.83,0:09:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad would inevitably\Nrespond the same way.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.75,0:09:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd slowly and silently\Ngesture toward my mother
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.62,0:09:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then put his hands\Nright back in his lap.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.79,0:09:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might have been the complete shock
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.75,0:09:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of negotiating finances\Nwith a black woman in the '80s,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.62,0:09:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but whatever it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.96,0:09:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd watch my mother\Nwork these car dealers over
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.46,0:09:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until they were basically\Ngiving the car away for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.08,0:09:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.42,0:09:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would never crack a smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.96,0:09:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would never be afraid to walk away.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.33,0:09:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know my mom just thought\Nshe was getting a good deal on a minivan,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.25,0:09:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what she was actually doing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.42,0:09:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was giving me permission\Nto defy expectations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.08,0:10:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to show up confidently in my skill\Nno matter who doubts me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.75,0:10:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confidence needs permission to exist
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.33,0:10:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and community is the safest place\Nto try confidence on.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.62,0:10:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I traveled to Kenya this year\Nto learn about women's empowerment
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.71,0:10:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among Maasai women.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.42,0:10:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There I met a group of young women
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.50,0:10:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Team Lioness,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.21,0:10:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among Kenya's first all-female\Ncommunity ranger groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.62,0:10:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These eight brave young women\Nwere making history
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.79,0:10:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in just their teenage years,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.33,0:10:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked Purity, the most verbose\Nyoung ranger among them,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.58,0:10:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you ever get scared?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.54,0:10:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I swear to you, I want to tattoo\Nher response all over my entire body.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.83,0:10:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "Of course I do,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.62,0:10:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I call on my sisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.96,0:10:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They remind me that we\Nwill be better than these men
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.50,0:10:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we will not fail."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.12,0:10:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Purity's confidence to chase down\Nlions and catch poachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.75,0:10:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it didn't come from her athletic ability\Nor even just her faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.12,0:11:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her confidence was\Npropped up by sisterhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.83,0:11:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by community.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.62,0:11:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What she was basically saying\Nwas that if I am ever in doubt,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.58,0:11:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need you to be there
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.92,0:11:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restore my hope
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.83,0:11:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to rebuild my certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.79,0:11:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In community, I can find my confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.38,0:11:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your curiosity can affirm it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.62,0:11:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early in my career,\NI led a large-scale event
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.17,0:11:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that did not go exactly as planned.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.42,0:11:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm lying to you. It was terrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.17,0:11:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I debriefed the event\Nwith my manager,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.58,0:11:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just knew that she\Nwas going to run down the list
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.42,0:11:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of every mistake I had ever made,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.75,0:11:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably from birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.25,0:11:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead, she opened with a question:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.46,0:11:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was your intention?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.50,0:11:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was surprised but relieved.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.42,0:11:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She knew that I was already\Nbeating myself up,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.33,0:11:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that question invited me\Nto learn from my own mistakes
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.83,0:12:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of damage\Nmy already fragile confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.75,0:12:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Curiosity invites people\Nto be in charge of their own learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.88,0:12:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That exchange, it helped me\Napproach my next project
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.71,0:12:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the expectation of success.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.75,0:12:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Permission, community, curiosity:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.04,0:12:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these are the things that we\Nwill need to breed the confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.54,0:12:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'll absolutely need\Nto solve our greatest challenges
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.62,0:12:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to build the world we dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.25,0:12:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a world where inequity is ended\Nand where justice is real,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.38,0:12:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a world where we can be free\Non the outside and free on the inside
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.62,0:12:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we know that none of us are free\Nuntil all of us are free.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.21,0:12:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A world that isn't\Nintimidated by confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.96,0:12:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it shows up as a woman
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.92,0:12:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in black skin
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.21,0:12:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in anything other than\Nour preferred archetypes of leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.79,0:12:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A world that knows\Nthat that kind of confidence
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.38,0:13:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exactly the key we need\Nto unlock the future that we want.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.04,0:13:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have enough confidence\Nto believe that that world
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.96,0:13:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will indeed come to pass,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.29,0:13:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we are the ones to make it so.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.58,0:13:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.92,0:13:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)