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Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.04,0:00:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.65,0:00:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Zain Asher,\Nand I'm an anchor at CNN International.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.04,0:00:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm super proud to say\Nthat I have my dream job.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.19,0:00:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wake up every day,\Nand I'm so excited to go to work.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.37,0:00:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my life wasn't always this way
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.12,0:00:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I do want to share\Na little bit about my background
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.94,0:00:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help, hopefully, motivate\Nand inspire some of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.95,0:00:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm an anchor \Nat CNN International now,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.38,0:00:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but about four, four and half years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.56,0:00:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was working as a receptionist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.83,0:00:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason why I share that\Nis because I want to let you know
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.92,0:00:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that success is never really\Nin a straight line.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.18,0:00:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's always going to be bumps\Nalong the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.36,0:00:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the longest time in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.94,0:00:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always believed that hard work\Nwas a key to success.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.85,0:00:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, "You know what?\NIf you work hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.92,0:01:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course you're going to be successful."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.25,0:01:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now I realize that there's\Nso much more to the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.30,0:01:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are plenty of people who work hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.50,0:01:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who don't necessarily make it\Nin their chosen careers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.18,0:01:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are plenty of people\Nwho are extraodinarily talented,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.78,0:01:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who know the right people,\Nwho are well educated,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.47,0:01:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who don't necessarily make it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.07,0:01:19.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if it's not always hard work,\Nwhat then determines
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.15,0:01:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you're going to be successful?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.32,0:01:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I intend to answer this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.91,0:01:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll share with you a little bit\Nabout my life and my background.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.96,0:01:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born and raised here in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.57,0:01:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My family and I,\Nwe're originally from Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.61,0:01:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worst and probably\Nmost difficult day in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.27,0:01:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was September 3rd, 1988.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.39,0:01:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was about five years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.04,0:01:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my mother and I were in the kitchen,\Nin our house in London.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.05,0:01:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd just gotten back\Nfrom a wedding in Nigeria.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.77,0:01:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my brother and my father\Nwere still in Nigeria
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.09,0:01:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few days after the wedding,\Nfor a road trip,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.36,0:01:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a father-and-son road trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.71,0:01:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were supposed to come home\Non September 3rd, 1988.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.20,0:01:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were supposed to pick them up\Nfrom the airport.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.55,0:01:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were waiting and waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.20,0:02:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess we assumed\Nthey'd missed their flight.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.36,0:02:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We continued to wait.\NWe didn't hear anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.54,0:02:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, later on that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.49,0:02:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother got a phone call\Nfrom a family friend in Nigeria,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.60,0:02:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the voice on the other end of the line\Njust basically said, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.44,0:02:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Your husband and your son\Nhave been involved in a car crash.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.16,0:02:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them is dead\Nand we don't know which one."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.16,0:02:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the car crash happened in Nigeria,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.01,0:02:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were\Nabout five people in the car.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.42,0:02:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone in the car died instantly\Napart from one person in the back seat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.89,0:02:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where my father\Nand my brother were sitting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.23,0:02:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turned out to be my father who died.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.30,0:02:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother was pregnant at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.01,0:02:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course she was devastated\Nbecause my parents
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.28,0:02:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were really the loves\Nof each other's lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.72,0:02:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was raised \Nin a single-parent family.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.31,0:02:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For a while, my mother sent me to live\Nin Nigeria by myself, with my grandmother.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.16,0:02:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I came back,\Nshe decided that, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.96,0:02:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in life, if you want to be successful,\Nyou have to be able to relate to people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.80,0:02:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all walks of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.36,0:02:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd deliberately send me\Nto various types of schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.55,0:02:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to school in Nigeria,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.32,0:03:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to a state school\Nin a poor neighborhood in South London,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.40,0:03:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to a private school,\Nand then I went to a boarding school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.45,0:03:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was on purpose, deliberately,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.21,0:03:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my mother felt\Nthat, if you want to make it in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.66,0:03:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to be able to relate \Nto everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.29,0:03:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I was sixteen\N- I have a strict Nigerian mother -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.46,0:03:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I was sixteen, she decided\Nthat she wanted me to go to Oxford.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.100,0:03:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she sat down and she thought,\N"OK. How can I guarantee
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.73,0:03:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that my child's going to get into Oxford?\NWhat can I do to make that happen?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.38,0:03:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She thought about it for a few days,\Nand she came up to me with a proposal,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.92,0:03:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said that she was going to ban me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.04,0:03:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from watching any television\Nfor eighteen months.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.53,0:03:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.16,0:03:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I was only allowed to watch\NBBC and CNN International.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.58,0:03:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I wanted to watch anything else,\NI had to ask special permission for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.98,0:03:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, no television expanded\Ninto no phones, no cable, no music.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.94,0:03:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I literally had nothing else\Nto do but study.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.14,0:03:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my mother said to me,\N"If you're living in my house,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.08,0:03:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only way you're ever going to be able\Nto watch television again
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.25,0:03:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is if you get into Oxford."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.79,0:04:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.94,0:04:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I really laugh now, and it is funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.46,0:04:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, you know, her plan worked.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.39,0:04:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked very hard, I got straight A's,\Nand I went to Oxford.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.92,0:04:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, overall, I didn't necessarily\Nhave the easiest childhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.27,0:04:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was raised in a single-parent family;\Nwe didn't have much money;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.40,0:04:17.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,\NI changed schools constantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.79,0:04:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore,\NI found it difficult to make friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.24,0:04:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't have the easiest childhood,\Nbut I loved every minute of it
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.42,0:04:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it prepared me for real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.22,0:04:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I mentioned,\Nespecially after having gone to Oxford -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.17,0:04:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to grad school as well\Nin New York, Columbia -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.85,0:04:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really believed up until that point
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.65,0:04:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hard work was the key\Nto being successful.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.88,0:04:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I realize\Nthere's a lot more to the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.02,0:04:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to share with you\Nwhat I think is more to the story.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.47,0:04:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing I believe is,\Ntrust your struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.05,0:04:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is something I'd heard a lot,\N"Trust your struggle."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.12,0:04:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means\Nno matter what the hardships
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.12,0:04:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going through in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.75,0:04:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have faith that it will all end up being\Nfor the greater good.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.52,0:04:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mentioned that four,\Nfour and half years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.76,0:05:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was working as a receptionist,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.05,0:05:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was in a production company\Nin California.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.79,0:05:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was a receptionist,\Nand I really wanted to sort of move up
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.78,0:05:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the company.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.06,0:05:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And no matter how hard I worked,\NI couldn't get promoted.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.44,0:05:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how many times I stayed late\Nor came in on the weekends
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.38,0:05:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping that my boss\Nwould notice me and promote me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.37,0:05:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it never happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.83,0:05:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, for the position I wanted,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.82,0:05:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they began looking\Nfor external candidates.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.27,0:05:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure anyone who's been through that\Nknows how that can be.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.25,0:05:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because I was the receptionist,\Nit was my job to serve water
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.31,0:05:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the people who were coming in\Nto interview for the job that I wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.80,0:05:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)\NI know. It wasn't easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.32,0:05:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I didn't really necessarily\Nfeel good about myself because of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.66,0:05:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did some soul-searching\Nand I asked myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.89,0:05:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you really want to do in life?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.76,0:05:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly this is probably not meant\Nfor you. What do you want to do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.96,0:05:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd always been passionate\Nabout broadcast jornalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.81,0:05:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I called\Na television station in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.92,0:05:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a local news station,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.44,0:06:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked them, "What do I need to do\Nto get a job with you guys?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.60,0:06:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, unfortunately,\NI didn't have any experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.58,0:06:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They needed about two or three years\Nprevious experience as a reporter,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.11,0:06:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only experience I really had
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.88,0:06:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was answering phones and sending faxes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.61,0:06:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's all I really knew how to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.46,0:06:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, they said no repeatedly to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.41,0:06:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, on top of that,\NI had a British accent,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.18,0:06:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in America, if you want\Nto get into the local news business,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.48,0:06:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very difficult\Nif you have a foreign accent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.18,0:06:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot easier in national news,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.88,0:06:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but certainly in local news\Nit's a lot harder.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.61,0:06:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, they said no,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.05,0:06:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I decided I wasn't\Ngoing to take no for an answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.02,0:06:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I basically called in sick to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.28,0:06:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I paid my roommate, my housemate,\Na few hundred dollars, whatever,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.55,0:06:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they helped film me \Naround Los Angeles,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.31,0:06:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of acting like a reporter.\NI studied reporters inside out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.56,0:06:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I studied everything\Nthat they did, inside out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.06,0:06:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I put together various packages,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.86,0:07:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were sort of voiced-over pieces\Nthat I learned
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.26,0:07:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically from studying \Nvarious reporters.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.31,0:07:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I sent them to this news station,\Nhoping that they would give me a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.34,0:07:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, \Na lot of these news stations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.42,0:07:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,receive thousands of applications,\Nthousands of tapes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.24,0:07:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it took them several months\Nto get back to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.15,0:07:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during that time,\Nthe recession kicked in and I lost my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.35,0:07:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there I was, no money, no job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.39,0:07:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I decided anyway\Nthat I was going to move to New York
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.21,0:07:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just hope that this one station\Nwould get back to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.38,0:07:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So eventually, after emailing\Nand pestering constantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.98,0:07:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they eventually got back to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.50,0:07:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They brought me in for an interview,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.24,0:07:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were so impressed\Nthat, even though I had no experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.38,0:07:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I had put together this tape\Nby myself, showing what I could do,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.48,0:07:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they hired me on the spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.55,0:07:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)\NSo, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.20,0:07:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that's why I say,\N"Trust your struggle."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.23,0:07:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing I believe -\Nand this sort of comes out of left field -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.58,0:07:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I honestly do not believe\Nin competition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.86,0:07:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The corporate world will tell you\Nthat, if you want to get ahead in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.20,0:08:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to be competitive,\Nyou need to have that drive to succeed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.75,0:08:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and compete with one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.05,0:08:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't believe\Nin competing for what I want.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.09,0:08:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe in creating what I want.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.86,0:08:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abraham Lincoln once said\Nthat the best way to predict the future
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.76,0:08:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to create it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.29,0:08:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order for me to be successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.91,0:08:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe that I need to take\Nanything away from anyone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.07,0:08:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, of course, you know,\Nthere are some advantages
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.95,0:08:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to looking at your peers\Nfor inspiration, definitely.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.04,0:08:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that having\Na competitive spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.29,0:08:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having that need for one-upmanship
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.04,0:08:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and comparing yourself\Nto other people again and again
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.68,0:08:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually bring out fears\Nand insecurities
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.83,0:08:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that end up holding you back.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.99,0:08:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I was interviewing\Nfor another position in CNN,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.29,0:08:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the anchor job,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.36,0:08:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sort of sat next to a girl who I was\Ncompeting for the same job with,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.60,0:08:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rather than sort of not wish her well,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.23,0:08:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat with her for hours, \Nand I helped her,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.03,0:08:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I showed her what she could improve upon,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.02,0:09:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she had just as good of a chance\Nof getting the job as I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.43,0:09:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went in for the screen test first,\NI came out,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.79,0:09:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told her everything they asked me\Nand how she should prepare.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.55,0:09:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I don't believe in competition.\NI believe in creating what I want.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.72,0:09:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe in competing\Nfor what's already been created.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.68,0:09:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third thing\NI honestly believe is to give,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.44,0:09:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it has become\Nabundantly clear to me in life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.48,0:09:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the more you give,\Nthe more you receive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.06,0:09:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned this lesson\Nfrom a woman named Kat Cole,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.21,0:09:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I interviewed for a story for CNN.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.09,0:09:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's a corporate CEO,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.63,0:09:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she started her career\Nas a waitress at Hooters.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.81,0:09:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't know -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.22,0:09:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) You guys laugh, but I'm\Nnot sure if people know what Hooters -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.66,0:09:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know\Nif you have Hooters in England,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.72,0:09:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's a restaurant chain in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.58,0:09:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the waitresses\Nare very scantily clad.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.45,0:09:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how she started off.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.07,0:09:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was curious about the transition
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.98,0:09:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from going from that kind of environment -\Nespecially because she grew up poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.87,0:09:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her mother saved\Nten dollars a week for food -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.25,0:10:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to now being a CEO.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.27,0:10:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And especially financially I wanted\Nto know what that was like for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.68,0:10:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said she didn't really know\Nwhat that felt like to have money,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.84,0:10:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though she was being well paid,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.80,0:10:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she still gives\Nmost of her money away, till this day,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.04,0:10:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was clear to her that the more\Nyou give in life, the more you receive.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.99,0:10:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this had a pretty deep impact on me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.92,0:10:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've interviewed\Na lot of CEOs for CNN,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.12,0:10:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've interviewed\Na lot of founders for tech start-ups,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.47,0:10:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of whom have made millions,\Nif not hundreds of millions of dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.85,0:10:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually, what they say is,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.16,0:10:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you want to be successful,\Nyou need to network, have a brand,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.21,0:10:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,study your competition."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.63,0:10:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she had \Nsome practical advice as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.93,0:10:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but suddenly, the moral of her story
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.76,0:10:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that the more you give,\Nthe more you receive.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.07,0:10:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can tell you\Nthat I've tried it, I've tested it
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.90,0:10:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't necessarily believe\Nin giving just to receive,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.77,0:10:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she is right: the more you give,\Nthe more you receive.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.62,0:10:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the last thing I'm going to say
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.39,0:10:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is loosely related to hard work.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.00,0:10:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I first heard this phrase,\NI thought it was such a cliché,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.15,0:11:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd heard it so many times growing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.41,0:11:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is, "Success comes\Nwhen opportunity meets preparation."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.78,0:11:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd heard that so many times,\NI thought it was a cliché,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.10,0:11:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and never really paid attention to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.91,0:11:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only now do I realize how true\Nthat really is. I'll give you an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.33,0:11:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I was in local news in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.10,0:11:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really wanted to work my way up\Nto get international news.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.24,0:11:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd always wanted to work for CNN\Nsince I was a teenager.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.29,0:11:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I realized, after studying\Ndifferent reporters and how they made it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.41,0:11:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized that it was crucial\Nfor me to have a specialty,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.30,0:11:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some sort of expertise,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.49,0:11:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that I could do\Nbetter than others, I guess.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.11,0:11:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, that could be anything,\Nfrom being a sports reporter,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.02,0:11:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to being a political reporter,\Nor a business reporter.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.89,0:11:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was very passionate\Nabout business news.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.60,0:11:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, while I was working in local news,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.08,0:11:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to study\Nand teach myself business news,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.60,0:11:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not necessarily because there was\Nan opportunity coming my way,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.16,0:11:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or there was an interview\Nthat was preparing for,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.72,0:11:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because I trusted that, one day,\Nan opportunity would come
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.88,0:12:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I needed to be ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.68,0:12:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, every weekend, I went to the library:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.88,0:12:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one weekend, I'd study stocks;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.36,0:12:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next weekend, I'd study bonds;\Nthe next weekend, derivatives;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.46,0:12:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the next weekend,\Nmerges and acquisitions, teaching myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.25,0:12:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact, the librarians\Non 33rd with Madison, in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.02,0:12:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got to know me very well,\Nbecause often times,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.50,0:12:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be the last person to leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.60,0:12:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, after doing that for a few years,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.70,0:12:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually, by pure chance,\NI happened to meet an executive at CNN,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.09,0:12:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked him\Nwhich department he worked in.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.54,0:12:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said he ran the business news unit\Nand he was looking for a reporter.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.76,0:12:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I met him,\Nhe gave me about two weeks
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.93,0:12:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come in for a screen test and also\Nfor a financial news test as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.61,0:12:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in his mind, he felt guilty
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.53,0:12:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he only had given me\Ntwo weeks to prepare,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.25,0:12:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in my mind, I knew in my heart\NI had been preparing for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.61,0:12:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this is a lesson as well\Nthat I had learned from my older brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.65,0:12:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you have already\Napproached me about him,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.95,0:13:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my older brother is an actor,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.16,0:13:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he stared in a movie\Nthat came out this time last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.17,0:13:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "Twelve Years a Slave."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.86,0:13:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was nominated\Nfor an Oscar for best actor,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.96,0:13:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd learned this lesson from him.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.97,0:13:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is a master preparer.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.38,0:13:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he was thirteen years old,\Nhe would lock himself in his room
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.28,0:13:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and write Shakespeare on the walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.27,0:13:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would study\Nand memorize various plays,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.84,0:13:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from "Measure for Measure,"\N"Twelfth Night," "Richard III,"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.13,0:13:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because he had an audition coming up,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.55,0:13:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just in case, in a few years,\Nan audition came his way,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.54,0:13:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wanted to be ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.32,0:13:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't matter\Nhow many times he had to do it;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.26,0:13:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he did it again, and again, and again,\Nuntil he got it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.67,0:13:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people wait until they get the call\Nfor a job interview,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.71,0:13:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they begin to prepare;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.56,0:13:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they wait until they get\Nthe call for an audition,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.51,0:13:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they begin to rehearse.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.82,0:13:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my brother taught me to prepare\Nwell before you get that call.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.28,0:14:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, to sum up, I truly believe\Nin trusting your struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.76,0:14:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing that the hardships you go through
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.76,0:14:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will somehow end up being\Nfor your own benefit.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.33,0:14:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also believe in turning\Na blind eye to competition,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.86,0:14:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe in giving,\Nand I believe in trusting and knowing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.75,0:14:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that your opportunity will, one day, come.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.36,0:14:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just have to be ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.95,0:14:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.29,0:14:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)