Jacinda Ardern

And I asked a handful of them, okay, tell me your dream job. And one girl said to me, I'd like to be a doctor. I said, that's wonderful. And what do you think you'll be without skipping a beat? Oh, I'll be probably a travel agent. You know, these two vastly different occupations. And I asked her, why do you think that you'll be a travel agent?

She said, I just think someone else will be better at being a doctor than I will be. And here we are. I mean, this young woman, what is it in her life at that early stage had given her that mindset that it was there. And so I... I do think there are more people than we know.

She said, I just think someone else will be better at being a doctor than I will be. And here we are. I mean, this young woman, what is it in her life at that early stage had given her that mindset that it was there. And so I... I do think there are more people than we know.

She said, I just think someone else will be better at being a doctor than I will be. And here we are. I mean, this young woman, what is it in her life at that early stage had given her that mindset that it was there. And so I... I do think there are more people than we know.

And perhaps this is one of the reasons why I feel so motivated to talk about and to articulate and to say out loud the thing that I think some people just don't, which is... Yeah, I've had a confidence gap my whole life. Still do. It's not something I think you can magically disappear or press away.

And perhaps this is one of the reasons why I feel so motivated to talk about and to articulate and to say out loud the thing that I think some people just don't, which is... Yeah, I've had a confidence gap my whole life. Still do. It's not something I think you can magically disappear or press away.

And perhaps this is one of the reasons why I feel so motivated to talk about and to articulate and to say out loud the thing that I think some people just don't, which is... Yeah, I've had a confidence gap my whole life. Still do. It's not something I think you can magically disappear or press away.

In the face of isolationism, protectionism, racism, the simple concept of looking outwardly and beyond ourselves, of kindness and collectivism, might just be as good a starting point as any.

In the face of isolationism, protectionism, racism, the simple concept of looking outwardly and beyond ourselves, of kindness and collectivism, might just be as good a starting point as any.

In the face of isolationism, protectionism, racism, the simple concept of looking outwardly and beyond ourselves, of kindness and collectivism, might just be as good a starting point as any.

Well, you mentioned earlier my father, you know, and actually both my parents were incredible role models. And in the process of writing about childhood, one of the things that came through to me clearly, which I already knew to be true, was how influential their example was to me. My father was a policeman for 40 years before retiring.

Well, you mentioned earlier my father, you know, and actually both my parents were incredible role models. And in the process of writing about childhood, one of the things that came through to me clearly, which I already knew to be true, was how influential their example was to me. My father was a policeman for 40 years before retiring.

Well, you mentioned earlier my father, you know, and actually both my parents were incredible role models. And in the process of writing about childhood, one of the things that came through to me clearly, which I already knew to be true, was how influential their example was to me. My father was a policeman for 40 years before retiring.

And there were so many times when I saw him policing in the community, but we lived in a very small town for a time. And so I got to see close up him at work. And he always had, I think, that approach to policing, that he was a member of a community first and foremost. And if he was going to police successfully, he needed to build trust.

And there were so many times when I saw him policing in the community, but we lived in a very small town for a time. And so I got to see close up him at work. And he always had, I think, that approach to policing, that he was a member of a community first and foremost. And if he was going to police successfully, he needed to build trust.

And there were so many times when I saw him policing in the community, but we lived in a very small town for a time. And so I got to see close up him at work. And he always had, I think, that approach to policing, that he was a member of a community first and foremost. And if he was going to police successfully, he needed to build trust.

And to build trust, he needed to try and bring dignity to the work that he did. I remember one day, I was only little, I probably would have been maybe six or seven. And to get into, to walk into the little township, which I'd do every so often to go and get a bag of lollies or something, I would cut through the car park of the police station.

And to build trust, he needed to try and bring dignity to the work that he did. I remember one day, I was only little, I probably would have been maybe six or seven. And to get into, to walk into the little township, which I'd do every so often to go and get a bag of lollies or something, I would cut through the car park of the police station.

And to build trust, he needed to try and bring dignity to the work that he did. I remember one day, I was only little, I probably would have been maybe six or seven. And to get into, to walk into the little township, which I'd do every so often to go and get a bag of lollies or something, I would cut through the car park of the police station.

And I remember coming through one day and seeing my dad surrounded by what in reflection I know were gang members. And I knew enough to know that it looked like a pretty bad situation. And my dad clocked me and he told me to just keep walking. And so off I went, but then worrying the entire time about how my dad got out of that situation.