Ranjay Gulati

I mean, why would I want to write a book about that?

But now that I look back, in hindsight, it makes sense.

My mother was an entrepreneur.

My father was a military officer.

So I have parents who were exemplifying courage in their own very distinct ways.

One was physical courage in the armed forces in combat.

My mother as an entrepreneur.

And then, you know, some of my own experiences as well that I had, I came to realize that courage is a universal currency.

We all kind of...

admire it, but we don't really know what it is.

And I have some moments of embarrassment too.

Honestly, I think I studied it for myself.

I never thought I'd write the book even.

I was really wanting to know more about it out of my own curiosity.

Maybe I can become more courageous, not too late.

One of the moments I talk about in the book was when I was 14 years old.

My mother had by now built a very successful fashion business, working with a couple of fashion houses in Paris.

And she achieved kind of her dream, which was to buy a piece of land where she was going to build her own home.

She hadn't until now had a home.

It was a beautiful piece of land that she found.