I recently attended a graduation ceremony at a university and heard these words from the speaker. Great guidance for students or anybody charting their life (which, really, is all of us).
The speaker made four points:
- Accept your ignorance. While you may be very smart, there are things you don’t know.
- Be willing to collaborate. We learn from others who know things we don’t and we teach them things.
- Understand the expectations you have of yourself.
- Persevere. Never give up.
To this list, I would add:
- Remain humble….and polite.
Relentless
Thanks to Fernando Martinez, M.D., Interim Director of the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute and program speaker, May 14, 2009.
