Kamala Harris

But when you walk in that room, walk in that room, chin up, shoulders back, knowing there are so many people who are not in that room,

who are so proud of you walking in that room and expect that you will use the voice that you carry.

And there are tools that one has to employ when you otherwise are aware that you might be presenting the unfamiliar.

But what I also would caution is don't walk in that room with the assumption that your value will not be recognized, right?

And so, again, this gets back to my point about we all have to moderate what limitations are we putting on ourselves with what limitations are being sent our way.

Well, just like that, when you walk into that room, see all the people.

I think sometimes of Mrs. Frances Wilson, who was my first grade teacher who attended my law school graduation.

I think of my mother who would say to me, Kamala, don't you ever let anyone tell you who you are.

You tell them who you are.

Right?

Right.

It's a tool I have used over a period of time, and it has served me well.

Yes, there's Mrs. Wilson.

That's at my law school graduation, and that's my mother.

That's exactly right.

How about that?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's Mrs. Wilson.

Because there is, I think, a key to success that each of us who has achieved success probably shares, which is there has been someone at least, and it could be a parent, it could be a teacher, it could be a neighbor, it could be a pastor, someone who convinced you you were special.

Yeah.