(applause)
- So I believe we've managed our time reasonably well
Thank you, time keepers. And we have time for some
questions in the room. So if you just throw your
hand up if you've got a question. We'll figure out
how to work with mics and speakers all sitting
up here. Have any questions? Yes. Please.
- It's a question. A funny question for our last
speaker of I get your name correctly.
- John.
- John. Come to Pakistan. Nobody will ask you
those things (laughter). Yeah, there is no such
thing as record. There is no such thing. (laughter)
Nothing. In Pakistan the law is if somebody rapes
your woman, you have a right to kill. It's justified.
- Thank you. So, John, you have a new home in
Pakistan if Boston proves too cold in the winter.
Jan.
- Well, first I just want to say thank you. I think
we all in this room feel this is the session, has been
extraordinary. And I wanted to ask the question of
each of you. What has it been like? I know every year
Skoll does this, brings young leaders in, and just briefly
what has your experience been in this week?
- Thank you. We'll just go down the line. Your
experiences this week?
- This week for me has been phenomenal and amazing and
I think it kind of like reminds you that I'm a
member of a confident alumni network, which is a
network of young people that (mumbles) put it through
school. We call each other sisters and brothers, but this
reminded me why for me the world is my village. That
we're not alone. I think there's universality in the
challenges that we share and in the solutions that
we're bringing to the table. I think we need to all
to keep in mind the issues around respect, around
proximity, and around the sharing of our personal
stories. And, definitely second chances and
opportunities. Thank you.
- Here we go. Everyone else.
- Just this event right now, it's just so inspirational.
There isn't a single person who spoke who didn't
move me. And being in a room also with people who
are like-minded, who want the world to be impacted
positively. And then to find people who actually
have the knowledge and experience that can help you
make that goal happen. Whether it's skill in funding
or just figuring out your "why" but that's
my short answer.
- My experience, and what I feel, was amazing. Because
as we look at the past festival and I get to where
like you have to network and I begin to ask myself, "What is
the power of network? What do they mean by
network? How are they doing it?" So I just have
to start in learning and begins to ask. I can see
my mentor, Naga Shapman. Begin to ask, "How are they
doing it? What do they mean by network? Who are
these people here?" So it started giving me a world
of advice, steps that I have to take before I can
network. To my ultimate surprise, I find myself at
least I'm not good in networking, but at least I
can network. So maybe were you to know the kind
of movement which I'm into, what I have, and how
we can also move further to bring smiles into the
face of the problem. I think it is a great time
and a privilege for me to be here. Thank you.
(audience applause)
- So, there are a million reasons to be afraid right
now. You look at the news. I mean, count them all. But
then you come to a place like this and probably
literally everybody you speak to makes you be
appreciative of life, of promise, of opportunity.
And they remind you of why you do the work you do.
I mean, these guys are like. I need to be a
better human being, clearly. And it's wonderful
to be reminded of that. Just that there is promise
in the world. There is a spark. There is always
a tomorrow even if the leaders of the free world
make you think that perhaps there may not be.
- For me, I would just add that this week has been
affirming. Angie said it well. Just to be reminded
that I'm enough. That I don't need to be
anyone else because everyone else is already
taken. (audience laughter) And just knowing that
I'm enough, that I belong here. And it's kind of
cool when you wear the name tag. Even if you're in
the street, someone sees the name tag and they're
a fellow Skoll Community member and they just
smile at you. And in a world where I'm very
often afraid, to see people smiling at you and
be reminded that you're enough has been fantastic.
(audience applause)
- So we have just a couple of minutes left. And
I know that you'll share in the feeling that I
have of this extraordinary; this is a gift, right?
Just to get to listen to people and what they've
been through and what they believe in. I did a
little bit of homework for this session, which
was, in retrospect,really kind of a waste because there's
nothing better than just listening to stories. The
Skoll Foundation is in Palo Alto. It's the home
of Stanford University. And there are these two
extraordinary professors there in the Design School
who teach a class all about designing. Designing
your ideal life. And there's this book that I
brought along with me to tell you about. It's
called "Designing Your Life: How to Build a
Well-Lived, Joyful Life." And I think one of the
things that really struck me in getting to know
all of our speakers is not only have they taken
these extraordinary risks to change their life,
but they are all filled with joy. And so I'm going
to make a plug for making sure you have a lot of
joy in your life because it matters. And the other
thing, this one page I earmarked that meant a lot.
I think when you think about how you create your
right journey, there are five things that you need
to embrace. Curiosity. Bias to Action.
Reframing. Awareness. And Radical Collaboration.
The words jump through, too, when you think about the
threads that pull some of these stories together.
Some of the most extraordinary people you will
meet at Skoll have embraced those five
principles. This is a book that is actually meant
to be worked on together, so if you met people you
loved at the Skoll World Forum, buy the book
together and do the work together. It's
extraordinarily rewarding. I had one more career
epiphany after the last one I shared with you.
It was the moment that I got to meet Jeff Skoll.
And never, ever in a million years dreamt that I
would be asked to be a part of this kind of a
world. I'm eternally grateful for it. And I'm so
grateful for all of you coming today. Thank you.
(applause)