Who Am I

Who Am I

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Who are you gonna be? And if you'll notice I'm not asking what are you gonna do but who are you gonna be? I'm getting some information about how you intend to carry on with your life consistently.  How are you going to react when you don't land that position you had your heart set on? For all of you who are gonna be teachers, what are you gonna do if the students in your class next year just don't respond to your lessons? For every one of you starting a new business how might you respond when your supervisor gives you an objective that feels excessively high. See these are the moments that define us. Not the day you get the promotion. Not the day you win "Instructor of the year".But the occasions that compel you to paw and scratch and battle just to traverse the day. The minutes when you get wrecked and you're puzzling over whether it's even great to get back up. See those are simply the occasions when you had the chance to ask yourself.

“Who am I gonna be?” And I want to be clear this isn't just some vague platitude about building character. In recent years we've been seeing a growing body of research that shows that skills like resilience and conscientiousness can be just as important to your success as your test scores or even your IQ. For example, West Point cadets who scored high on things like coarseness and assurance were bound to finish fundamental preparing than the individuals who positioned high on things like class rank.

S.A.T. scores and physical fitness. So we're seeing that in case you're willing to burrow profound in case you're willing to get yourself when you fall In case you're willing to work and work until your weaknesses become your strengths. At that point, you'll foster a bunch of abilities that you can form and apply to any circumstance you experience.  Any job you might have. Any crisis you might confront. But you got to make that choice. Also, let me simply share slightly secret before I end. As someone who has hired and managed hundreds of young people throughout my career whether it was during my time as a lawyer as an administrator at a university a nonprofit manager even now as the first lady I have never once asked someone I was interviewing to explain a test score or a grade in a class. Never. I have never once made a hire. Since somebody went to an Elite level school rather than a state school, never. What I have looked for Is what kind of person you are. Are you a hard worker? Are you reliable? Are you open to other viewpoints? Have you stepped outside of your self-interest to serve others? Have you figured out how to serve our country whether in uniform or locally? Again and again, I have seen that those are the qualities that I want on my team. Since those are the characteristics that move our organizations and schools and our whole nation forward. And just understand this. Those are the characteristics that all of you as of now exemplify. They're the qualities you gained from your folks, from the networks you experienced childhood in. And today more than ever before, That's what the world needs.