Ginni Rometty

She would have two husbands die.

She would have to work third shift at the Wrigley building in Chicago, never speak English.

You know, she would save money.

She would be the reason we would be able to have a home one day.

She would give my mother money.

I mean, I have a grandma who would have to work in a lamp store.

She would be the reason we would have clothes.

I mean, I've watched hard work be the way forward my whole life.

And in the 70s, being the only woman engineer in engineering school, I found, right or wrong, that my way to be confident was to study harder.

And knowledge to me equaled confidence.

Confidence equaled success.

And therefore, I always associated those together.

And the more prepared I was, the more successful I was.

And so I therefore that journey equals work ethic equals success to me.

Right now, I don't know.

What do others say to you?

Yeah, because it isn't to say there shouldn't be some balance, because we could talk about that.

I mean, I do think that that's important, right?

That you have a perspective, right?

Because otherwise, without perspective, you'll make bad decisions.