Please give a warm Georgia Tech.

Welcome to our guests Veronica begun.

Thank you so

first of all Don Chapman thank
you very much for the invite.

Don and I served on the Air Tran board
together prior to being acquired

back Southwest Airlines so that makes
it special for me to be here today.

I'm really glad to see you see all of you
students here especially in the rain so

thank you very much for taking that
time to me to come here and be with me.

Thank you very much I appreciate and

impact series I've gone back to look at
some of the former ones that you've had

real impressive I thoroughly enjoyed in
new so many other people which was great.

I really enjoyed seeing them.

You know I knew the tech was cool.

I just didn't know how cool until
last night I had dinner with.

Raymond usher the singer and
your president was there.

But Petersen how cool is that right.

And one of your major funders John brought
from the Coca-Cola enterprise company.

So we really had a great time it was
in John's condo and we had a good time.

So it was really good to see value
in there without a doubt and

just to know all you
know it's interesting.

I'm not sure you students know what
an economic impact Georgia Tech

makes on the city of Atlanta and

you see where you said all the buildings
all the people that are employed all

of you students the fact that you can
get a bit a waffle house right here.

Yes and.

Nothing you know it's always good to know
these things so you should be glad because

the money that you're spending is actually
helping the economy here in this state.

So thank each and every one of you.

So I gave a lot of thought to.

What to come in and talk about not try to
think of you know given my background.

Given the kinds of things that you may be
interested in what would be a good topic

and.

Having just completed a fellowship I just
completed a two year stint at Harvard and

the fellowship program there and
I learned that the most important

thing you can have actually is
a backpack a good pair of jeans.

One good pair of jeans
you don't need more.

Let me think What else did.

I have to have I'll see
the difference between Cambridge and

here is that it is cold
is everything there.

So you know.

Thank God for Atlanta thank goodness
you don't have to zip up and

be wear long johns and all those other
kinds of things but in thinking about it.

I thought to myself and because it's
what I do every day I listen to

people's life stories diversified
search what do we do we're helping

corporations a done a great people
every day and in that process.

We get to hear their life stories.

So I'm always interested in how
people tell their life story.

It is interesting and I want you.

Because in the end we're going
to come back to this one

of the things that learning there was
cold call where you study the case in

the professor walks in and says.

So Bill.

What did you think about and you said
you're going God don't call on me.

You know because I But you know what
to say and you've got it covered and

you start by asking the professor question
to reflect the fact that you really don't

know the case.

I learn these things in school.

So what I want to do is just
talk about your life story.

Your everyday life story
the fact that each and

every one of you right now
you have a you have history.

You have a life story and
how do you tell that story.

What is it that you say about yourself
because it really is important

to know this and I want to ponder this a
little bit because I spend a great deal of

time kind of thinking.

You know what would I say if somebody
asked me about my life story and

you know I thought what I see.

Say that I'm a daughter.

When I say that I'm a sister.

But I say that I'm my dog's mother.

You know when I'm walking
the dog every morning.

Somebody is going to go
that's blues mother.

You know and you think to yourself Is
this how you are defined in your life.

So as you think about how
things define your life.

What in fact would you say
about your life because you

are writing your life story and
you have to think about what it would be.

Would you say that you're a Georgia Tech
student I didn't realize until

I was headed this way and
I had put this note in there.

Would you say you are a yellow jacket.

That's why I wore the yellow jacket.

But in fact you were
all that a lot more and

you need to start thinking What
is that a lot more than I am.

In writing your life story
where would you start.

What would you say is
really important to you.

How would you define what or

who and where you want to be as
you think about your future life.

I think so often that this stage I try
to you know for me it's a long time to

think about my days it's film in college
you know what was I thinking about.

When I thought about what I would
major in what I thought about where

I was going into day I'm sure if I
went around this room a lot of you

have a clear definition about where
you want to be and how it defines you.

But then you have to ask yourself.

If I were to boil this down and
really capture.

What I'm about.

Could you do it in six words.

There's a really interesting project
to read about it in the Bible

the source of all Oprah magazine not
the Wall Street Journal Oprah magazine.

OK there was this whole thing in there
about how do you capture your life in six

words not five not seven but six words.

So I thought let me go back and

look where did this come from there is
a company called Smith Magazine and

they've captured this whole process and
the end of a book format.

And I want to just read
a couple of what people

had samples about what they would say
is anybody familiar with the project.

If being is anyone else.

OK Well let me let me read a couple of
them to you because I thought they were

really interesting.

Only I can define who I am only
I can define who I am only on.

What I was young I needed the money.

Think about what that
says think about that.

That's pretty powerful isn't it a straight
A student now flunking judgment.

Think about it.

Stricter parents could have saved me
stricter parents could have saved me and

learned more from poverty then wealth.

Do you think about all the story
that's in between all those words.

I rained on my own parade.

Think about it.

So you think about your life
what would be your six words.

I gave this some thought before coming in
here and I thought I'd live is what I say.

So I thought about it.

What would my six words be that
would describe my life and

I actually came up with six cities.

Greensboro.

Jakarta.

Washington.

At lanta.

Cambridge and Atlanta.

Sat six words like at six.

I think I did and
I want to explain this book.

I think it's you know why don't why
do these six words describe my life.

I grew up in Greensboro North Carolina.

I do a growing greens were
doing the civil rights

era when in Greensboro back that
is the seat of the civil rights.

That's where the first sit ins occurred.

I went to school there.

I went to the library there and
notice I said library as in one because

there was only one library that the
African-American citizens could go to but.

So one library.

I went to.

As a and I guess I have to think about
this you know the middle child syndrome.

I book and
I have brothers on both ends and

for anyone and
he was a middle child you understand

there is a life story all in between
those bookends of being the middle child.

You also have to think about growing up
in a community where civil rights and

the whole definition of civil rights and

the impact that that has
that all of you in here.

Then if it from each and
every one of you benefit from.

I think that my parents
taught me confidence.

I think they taught me to
see beyond my borders and

that's important as I think about greens
were also that that's my first word.

My second word
Joe Cada Jakarta Indonesia where

my father an engineer at North Carolina
and he decided to uproot the family.

He took a major risk by accepting a
professorship in the school of mechanical

engineering there at the university.

But what did it do for us.

It taught us to take off the blinders and
see that there is a bigger world

than what we had known in that wonderful
small city of Greensboro North Carolina.

It really taught us to view
the world in a different way.

So as you think about your life
as you think about the blood.

Sometimes we have how do you take
those off and become more analytical.

In your life and what you do.

It's you know when you live in a and S.
when you go from a southern town

that is strictly segregated to a country
that is run by all brown people.

It gives you a very different
focus in your life and

a very different way of thinking about
things my third word was Atlanta.

I came here to attend Spelman College
you know all women of

course we had Morehouse College all men.

There was some definite benefits and
I don't think quite focused on that.

But if you think about it during that and
that in fact was truly

you know things have really changed then
I think about the people you meet think

about the people that you're meeting here
and how they're affecting your life every

day how they affect decisions you make or
don't make how they challenge your life.

The professors the employer the.

The people that you meet
that are cleaning the dorms

think about all the people you meet and
how they affect your life.

They are in fact helping
you write your life story.

So you have to think about are you
hearing what they're seeing and

how they're seeing it to you.

If you think about it.

Somebody tell me a story once and
I want to just digress for a moment.

And the fact that if you get a coffee and

they have how many of you
heard the coffee being story.

You know if you put carrots
in water they become mushy.

If you put eggs in water they become hard.

When you put coffee beans and
order they change the water.

So it's that whole concept of
changing the water and in fact you

have that opportunity to change the water
of where you are at this point in time.

So if you think about that and
how you change the water.

It's spelled.

And we change the water because we
had an opportunity here to hear it.

So I am so truly aging myself but

we heard Martin Luther King speak but
we also attended his funeral.

I mean powerful powerful
bookends that helped write

my life story as we thought as if you
think about it in ways that each and

every one of us see ourselves
fourth word I used was Washington I

think that I said maybe I didn't say
Washington I should have said that.

I didn't but anyway Washington.

My husband went to law
school in Washington.

So all of us moved to Washington.

We had a great time there and loved.

I'm telling you.

Wayne coffins and

a great place there at the Smithsonian
because I learned that on Saturdays and

matter of fact it any point in time all of
our tax dollars paid for the Smithsonian.

And there's no better
learning experience and

like than spending it plowing through
this move so many An institute.

It helped me think about my life
because it also helped put is

that border thing of art and
appreciation of art and

really developing a love for
art while being there.

So I think you know as I
look at Washington I also

have to say I went back a second time.

And that's when I worked with
the Clinton administration and

what was more interesting than that.

Let's talk about life stories.

I heard some great life
stories some of them true.

Some of them pretty suspect.

So you had to try to figure
out what was real and

what was not real as people are trying
to move into political jobs my role was

in fact helping him fill all the political
appointments so we did ambassadors

we did secretaries of their east positions
and helping them think through all of that

in the process of who went into those jobs
each one of those people had a life story

about fifty of them had a life story that
they were in fact Clinton's roommate.

So I really got a little concerned about
how many roommates can you actually

have where you're in and
college I'm not quite sure.

But when you think about how many
different schools you're going to I think

they're probably had a lot to do with it.

In fact.

So you know it's Washington
is a place that you love.

You love being there in your enjoyed being
there but the day my husband finished law

school when I go back to the beginning
we packed up and left that day and

Washington the day we put
the last person sent them to

the sent them to Congress for
confirmation.

I said it is time for me to go home
now because you have gone through so

much in that process if you think about
the light learnings that you have in

working in Washington D.C.
So I moved back to Atlanta love Atlanta.

I guess I've come and gone and
come and gone in Atlanta.

So what was my first career.

It was a banker.

Sanna's a bank you learn
more about life as a banker.

Then I think most anything else
you will ever do in your life and

why because of buying a really
good buying any really good

community walk hand in hand you're not
going to have one without the other.

So you learn a lot about giving
back to the community about being

a part of the community which becomes what
we should do every day and what you should

be doing and I'd lay odds a lot of you
are deeply involved in the community and

what goes on around this campus because it
is a complex different and different area.

As I think about hearing life stories and
finding what I do now and

helping people find Corps people for
the board's people for jobs.

You know you not only have to listen to
their life story you have to then put

a lens of assessment on that.

What in fact is this person telling me and

then you discover that if you really want
to know what they're telling you if you

sit and listen I'm always surprised
at how many people their entire.

Conversation is around their job

when in fact I've asked them
to tell me about their life.

So what you what I would say to you and
I think it's really important for you.

Students to think about this your
life is going to be it's has to

be a bigger picture a more complex
picture than just the job.

Because most corporations today.

Are looking for people that have
a nuance that have a board or

board a vision that understand
what's going on in the news.

That understands that there
are complicated layers that what goes on

within a college corporation.

Therefore when you come in there.

If you bring that nuance in the ability
to look at those complicated layers

that you're strategic that
you're an analytical that

that in fact positions you to be better
in your way and that they're going

to consider you more in a position within
the company if in fact you have that.

So in hearing those life stories I want
to talk a little bit more about this

is you know when I left I mentioned right.

As I started being in Cambridge for
a period of time and.

And then it was called Advanced
leadership initiative where they

took people that were interested in
their twenty's there were ten twenty

two of us exactly from around the world.

From different countries we had
the chairman of I.B.M. China.

We had a person who was secretary of
Health for Switzerland a woman that had

a Japanese woman that had a door to a bank
a Japanese buying for the agent region.

So if you think about it.

Each one had a great life story and
their stories were very complex and

very nuanced and their ability to
tell their stories was certainly

broader than most of us I think as
Americans tell our stories we've become so

wrapped up in it's all
about the job versus.

It is a life and

that's that's what I think all of us
need to think more carefully about.

There were you know we were challenge
to think about you know as you think

about all you've learned in your career
and you want to think about retiring.

What is it that you intend to do with this
wealth of information that you acquired.

And that's exactly what we're doing
now we've started a great project

in Baton Rouge Louisiana where we're
looking at how do we help that community

we started a global project where we're
looking at the issues of sex slavery which

it's so complex and affects of this city
Atlanta in ways that I'd never imagined

till I started you know really paying it
to a lot more attention to this but things

that we think about more on a global
basis versus a a just it's right here.

It's in our city.

It's on our doorsteps.

Because in fact we live in this city.

It puts it on our doorsteps.

Now my specific project because
each person had to have a project

was over is around is around literacy and
civility.

I head.

You know how you know certain things but
you don't know them on top of mine.

Everybody in here can read.

The Do you realize the majority
of the world cannot.

It's interesting you wonder why people
like if you want to if you're on a MARTA

going to the airport and you're sitting
there watching this group of kids just

acting out and you're thinking to yourself
why are they acting out like this.

What is the problem it.

I'd lay odds comes down to an ability
to communicate effectively probably

don't read well not
doing well in school and

then what's the next
what is their life story.

Their life story because of that
one gap of not being able to read.

We have one of our classmates
is doing work in India which is

going to be phenomenal all
around reading and the.

And things like that it's going
to be quite something to see.

I had the opportunity while there
to live in the scholar's apartment

on the old Radcliffe campus.

So I'll tell ya the truth I
had no idea what students

could do were four o'clock in the morning.

And this gracious.

There were a lot of things going on.

To put it very mildly.

But it was also great because we would
have my roommate was a Japanese woman from

Tokyo and we would go to the dining room
hall with the rest of the students and

our table became the popular
table in the room.

It became popular because all
the students were interviewing for

jobs they were you know getting
there in their senior year.

They're all interviewing for jobs and let
me tell you my story and it was amazing

to me you know the difference between
a lot of the international students and

the the their perspective and
the U.S. students and

their perspective in the stories that
were being told very interesting.

The whole issue of whether or not you.

In fact can see the world and a lot of us
have lived in such a narrow combine of

constraint of the shores
that we're on that we

forget this bigger perspective of how we
in fact could tell that border story.

So my six words Greensboro Jakarta and

Lana Washington Cambridge and
then back to Atlanta.

I love Atlanta.

I will you know I go.

My husband is like why you know I mean
I think he would go someplace else and

live just as happily as he lives here but
there's something special about this city

and the like that in fact you can tell
that I think we all should value.

So in thinking about your life and
thinking about your plans and

not just your career plans.

You know what would you say what

would you say if somebody said in
the midst of this plan this analytical

plan you have here like we want you to
go in a different direction we want.

To go to Jakarta.

We want you to go.

I mean you name it some other sun some
other place in the world and live.

Could you live your like that would lift
you up and help you make that transition.

What if somebody said opposed to that.

Tech technology company that you
know how much is he going to.

One hundred billion dollars.

I mean could you say.

Maybe not maybe I want to
add I mean could you do it.

I mean think about it you know you
should hear the Harvard the bait on him.

I would say it's split straight down
the middle those who love him and

those who thinks it's think you
know this is ruining the world.

So it's a really interesting
discussion to hear.

I'm sure if you brings back
half of that money to Harvard.

They'll have a different perspective.

It's amazing what these things can do.

So is you're thinking about it.

It's interesting.

So my friend mentioned mentioned to me
recently and I don't I didn't know this.

I mean some of you may know
what the word and a N.D. is one

of the most used words in
the English vocabulary and I'm

thinking to myself why is this important
and then I realized why it's important.

The word and

implies that something else is going to
happen that there is a continuation that.

You know and and
what do you do you wait for what is it.

That's going to happen.

So I think I've given this some
thought and I thought well.

You know that I actually narrow my life.

By thinking about just the cities
that I've lived in and

I decided that my six words needed
to change and I My six words and

I'll tell you what I'm moving
toward Now you know who knows.

Warren into a great family and.

Because I think only has defined me it's
given me the opportunity but the word and.

Implies.

Where else.

What else.

What else will happen in my life.

So as you think about your six words.

And you think about that word.

I think that.

You know when I think about
taking risk the word and

opens the door for risk taking that
you will consider doing other things.

So in your life you must
own your life story.

You know your family can't write I
mean yes they can help shape but

they can't write that story for you.

My mother tried to write that
life story for me you know you.

I think you should be and
she had some definite that one.

Think you thought I
should be was married and

I you know I'm sure some of the you
know men and women here heard that.

Or you know your father my father
was an engineer he thought

you should be an engineer I thought while
you may have skills with that good.

You know certainly you know.

So each of us Your teacher may have
something that they would say go in this

direction or a friend who's going to
say you know let's go drink all night.

But you're thinking this is my life I'm
controlling this it's my life story.

I will make the decisions about
gives you ownership India

already to make decisions that
maybe you would not have made so

well and less you step back and
thought it's my life story.

I'm the one that will tell the story.

No one else just me.

No one else.

And if you think about it.

You are the author.

Lots of people you know if you
think about you know I guess

as I think about people that I've met and
they said and they say well the comp.

And he wanted me to but
it's not what you wanted to do.

Would you have been happier.

If in fact you made a different decision.

So I think the word and in fact.

Does give you a different way

of just thinking about moving forward and
in fact writing your life story.

You know I started out by think
what would be your six words.

Has anybody given it any thought
I see some heads nodding.

So I take it you know but would you say.

OK.

I am powerful because I learn now and
you can read

you know I don't think people realize just
how important anyone else anyone else.

Six words.

Goes.

That's a good one.

I am poor because I spend.

I mean if you get my habit that shows
up on your in your email every day and

you sit there going I
really don't need that.

And you push the order it button.

They they know exactly what they're doing.

It's a great way anyone else
somebody take a chance.

Come on six words.

Dontcha know.

I'm.

That's your life story.

That's my life story of your life story.

Well I'm not telling you
we're going to say something.

Michael make a light.

Impact not money.

You know it's funny in my life and
this is very true.

I know a lot of wealthy
people very wealthy people

very unhappy people very
dysfunctional family.

Now I must admit there are times when
I say to myself I would mind found out

you know that wealth would do that.

I've always said that if I won the Georgia
Lottery at your the Georgia Lottery

lottery for years and I always dreamed
of what I would do if I won the lottery.

Besides buying a pink Cadillac and
going and going to Disney World.

Then I thought Annette Jack
card would be great.

But then I thought what would I really do.

And you know what don't you think you'd
feel better if you actually tried to do

something to make
a difference in the world.

I'd like a little left over.

You know so I could travel the world
as I tried to do good in the world.

Other people.

You look like you were thinking about it.

No.

You wrote it down.

Come on.
Not quite yet.

I got you got to be six words now.

Anyone.

Yes.

You know we can live with
no excuses no regrets.

Which means you've got to
enjoy your life you know.

Very true but working hard because working

hard gives you the right to
enjoy your life anyone else.

It's a lot harder than you think.

Yes.

I think therefore I can change.

It's very good very good
you should google or

go online and just look at you
know six word Smith magazine.

Some of the comments are just they
they will take your breath away.

To see what how people have
summed up their lives.

It will absolutely.

If your breath like others think about it.

I give you a look for

a few more minutes to think I
see some Did you have your hand.

No come on now.

I need to do the cold call.

Great hope love and serving that's good.

I saw one that I thought was good.

Let's see.

Let me remember then fat then fat.

Then I thought that was a great for
that was a great one.

Yeah.

Others I saw one that said wait a minute.

What did it say was a banker
now an artist I thought well

somebody who just totally
changed their lives.

Totally change your life.

Others back in the very back.

Here.

Is that

six words when I can say that again.

OK thanks words you know it.

Think about it.

It's easy to write a two hour
speech is very different

difficult to write a one
minute comment very difficult.

Now wait I thought.

Yes.

I'm searching for a piece of mind.

So tell me what that means to you.

Speak up.

Yes.

You should never say this is good enough.

I'm always one and
my children think I'm nuts but

I always say when I die
I want to be saying.

All right now.

I was thinking about.

Yeah.

So you know.

So there's always something
I think that's part of.

I think that's a great struggle
because it then keeps you

on your toes about your life and
you're managing your life story.

Great story.

Great.

Others I saw OK right here.

Say I want to say say it again so I could.

Then friends family faith focus and
finish.

Tell me a little feel
those words out horse.

In

that focus.

That's very yes.

Very good always a student and

a teacher you to have hit on some things
that I firmly believe in absolutely.

Always a student and in fact the day
you decided you stop learning.

I can remember the day I finished
Spellman College I thought to myself.

Thank goodness.

I'll never pick up a book again and
then you discover.

Immediately you know first
job you've got to read.

You've got all this other
stuff you have to do.

It's an ongoing fight ever.

Process.

I mean it's part of what
we should all be doing.

I saw we had their hand up right here
six successful with a good life balance.

So you're going to really.

Yeah.

And defining what success really means
if you get that good life balance

a lot of people are successful but
know life balance.

You know all they do is work and
I want to be clear about this.

I don't because a Dean I'm
sure would really shoot me.

And here I'm not advocating
that you're not work hard.

I'm advocating that there's
a great balance in what you do and

working hard in your life.

OK let's see I found some other hand yes.

I'll say it again.

That is great.

The stakes shape me say
the last part again.

Failure to propel you propel me.

So talk about that a little bit.

So.

There's.

To do better to keep moving.

Let's a learning process calm growth.

Yes.

Young dumb and
free to change right now right.

Tell us fellows.

And.

We saw.

So much like.

I did I was good point.

Yes.

A firm foundation to dance upon our.

When they say let me dance when no by.

He's looking so what does that mean.

Tell us.

Well.

Very good.

I want to go back to the comment.

So this is you know I mentioned that
Cambridge is coal is everything.

You know one morning it was.

You know I go to bed.

It's like I don't know twenty below.

Got up the next morning there was
snow to my knees and I'm tall.

I'm serious.

They don't cancel class for any reason.

I'm thinking to myself.

You're having class today.

But not to worry.

In fact the one time you should not miss
class is the day that it snows like that.

So I get the quiet as work my
way to class work my way back.

So I'm coming back and I noticed
the students a building an igloo.

This is interesting.

They worked on it all night because as
you know the white shine from the snow.

It is very bright.

They worked on that igloo all my.

So the next night.

I'm sitting in the dining hall I said.

This is quite something
that's quite a work of art.

I mean I could walk into it.

Standing up.

I could walk into this igloo So
this is a real engine near and.

They've done a great job
the next morning at breakfast.

I noticed that that igloo
had been down and said What.

Evidently they were there was a lot going
on in that igloo with the dumb one.

I thought my God I know in the cold.

So you can use your own imagination.

You know I thought somebody
there's too smart.

It's just done.

And then you know
the Charles River is frozen over.

And you see footsteps across that and

the taxi drivers said millionaire
babies down this hill.

All right.
Others come on.

Cause I thought some other hand yeah.

I didn't hear you say sitting
in the Privy All right.

So tell us what is that me.

O O

O O O O O

O O

O O O

O O O O.

You know it's like getting out
of the bed to go hear that.

Speaker.

That you're saying you're gone.

I'll just another hour sleep but
in fact I'm going to hear.

That's because I'm going to engage I'm
going to that study group I'm going to you

know engage with this group of
individuals helps expand you.

And that's it's the risk
taking that becomes important.

Yes.

He knew my education exists at
a school outside of school.

Talk about it.

How

true from your friends or
from all the things around you.

Life experiences you as you look
at the what we do or don't do to.

Environment.

Now it's you know you say to yourself.

Well I love this argument even
though I mean I you know.

So people say is there global warming or
is there not it's January.

It's blazon hot my tulips are blooming.

You know what does this mean you
know this kind of like the visual of

didn't read it in a book but
there's a problem here.

Now.

Yes.

There a good always there
are those around me what is it me.

Help that you know.

And one of the things that I think in that
I think goes right along is being a mentor

all of us should be a mentor to somebody
because somebody was a mentor to us so

we should give that back.

Always I always say I mean right now
I'd lay odds each of you has a mentor.

I have a mentor.

I have several.

But you should also be mentoring others.

Giving back because you in fact are in
the lap of luxury right here and

being able to give it
back is really important.

I mean I think about some of
the Georgia Tech graduates that are so

that are in here today.

I mean what did you learn you give back
to make it better every day I know

you do every day.

OK Let me see out song.

Yes over here.

Making the world better serving others so
that whole servant this servant.

Which is that you know when you
think about reaching back talk

about talk about your talk
about it what you have in mind.

And.

Serve.

You know.

And it's so simple you know it's.

You know sometimes I.

You see somebody on the street and
you think to yourself.

Boy you know that you need
I got off the street or.

You know what is what is of meal
tickets to to Waffle House or

to make Donald's of course there
are times when I was in college and

I guarantee you I didn't have the money
to even think about getting somebody else

a meal ticket so you know but it does
I mean you really have to think about

you know that extra How can
I help lift this person.

Servant's heart sir and heart.

Yes.

I guess what.

Or rather my.

Faith is important.

Faith is important and you know and
faith takes different shapes and different

terms and it's very important because
it keeps us all grounded and our lines.

I see right here.

Well I'm right behind you.

Then I'm coming back because I
tried to call on you before.

Yes you.

Were now we've got six words but
I want to know your four words.

Circle.

Square inside.

What does that mean.

OK.

So you are.

I'm.

I thought that I thought six was tough but
for that it was powerful.

It was really powerful.

Now let's see how the film of your knee.

When they go right ahead.

Talk about it.

Yeah that would be a mistake.

There are several of us who can attest
to Don't grow old and not be wise.

Well.

It's interesting I hear
some real common threads

running through the room which
are quite interesting to me.

Others.

Yes.

I'm going somewhere never getting there.

So it's the journey there.

And I think your point about goals.

You know it is important to you
know it's sometimes we can get so

set on I'm trying to get over there that
we don't realize that a little detour and

maybe a curb over here then you
may end up even a better there.

Yeah yeah yeah.

Exactly yes.

Leave a Legacy by your actions Talk Talk
to me about tell me your name.

My face.

I just feel like a very

very honestly and sports.

I should be able

to create a purpose and I'll

say you know we live their lives.

So it's out what if they pay it forward.

Would that be a good paying for it.

Where each one is lifting someone else and
because you.

That's a very good excellent anyone else.

Yes.

I'm not done figure you know what.

Tell us.

OK.

Every day.

I mean a lot

of chasing excellence and
success will follow.

Talk about that.

People.

This year.

She says.

You know what

you what you raise a really interesting
question about the finding success.

You know I think sometimes we do
define success by material things and

only to discover of course
you can't take them with you.

You know you could have
all those stories but

then what it really comes down
to how you define success.

Now wait I thought there
was a couple hands and

then I'm coming back to this side.

Live and make your own mistakes.

So tell me there is a cliff.

But let me make a decision as to whether
or not I want to jump over and not.

I mean that which is which
is fine it's my decision.

I own it.

It's my life story.

And I.

Say the whole thing again.

Do not be afraid of failure.

And that risk and
I think that's a good common thread risk.

It's OK It's OK to take the risk and.

I know I thought I thought I
had to this is interesting.

I actually thought that I had put my
career in the dumps when I resigned from

a great job at a bank and great salary to
take nothing and move to Washington and

pay for the opportunity almost but it paid
me back and great ways without a doubt.

Yeah.

OK let's right now wait while you and
then I'm coming back over there.

Escape the comfort zone and the.

Wife and.

So should I said being that
she's thought of six words.

Because you said you're familiar
with the proud to know.

I'll come back I'm going over here first.

I'm glad I'm no longer here.

I'm OK.

Harvey.

Wow OK tell us.

We do.

Co-creating.

What I'm doing now putting it off.

This is very good because we can plan for
ever.

You know question is making it happen.

Making it happen.

It's fair execution that's very good.

OK let's yes.

Wow.

Tell me your name.

Lauren So what does this mean just for
intrigue I like.

To live in your life for the surprise.

I'm coming back.

There was someone back last.

Yes.

So again.

Ever a full grown through crisis.

What is tell me what that means.

Very good and it's OK to be flawed.

I mean gosh if we were all perfect
Wouldn't that be something

we'd have all been whole room a perfect
people and nobody would be perfect but.

OK let's see.

Yes right here.

Living the dream I never had
a talk about tell me your name.

John.

So surprises in your life that is great.

I think.
Let me think how it's my time.

Right.

Yes OK.

You know what I'm going to leave you and
I'm going to fine.

I had written some words down I tried
to get this down to six words and

I didn't but I need to find
out exactly where I put them

because I thought about this a lot and
I thought how do I get this thing out.

But somebody had said to me.

And let me find it.

That in life and
I got it down to eight words.

But I mean it was a lot longer.

But I want to leave this with you
which is be happy be reasonable

be reverent be helpful because I think it
does a lot of what you've said in here.

I think those words kind of
capture all that you've said here.

And I'm alleviated with that.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for

two or three questions out there or
in the end while you guys

will think about questions can you
tell us a least one clip story.

Only thing that you know you know

I can't tell you how many people
said write a book write a book.

I'm probably the only person who didn't
write a book because I do believe you know

leave it there.

And leave it there.

I'll tell you that Clinton.

How many it's it how many
anybody in here have children.

My children some some folks
yes the a couple of folks with

hands up some of the best
people you know in your life.

The people you met
through your children and

so I mean children a really important and
that's how I got to know the Clintons was

through my child who became good friends
with Chelsea Clinton says you never know.

You know and

I'll tell you I'll tell you a little bit
more to that since you asked the question.

So my daughter comes running up to
me she's like five years old and

he she has Chelsea until six I guess and
money.

Chelsea wants me to spend the night.

Excuse me.

You do not spend the night with
anybody ad don't know their parents.

And I minute two so
then here comes Hillary.

Key And

my answer was the same I'm sorry my child
does not spend the night with anybody.

I don't personally know.

So from that we got to know each other.

My husband and
the president got to know each other.

Play golf.

They had a good time in the kids
spent the night later on.

So.

It went well.

Questions.

I have a question.

Thanks for being here and
we've learned from these six word

memoir six word stories about
a lot of commonalities among.

People.

But despite those Come now ladies I'm
interested in your perspective of the.

Marriage of Air Tran and
Southwest and you know we know about

the state that culture each strategy.

So.

It.

Are these cultures going to work and

we all do it to make sure it happens you
know what I this is my perspective and

Don may have a different perspective here
but I do think it's going to work and

work well and I'll tell you why
Southwest has a tremendous respect for

Air Tran the employees of the Air Tran
they offer every employee.

Now some of the executives because
you know the duplications and

jobs did not work but

the pilots the flight attendants all
the people that work in the back office.

Everybody was offered a job and
I Most of them are joining in there moving

different places and you know it's
really quite interesting not eleven if

you recall almost all the airlines
had to do a drastic downsizing

Southwest never laid off
the first person not one and

the reason they didn't is that a lot of
the executive said were taken drastic pay

cuts they took care of their employees
a lot of the employe said you know

it might have married my husband
my why you know my partner.

You know we can give something up.

So other people can maintain
their job that's speaks to

the culture of an organization.

I cannot tell you and I donned as I
mean the respect that they have for

Air Tran I have found that to
me to be the most confirming.

Respect and they.

Look at systems that we put in place and
they go through you know and

they're thinking about those systems
because a lot of a lot of anyway so

it's been extraordinarily interesting but
there you even in the boardroom.

Before you ask a question you
really think about the culture

is might you know it's my question.

Do I need to taken to consideration
culture I've been to my third

board meetings I really have to
think about these things carefully

great group of people.

It's you know if you watch I will I.

One of the I don't know if I can say I
don't know have a say it's an honor where

but as the newest board member I was asked
to be a judge for the hollow Wien party.

OK the hollowing party.

Now I thought it's a big deal.

You know where you're not like Holloway
and we can get into those two I had no

idea that people spend a year blogging
trying to get themselves appointed

judges I mean just citizens around
the world are applying to this.

I'm like I cannot believe I'm you how
how do I know that this was indeed a big

honor you know how did I know but
not to where I went as Corella Deville.

Cruella I got myself a dipstick

doll that was about the be
stuffed carried him on a plane.

I thought he was going need his own
seat before I actually got there.

So anyway.

Gary Kelly who is the chairman and
C.E.O. when as I mean what

was he like one of these monsters he
was painted green from head to toe and

he had these rubber shoes on there that
he's a big guy anyway he was a really

big guy and
all the employees boys in their children's

schools came in they had plays
I was my I cannot believe this.

It was a big deal.

So I mean we all had a good.

I mean you never know either but it really
speaks to the culture of the organization.

So they know how to have a lot of fun but

they take just the whole process of flying
an airline extraordinarily serious.

I mean safety is the number one.

Safety is number one.

But Don from your perspective
what would you say.

Yeah.

That's right.

A hell of a company an Air Tran
the you know Southwest Airlines

would have never been able
to come to Atlanta Georgia.

But for Air Tran would never happen
when you look at the gates they've

gained in New York Washington
would have never happened.

So it's interesting it's going to be real
interesting the first Southwest Airline

lands on Sunday February the twelfth and
so you know I've noticed

the subtle changes I love Delta Airlines I
have millions of miles on Delta Airlines.

I've noticed the subtle changes that
have occurred in their marketing.

I mean you just know this war
is going ready to go full blast.

Yes it's going to be a war.

Veronica thanks for going to Georgia Tech.

Today.
Thank you thank you.