Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Expedia, and alumnus of the Hackley School spoke the following words at this year's commencement. Dara, who was born in Tehran, and whose family fled when the Ayatollah's took over, is a humble, but accomplished, individual. I thought the following excerpt from his commencement speech was worth repeating.
"Instead of looking to make YOUR mark on the world, look for ways the world can make its mark on YOU. Look for ways it can reach into your soul. Look for opportunities to find your true self. Look for ways to be proven wrong in your thinking. Every time you change your mind, every time you discover, every time you realize you make the wrong assumption, or came to the wrong conclusion, you grow and learn, on your terms and no one else's. You change. You evolve. You improve."
What an excellent charge to the new graduates and something we should all remember as we move through life. That is why my next book is Scalia. I will see if he has something for me to learn.
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