Embracing Your Identity and Purpose in Life
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What does the speaker encourage in terms of personal brand?

Doing the right thing and being excellent.

What does the speaker advise in terms of choosing company?

Surrounding oneself with people who support and uplift you.

How does the speaker identify herself?

As a spiritual being having a human experience and God's child.

According to the speaker, what is the importance of making choices?

<p>Aligning choices with one's internal big questions and relationship to the divine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the speaker stress the importance of being connected and aligned with?

<p>A source that provides a sense of emptiness being filled and all things being possible.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the process of connecting to the source entail?

<p>Self-honor and self-care, allowing individuals to create a vessel of service for themselves and others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the speaker describe the life that the process leads to?

<p>Blessed, gifted, rewarding, and sweet, filling individuals up and enabling them to weather storms with grace and dignity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the speaker emphasize about the fleeting nature of fame?

<p>The importance of service and significance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the speaker transform her TV career into?

<p>A platform for service and kindness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What story does the speaker share regarding her TV career?

<p>Denying airtime to a woman who wanted to reveal her secret life on TV to help others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

  • The speaker emphasizes the importance of knowing who you are and what you want in life.
  • She shares her experience of being baffled by the question of her identity when traveling abroad.
  • She identifies herself as a spiritual being having a human experience and God's child.
  • She suggests having a clear vision for your life and choosing a direction to go.
  • The speaker discusses the fleeting nature of fame and the importance of service and significance.
  • She shares how she transformed her TV career into a platform for service and kindness.
  • The speaker encourages doing the right thing and being excellent as a personal brand.
  • She shares a story of denying airtime to a woman who wanted to reveal her secret life on TV to help others.
  • The speaker advises surrounding oneself with people who support and uplift you.
  • She emphasizes the importance of making choices that align with one's internal big questions and relationship to the divine.- The speaker emphasizes the importance of being connected and aligned with a source that provides a sense of emptiness being filled and all things being possible.
  • The act of connecting to this source requires self-honor and self-care, allowing individuals to create a vessel of service for themselves and others, including family, community, and the world.
  • This process leads to a blessed, gifted, rewarding, and sweet life, which fills individuals up and enables them to weather storms with grace and dignity.
  • The speaker, identified as a Spelman woman, addresses the graduating class of 2012 and expresses pride in their phenomenal nature.
  • The concept of grace and glory follows those who embody this connection and self-care, inspiring pride and admiration from others.

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Explore the empowering speech that emphasizes the importance of knowing oneself, having a clear vision, and making choices aligned with one's internal and divine connection. The speaker shares personal experiences and insights on transforming a TV career into a platform for service and kindness, ultimately leading to a blessed, rewarding life.

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