WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:01:45.1040000" NOTE recognizability:0.914 NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.146 My name is Doctor John gangs. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:04.150 --> 00:00:05.900 I'm a community relations expert, NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:05.900 --> 00:00:06.944 inspirational consultant and NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:06.944 --> 00:00:08.684 a founder of a nonprofit. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:08.690 --> 00:00:10.778 I majored in business as always NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:10.778 --> 00:00:11.822 passionate about business, NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:11.830 --> 00:00:14.266 so I applied at the Boeing company. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:14.270 --> 00:00:17.402 The only company I applied to I was hired. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:17.410 --> 00:00:20.194 I worked there and had a wonderful career, NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:20.200 --> 00:00:21.945 but while there I learned NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:21.945 --> 00:00:23.690 how to share my story. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:23.690 --> 00:00:26.066 I remember seeing CEOs and executives NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:26.066 --> 00:00:28.609 be inspired by words that I spoke NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:28.609 --> 00:00:30.667 and I used to think to myself. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:30.670 --> 00:00:32.674 How wonderful would it be to NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:32.674 --> 00:00:34.640 dedicate my life to sharing? NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:36.590 The same message with young people, NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:36.590 --> 00:00:39.302 so they too can one day NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:39.302 --> 00:00:41.110 sit in these boardrooms. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:41.110 --> 00:00:42.892 I was birthed in pain when NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:42.892 --> 00:00:44.420 I was seven years old. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:44.420 --> 00:00:46.226 My mother passed away growing up. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:46.230 --> 00:00:47.730 I had a speech impediment. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:47.730 --> 00:00:48.934 I had learning disabilities, NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:48.934 --> 00:00:50.740 different things I had to overcome, NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:50.740 --> 00:00:52.546 but my story isn't so unique. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:52.550 --> 00:00:53.670 It's unique to me, NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:53.670 --> 00:00:55.070 but one thing young people NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:55.070 --> 00:00:56.995 have in common is that all NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:56.995 --> 00:00:58.263 young people experience pain, NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:00:58.270 --> 00:01:00.076 and I learned the power of NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:01:00.076 --> 00:01:02.179 hope in the midst of the pain. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:01:02.180 --> 00:01:03.986 I had people that encourage me. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:01:03.990 --> 00:01:06.231 I had people that push me and so now NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:01:06.231 --> 00:01:08.546 it's my obligation to do the same NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:01:08.546 --> 00:01:10.310 to whispering young people there. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:01:10.310 --> 00:01:11.342 Don't give up. NOTE Confidence: 0.91633224 00:01:11.342 --> 00:01:12.030 Keep pushing NOTE Confidence: 0.83364266 00:01:12.030 --> 00:01:13.330 I believe in you. NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.088 We're in the Langston Hughes theater. NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:17.090 --> 00:01:20.240 I think of one of his most famous poems, NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:22.445 mother to son, and it talks about NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:22.445 --> 00:01:24.768 this idea of climbing up stairs. NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:24.770 --> 00:01:26.990 I want young people to NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:26.990 --> 00:01:29.210 know life is like stairs. NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:29.210 --> 00:01:31.178 It's OK when it gets hard, NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:33.868 but I want to encourage them NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:33.868 --> 00:01:35.212 to keep climbing. NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:35.220 --> 00:01:38.076 Regardless of what you face in this life, NOTE Confidence: 0.9235197 00:01:38.080 --> 00:01:39.870 you 2 can live your NOTE Confidence: 0.7462282 00:01:39.870 --> 00:01:42.110 dream anything. Is possible.