Ginni Rometty

And that journey, I said, the biggest thing I learned was you could do really hard, meaningful things in a positive way.

So now you ask me about why do I work so hard?

I ended up writing the book in three pieces for this reason.

When you really think of your life and power, I thought,

it kind of fell like a pebble in water.

Like there's a ring about, you really care about yourself and like the power of yourself, power of me.

There's a time it transcends to that you are working with and for others and another moment when it becomes like about society.

So my hard work,

I'd ask you, one day sit really hard and think about when you close your eyes, who do you see from your early life, right?

And what did you learn?

And maybe it's not that hard for you.

I mean, it's funny the things then,

If I really looked at it, it's no surprise what I do today.

And that hard work part, my great-grandma, as you and I were comparing notes on Russia, right?

And never spoke English, spoke Russian, came here to this country, was a cleaning person at the Wrigley Building in Chicago.

Yet, if she hadn't saved every dime she made, my mother wouldn't have a home and wouldn't have had a car, right?

What did I learn from that?

Hard work.

In fact, actually, when I went to college, she's like, you know, you really should be on a farm.

You're so big and strong.