Mellody Hobson

You must, and I mean this with serious intensity, you have to have a sense of urgency. You have to want to be great.

You must, and I mean this with serious intensity, you have to have a sense of urgency. You have to want to be great.

I knew I would. Vision means conquering fear. Because once you decide to go out on that limb and dangle, there's like nothing to help you. There's nothing to catch you. You're like gripping by your hands, by your fingernails.

I knew I would. Vision means conquering fear. Because once you decide to go out on that limb and dangle, there's like nothing to help you. There's nothing to catch you. You're like gripping by your hands, by your fingernails.

Me knowing your story, I think you'll understand very well. I grew up in Chicago, youngest of six. My siblings are much older than me. So a couple of decades.

Me knowing your story, I think you'll understand very well. I grew up in Chicago, youngest of six. My siblings are much older than me. So a couple of decades.

So interestingly... I am technically an only child because they say if you have more than five years between yourself and your next sibling, and my next sibling is nine years older than me. My mom was a single mom. She worked extremely hard, but we had a hard existence and not harder than anyone else's, but our own form of challenges where despite the effort, we would get evicted.

So interestingly... I am technically an only child because they say if you have more than five years between yourself and your next sibling, and my next sibling is nine years older than me. My mom was a single mom. She worked extremely hard, but we had a hard existence and not harder than anyone else's, but our own form of challenges where despite the effort, we would get evicted.

Our phone would get disconnected. Our lights would be turned off. My mom used to borrow gas from the gas station to get me to school. And all of those things created trauma. You know, I feel like my purpose came from that trauma. And I think my fire, and I said this recently in an interview, was lit by scarcity. There was scarcity, and it made me very, very, very focused and very driven.

Our phone would get disconnected. Our lights would be turned off. My mom used to borrow gas from the gas station to get me to school. And all of those things created trauma. You know, I feel like my purpose came from that trauma. And I think my fire, and I said this recently in an interview, was lit by scarcity. There was scarcity, and it made me very, very, very focused and very driven.

I mean, very. I could sit for hours and work without even looking up. The focus that I have is extreme.

I mean, very. I could sit for hours and work without even looking up. The focus that I have is extreme.

No, I used to have those recurring nightmare dreams. You know, people talk about their dream was they didn't graduate from college or something like that. I still, to this day, I wake up in the morning and I look up and I speak words of gratitude or say words of gratitude to myself.

No, I used to have those recurring nightmare dreams. You know, people talk about their dream was they didn't graduate from college or something like that. I still, to this day, I wake up in the morning and I look up and I speak words of gratitude or say words of gratitude to myself.

And it's interesting. Mine is not the bag packed. Mine is like the account of

And it's interesting. Mine is not the bag packed. Mine is like the account of

It's the same concept. Being prepared and having that, not even just emergency mentality, but that mentality that anything can happen, which has proven to be true over and over again in life.

It's the same concept. Being prepared and having that, not even just emergency mentality, but that mentality that anything can happen, which has proven to be true over and over again in life.

In my immediate family, I'm the only one who graduated from college. So they aren't like me. We're very, very different. But as I said, I have nothing but respect and admiration and love for the lens through which they allowed me to form a life for myself or an idea of a life for myself. In terms of what I was looking at, nothing in person, but I was reading.

In my immediate family, I'm the only one who graduated from college. So they aren't like me. We're very, very different. But as I said, I have nothing but respect and admiration and love for the lens through which they allowed me to form a life for myself or an idea of a life for myself. In terms of what I was looking at, nothing in person, but I was reading.