What advice would you give
to your younger self?
I'm actually not sure
what advice I would give to my younger self.
There's nothing I would change,
everything you go through in life,
the good, the bad and the ugly
make you the person that you are today.
About three and a half years into practicing law,
I realised I liked what I did, but I didn't love it.
So at the age of 30
I quit a well-paying job
and went back to school to get my PhD in Economics,
and I've never looked back.
It's easy to get scared off leadership positions
because you're afraid of stuffing up
or because you don't think you can do it the same way
as the person who came before.
Don't do it the same way, find your own way.
In the last five years
I have given birth to two beautiful boys
and received a confirmation.
Be the person you want to be,
not who others tell you you should be.
Well, I'm not sure my 20-year old self
would have listened to me
but I would have liked to be more confident
in my own judgment and in my skills.
Be passionate about what you do.
I have never chosen a position for power or money.
Those things don't matter to me.
I love to teach
and I love researching the big questions,
that matter to me and society.