Mellody Hobson

You pick whatever year you want that you will not accept another dime from your parents. A date certain. Whatever you say at 24, at 25, at 22, I will not accept another dime from my parents ever. It will impact. power you and put you on a path that I cannot explain. Now, some of us had no parents to lean on, so it wasn't a choice. It actually gave us an advantage because we were all we had.

You pick whatever year you want that you will not accept another dime from your parents. A date certain. Whatever you say at 24, at 25, at 22, I will not accept another dime from my parents ever. It will impact. power you and put you on a path that I cannot explain. Now, some of us had no parents to lean on, so it wasn't a choice. It actually gave us an advantage because we were all we had.

You pick whatever year you want that you will not accept another dime from your parents. A date certain. Whatever you say at 24, at 25, at 22, I will not accept another dime from my parents ever. It will impact. power you and put you on a path that I cannot explain. Now, some of us had no parents to lean on, so it wasn't a choice. It actually gave us an advantage because we were all we had.

When you have a safety net to lean back on, I don't think you're as rigorous as you could be. And I'm not saying that for everyone. But it's true.

When you have a safety net to lean back on, I don't think you're as rigorous as you could be. And I'm not saying that for everyone. But it's true.

When you have a safety net to lean back on, I don't think you're as rigorous as you could be. And I'm not saying that for everyone. But it's true.

Set a date, write it on a calendar, stick it on that refrigerator, stare at it every day and know after that day, you're not allowed to take another dollar at all. You know, it's like I used to pay for us to go out to lunch, you know, whatever it was not. It's like, mom, it's on me.

Set a date, write it on a calendar, stick it on that refrigerator, stare at it every day and know after that day, you're not allowed to take another dollar at all. You know, it's like I used to pay for us to go out to lunch, you know, whatever it was not. It's like, mom, it's on me.

Set a date, write it on a calendar, stick it on that refrigerator, stare at it every day and know after that day, you're not allowed to take another dollar at all. You know, it's like I used to pay for us to go out to lunch, you know, whatever it was not. It's like, mom, it's on me.

Can I give you one example? Because I love this so much. So I was living in my first apartment in Chicago, my second apartment. I had no furniture, none. And I just lived a very monastic life in this apartment.

Can I give you one example? Because I love this so much. So I was living in my first apartment in Chicago, my second apartment. I had no furniture, none. And I just lived a very monastic life in this apartment.

Can I give you one example? Because I love this so much. So I was living in my first apartment in Chicago, my second apartment. I had no furniture, none. And I just lived a very monastic life in this apartment.

No, not at all. And I decided, I graduated from college in 1991, and I had a goal of having a sofa in 1996. Oh, God. So it's like it's 1993, 1994. And this was the year that there was a presidential election. So I had this saying that I would say to my friends, couch in 96. So I'm getting a sofa. But I wanted a grown up sofa, not like a Jennifer's convertibles.

No, not at all. And I decided, I graduated from college in 1991, and I had a goal of having a sofa in 1996. Oh, God. So it's like it's 1993, 1994. And this was the year that there was a presidential election. So I had this saying that I would say to my friends, couch in 96. So I'm getting a sofa. But I wanted a grown up sofa, not like a Jennifer's convertibles.

No, not at all. And I decided, I graduated from college in 1991, and I had a goal of having a sofa in 1996. Oh, God. So it's like it's 1993, 1994. And this was the year that there was a presidential election. So I had this saying that I would say to my friends, couch in 96. So I'm getting a sofa. But I wanted a grown up sofa, not like a Jennifer's convertibles.

I wanted to go to the merchandise mart and buy a beautiful sofa. real sofa where I picked fabric and the whole thing. Where the decorators went. Exactly. And I remember it was this dangia sofa and it was expensive. And I was like, I'm just going to save for this sofa. There was nothing in my apartment. It was 850 square feet. I got that sofa. I would go visit it at lunchtime.

I wanted to go to the merchandise mart and buy a beautiful sofa. real sofa where I picked fabric and the whole thing. Where the decorators went. Exactly. And I remember it was this dangia sofa and it was expensive. And I was like, I'm just going to save for this sofa. There was nothing in my apartment. It was 850 square feet. I got that sofa. I would go visit it at lunchtime.

I wanted to go to the merchandise mart and buy a beautiful sofa. real sofa where I picked fabric and the whole thing. Where the decorators went. Exactly. And I remember it was this dangia sofa and it was expensive. And I was like, I'm just going to save for this sofa. There was nothing in my apartment. It was 850 square feet. I got that sofa. I would go visit it at lunchtime.

I felt so accomplished in buying that sofa. I can't tell you what I got from that. I bought it myself. So I worked a few miles away in Chicago. At lunchtime, I would go sit on my sofa because I was so... In the merchandise mart. No, once it got to my house and I was able to buy it in 1996. Oh, wow. It got delivered. There was nothing else in the room.

I felt so accomplished in buying that sofa. I can't tell you what I got from that. I bought it myself. So I worked a few miles away in Chicago. At lunchtime, I would go sit on my sofa because I was so... In the merchandise mart. No, once it got to my house and I was able to buy it in 1996. Oh, wow. It got delivered. There was nothing else in the room.