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• MANAGEMENTWHATl'VELEARNED

MICHELLE DBAMA

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I didexacUywhatleadersinmycommunitytoldmeto

do.Theysaid:"'00youebestinschool,workhard,

srudy,gerintorhebestschoolsYOIIcangerimo,and

whenyoudathat,baby,youbringrhateducationback

andworkinyourcommullities."

ChicagoSun·Titne5.August5. 2007

The firsttime I setfoot in Princeton, ...I ·rhoughr,

"Thcrc'snowayIcancompetewiththesekids.I mean,I

~burI'mnotsupposedrobehere."...Thetrurhwas

thatrheroughestpartofPrincetonwasgetringin.Then

IgotinwHarvard,andrhemoreI achieved,themoreI

realizedthar[heydon'tknowanymorerhanIda.They

justbclicveinthemscJvesina waythilr'sverydifferent.

MSNBC,N()';cmber13,2007

There'salwaysthat doublIn themindsofpeople of

color...rharyoubelieverharsomchowSOmeoneis ber-

terthanyou....IwouldnotbewhereIam,Iwouldn'r

havegonetoPrinceron,Iwouldn'thavegonetoHar-

yard,I cerrainlywouldn'tbca pracrisingauornev,nei·

therwouldBarack,if welistenedto[hatdoubt.

MSNBC.Novembe<13. 2007

Mymother.mi3!tusnoltomilkedeclsionslbased]on

wharcouldgowwng,orwe'dneveriNforward.

ThcWallStrfflJ()IJITI<Ji.Februilry11. 2000

InAmerlca,wespendmoretimetalklni"aboutwhatcan't

getdone,whatisimpossible,andwepassthatonroour

children.We'recreatingagenerationofdoubrcrsand

kidsthataretimid.[don'twamthatformygirls.

ABCNews.January24, 2008

OneollhelessonsthatIgrewupwithwas 10 alwaysStay

truetoyourself,andneverletwhatsomebodyelsesays

disrrac[rOllfromyour&.Qah., Marea....e.OCIobef2IXl8

Whenyouknowyou'vebeenblessedandyouknowyou

haveaillofgifu,howJayoumaximizethosegifrsso

you'reimp3ctin~thegrC3[estnumberofpeople?And

wha[dayouda?Isircommunityorganizing?lsit pol-

itics?Isi[3Sa parent?Ouransweratsamelevelis:it

canbeallof[hat. T~WashinglOflPost.Novembel28, 2007

Idon'tletthegameofpoliticsinfluencewhalIsayand

whoIwillbecome,becauseinthatway,thisproccss

wouldeatrauup....BarotckandImadeapromiseto

ourselvcs[hat,inthcendofthls,...whenwclookedat

eachorhcrin[heeyc,wewouldstillbeabletorecog-

nizeoneanü[ner. NIThingsCtJnsidered(NPRI.August25,<?OE

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Ch/ciJflODeIenc1er.Noyembe<S. 2007

lifechanKesandIneverseeonesetofdecisionsasper-

manent.Ilookatit as:[hisiswhat...makessensearthis

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turewillhcl.dintermsoErhosetypesofdeeisions.

Chic6g0Oefender,November5. 2007

Durviewhasbeenthat,ifyoutellpeoplethetruth.you

canconnectwithpcoplerigh[hereandnaw.

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MICHEllEOBAMA.FirstLady 01 theUnitedStates,studied1M:

atHarvardUniversity.AfterworkinginaJ.awJirm,shestarteda

careerincommunitywerk.Shewasvicepresident 01 community

ande?!ternalatfairsattheUniversilyofChlcagoMedicalCenter.

@ExtractsflOmMichelleObamaInHerOwnWords. editedby

UsaRogak,VirginBooks,ISBN978·0-7535·1975-2,f7.99.

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