” If a hero is a person on which you’ve made an explicit choice model yourself, mine is my father for showing me how to live a life of substance. “
” If you tell someone, ‘Hey, your daughter is going to win a Nobel Prize someday,’ it makes it less likely. If you say, ‘Your son is in danger of dropping out in the ninth grade,’ it could make it more likely. “
” Gender transition isn’t about gender. It’s about literally making yourself a better person because you know that’s a better you. “
” If you have a diverse workforce, then you have a much better chance of picking up on things that a lack of diversity would hide from them. “
” Looking at where you went to school is a proxy, you assume, because someone went to a good school, therefore they must have the qualities you desire, even though that’s not actually really true. “
” Once you identify the intrinsically motivated people, you realize that fancy degrees can actually be a negative – that some of the people who have them are more focused on how others perceive them. “
” After I transitioned, a lot of people said, ‘I like you so much more now,’ because before, I was unhappy. Making that change was a big part of becoming me. Whoever you are, as a gay man or a lesbian or a trans woman, embrace it. Turn it into an asset. “
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