Ginni Rometty

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1,854 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Mar 2023 last heard 21 Feb

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And then my mother would teach us that, look, with just a little bit of education, look at the difference it could make, right?

So anyways, that's a long answer too.

I think that hard work thing is really deeply rooted from that background.

Yeah, you know, I think I've seen you on other podcasts say, I thought I did.

Do you want a plan B?

Didn't you say, no, you would not like a plan B?

Yeah, I don't want a plan B. Because you're like, I would prefer my back up against, am I remembering?

True enough.

True enough, that's true.

I learned that very well.

But I also think that maybe this isn't the same kind of plan B. I think of it as, like I was taught, always be able to take care of yourself.

Don't have to rely on someone else.

And I think that to me, so that's my plan B. I can take care of myself.

And it's even after what I lived through with my father, I thought, well, this set a bar for bad.

After this, nothing's bad.

And that is a very freeing thought.

It's a really interesting question because I was just talking to another colleague who's CEO of another great American company this weekend.

And he mentioned to me about all this adversity.

And he said, or I said to him, I said,

do you think part of your success is because you had bad stuff happen?

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