A Lesson from Graduation

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.