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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.31,0:00:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi. My name is Cameron Russell,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.95,0:00:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the last little while
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.41,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been a model.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, for 10 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.99,0:00:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel like there's an uncomfortable tension
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.46,0:00:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the room right now
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.99,0:00:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I should not have worn this dress. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.99,0:00:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So luckily I brought an outfit change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.32,0:00:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first outfit change on the TED stage,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.97,0:00:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you guys are pretty lucky to witness it, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If some of the women were really horrified when I came out,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.96,0:00:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't have to tell me now, but I'll find out later on Twitter.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.66,0:00:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.32,0:00:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd also note that I'm quite privileged
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.14,0:00:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to transform what you think of me
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.28,0:00:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very brief 10 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.94,0:00:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not everybody gets to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.40,0:00:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These heels are very uncomfortable,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.04,0:00:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so good thing I wasn't going to wear them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.24,0:01:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worst part is putting this sweater over my head,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.94,0:01:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's when you'll all laugh at me,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.26,0:01:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so don't do anything while it's over my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.23,0:01:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All right.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.64,0:01:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why did I do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.71,0:01:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was awkward.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.31,0:01:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.42,0:01:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopefully not as awkward as that picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.84,0:01:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Image is powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.09,0:01:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also image is superficial.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.04,0:01:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just totally transformed what you thought of me in six seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.48,0:01:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.32,0:01:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had actually never had a boyfriend in real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.06,0:01:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was totally uncomfortable, and the photographer
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.57,0:01:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was telling me to arch my back and put my hand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.100,0:01:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that guy's hair.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.01,0:01:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, barring surgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.01,0:01:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the fake tan that I got two days ago for work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.45,0:02:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's very little that we can do to transform how we look,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.22,0:02:03.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we look, though it is superficial and immutable,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.67,0:02:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a huge impact on our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.03,0:02:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So today, for me, being fearless means being honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.66,0:02:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am on this stage because I am a model.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.55,0:02:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am on this stage because I am a pretty, white woman,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.27,0:02:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in my industry we call that a sexy girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.04,0:02:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm going to answer the questions that people always ask me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.55,0:02:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with an honest twist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.23,0:02:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first question is, how do you become a model?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.13,0:02:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I always just say, "Oh, I was scouted," but that means nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.94,0:02:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real way that I became a model is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.45,0:02:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I won a genetic lottery, and I am the recipient of a legacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.94,0:02:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe you're wondering what is a legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.80,0:02:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, for the past few centuries
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.81,0:02:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have defined beauty not just as health and youth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.32,0:02:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and symmetry that we're biologically programmed to admire,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.11,0:02:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also as tall, slender figures,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.65,0:02:59.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and femininity and white skin.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.89,0:03:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a legacy that was built for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.67,0:03:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.44,0:03:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know there are people in the audience
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.49,0:03:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are skeptical at this point,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.21,0:03:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe there are some fashionistas who are, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.80,0:03:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.25,0:03:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.85,0:03:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.08,0:03:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unfortunately I have to inform you that in 2007,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.63,0:03:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very inspired NYU Ph.D. student counted
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.14,0:03:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the models on the runway, every single one that was hired,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.77,0:03:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of the 677 models that were hired,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.89,0:03:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only 27, or less than four percent, were non-white.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.64,0:03:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next question people always ask me is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.19,0:03:39.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can I be a model when I grow up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.14,0:03:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the first answer is, "I don't know, they don't put me in charge of that."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.55,0:03:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the second answer, and what I really want to say to these little girls is, "Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.74,0:03:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know? You can be anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.11,0:03:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could be the President of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.76,0:03:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the inventor of the next Internet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.21,0:03:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a ninja cardio-thoracic surgeon poet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.16,0:03:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would be awesome, because you'd be the first one."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.81,0:04:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.04,0:04:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If, after this amazing list, they still are like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.14,0:04:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, Cameron, I want to be a model,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.65,0:04:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well then I say, "Be my boss."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.96,0:04:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm not in charge of anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.23,0:04:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you could be the editor in chief of American Vogue
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.41,0:04:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the CEO of H&M, or the next Steven Meisel.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.03,0:04:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.95,0:04:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is akin to saying that you want to win the Powerball when you grow up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.15,0:04:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's out of your control, and it's awesome,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.24,0:04:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not a career path.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.82,0:04:28.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will demonstrate for you now 10 years of accumulated model knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.31,0:04:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because unlike cardio-thoracic surgeons,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.07,0:04:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can just be distilled right into -- right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.96,0:04:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if the photographer is right there
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.15,0:04:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the light is right there, like a nice HMI,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.04,0:04:39.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the client says, "Cameron, we want a walking shot,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.67,0:04:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well then this leg goes first, nice and long, this arm goes back, this arm goes forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.17,0:04:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the head is at three quarters, and you just go back and forth,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.76,0:04:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just do that, and then you look back at your imaginary friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.15,0:04:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,300, 400, 500 times. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.42,0:04:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will look something like this. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.54,0:04:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully less awkward than that one in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.75,0:05:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was, I don't know what happened there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.97,0:05:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately after you've gone to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.86,0:05:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have a résumé and you've done a few jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.13,0:05:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't say anything anymore,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.69,0:05:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so if you say you want to be the President of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.43,0:05:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but your résumé reads, "Underwear Model: 10 years,"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.63,0:05:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people give you a funny look.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.42,0:05:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next question people always ask me is, "Do they retouch all the photos?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.11,0:05:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yeah, they pretty much retouch all the photos,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.73,0:05:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that is only a small component of what's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.68,0:05:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This picture is the very first picture that I ever took,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.45,0:05:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's also the very first time that I had worn a bikini,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.24,0:05:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I didn't even have my period yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.08,0:05:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know we're getting personal, but
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.01,0:05:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a young girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.54,0:05:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I looked like with my grandma just a few months earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.40,0:05:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's me on the same day as this shoot.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.13,0:05:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My friend got to come with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.50,0:05:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's me at a slumber party a few days before I shot French Vogue.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.47,0:05:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's me on the soccer team and in V Magazine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.79,0:05:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's me today.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.25,0:05:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope what you're seeing is that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.31,0:05:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these pictures are not pictures of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.27,0:05:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are constructions,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.94,0:06:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are constructions by a group of professionals,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.87,0:06:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by hairstylists and makeup artists and photographers and stylists
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.85,0:06:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all of their assistants and pre-production and post-production,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.22,0:06:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they build this. That's not me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.21,0:06:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so the next question people always ask me is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.35,0:06:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you get free stuff?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.01,0:06:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do have too many 8-inch heels which I never get to wear,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.44,0:06:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for earlier,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.06,0:06:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the free stuff that I get
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.11,0:06:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the free stuff that I get in real life, and that's what we don't like to talk about.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.48,0:06:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in Cambridge,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.09,0:06:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one time I went into a store and I forgot my money
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.46,0:06:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they gave me the dress for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.82,0:06:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a teenager, I was driving with my friend
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.34,0:06:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was an awful driver and she ran a red and of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.21,0:06:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we got pulled over,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.25,0:06:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all it took was a "Sorry, officer,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.53,0:06:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were on our way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.92,0:06:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I got these free things because of how I look,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.57,0:06:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not who I am, and there are people paying a cost
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.39,0:06:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for how they look and not who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.63,0:06:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in New York, and last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.22,0:06:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 140,000 teenagers that were stopped and frisked,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.08,0:06:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,86 percent of them were black and Latino,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.26,0:07:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most of them were young men.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.12,0:07:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are only 177,000 young black and Latino men in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.60,0:07:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so for them, it's not a question of, "Will I get stopped?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.30,0:07:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but "How many times will I get stopped? When will I get stopped?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.20,0:07:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was researching this talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.62,0:07:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found out that of the 13-year-old girls in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.20,0:07:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,53 percent don't like their bodies,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.89,0:07:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that number goes to 78 percent by the time that they're 17.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.74,0:07:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the last question people ask me is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.12,0:07:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is it like to be a model?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.13,0:07:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the answer that they're looking for is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.93,0:07:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you are a little bit skinnier and you have shinier hair,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.88,0:07:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be so happy and fabulous."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.68,0:07:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we're backstage, we give an answer
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.79,0:07:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe makes it seem like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.22,0:07:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say, "It's really amazing to travel,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.82,0:07:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's amazing to get to work with creative, inspired, passionate people."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.91,0:07:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those things are true, but they're only one half of the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.96,0:07:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the thing that we never say on camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.68,0:07:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have never said on camera,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.77,0:07:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, "I am insecure."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.16,0:07:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm insecure because I have to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.61,0:07:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I look like every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.54,0:08:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you ever are wondering,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.60,0:08:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If I have thinner thighs and shinier hair, will I be happier?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.55,0:08:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just need to meet a group of models,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.18,0:08:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have the thinnest thighs and the shiniest hair and the coolest clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.81,0:08:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're the most physically insecure women probably on the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.80,0:08:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I was writing this talk, I found it very difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.05,0:08:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to strike an honest balance, because on the one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.95,0:08:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt very uncomfortable to come out here and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.91,0:08:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look I've received all these benefits from a deck stacked in my favor,"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.47,0:08:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it also felt really uncomfortable to follow that up with,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.62,0:08:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and it doesn't always make me happy."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.41,0:08:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But mostly it was difficult to unpack a legacy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.93,0:08:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of gender and racial oppression
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.31,0:08:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I am one of the biggest beneficiaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.20,0:08:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm also happy and honored to be up here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.30,0:08:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that it's great that I got to come
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.54,0:08:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before 10 or 20 or 30 years had passed and I'd had more agency in my career,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.24,0:08:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because maybe then I wouldn't tell the story of how I got my first job,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.73,0:08:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or maybe I wouldn't tell the story of how I paid for college,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.17,0:09:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which seems so important right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.05,0:09:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's a takeaway to this talk, I hope it's that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.40,0:09:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all feel more comfortable acknowledging
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.62,0:09:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power of image in our perceived successes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.59,0:09:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our perceived failures.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.49,0:09:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. (Applause)