"And when I think back to my journey, my past, I think the most important thing for -- and maybe the most important thing for all the young people here -- is to realize that you really can have an impact on the world; you can achieve your dreams. But in order to do so, you have to focus not so much on a title or how much money youâre going to make, you have to focus more on what kind of influence and impact are you going to have on other peopleâs lives -- what good can you do in the world. Now, that may involve starting a business, but if you want to start a business you should be really excited about the product or the service that youâre making. It shouldnât just be how much money I can make -- because the business people who I meet who do amazing things, like Bill Gates, who started Microsoft -- theyâre usually people who are really interested in what they do and they really think that it can make a difference in peopleâs lives. If you want to go into government, you shouldnât just want to be a particular government official. You should want to go into government because you think it can help educate some children, or it can help provide jobs for people who need work. So I think the most important thing for me was when I started thinking more about other people and how I could have an impact in my larger society and community, and wasnât just thinking about myself. Thatâs when I think your dreams can really take off -- because if youâre only thinking about you, then your world is small; if youâre thinking about others, then your world gets bigger."
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Barack Obama
politician, lawyer, political writer
1961 ¡ United States
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