Has a major anymore empathetic to the people you work with . That could be a very long answer. I used to think that people cared about me and maybe celebrated the results that i was able to generate because they cared about what i was doing, but i did know the people love me for who i am. And after the news, after i sent my letter to 7500 people 1000 of them wrote to the emails of encouragement and what are you doing next. I have nothing to offer you anymore. I realized for the first time in my life at the age of 31 that i was lovable as a human and as a person, not just as a leader who is generating results. And that love has been transformative and healing in my life. I hate talk about the mistakes i have made but at the same time its liberating to not hide undertake many leaders almost all leaders have done something at some point in their career that it became to light would make them lose their leadership. And most people dont get the liberty, freedom of actually getting to speak
They met in los angeles and moved to san antonio in 1971. My father is africanamerican, my mother is white. They were an interracial couple in south texas in the 70s. Now their youngest son is a member of congress. When they first went to san antonio, they had difficulty buying a home. Now i am representing my hometown. Part of that is because people are no longer voting on the color of your skin. People knew what was going to work hard and get things done. That i was going to work across the aisle. That i have the experience you need. No one here has that. For me, it is about working hard. Whether you are black, brown, or anything, people care about a couple of things. They want food on the table, a roof over their head, and the people that they love to be healthy and happy. When you address those issues, it is going to resonate with people. Host you are different from the president in terms of parties. If you have a sense of his background and what it was like him to grow up in a sim
In 2010, she started doing the work. It is challenging work but the concept is simple. Men and women who have been incarcerated do not lack talent or skill. Given the right coaching, help, and investment, they can succeed as entrepreneurs as well as anyone with the entrepreneurial spirit. Defy ventures seems aptly named. She will be named by someone she trained and also nprs laura seidel. This is lauras six appearance here. In 2015, we will be launching an app, a guide to the revolution experience downstairs. If you come and download the app, you will hear laura seidels voice because she is the official voice of the app. She is nprs Digital Culture correspondent. We can use all that we can get. Please join me welcoming our guests. [applause] catherine great to be here on this rainy night. I think we got a little bit from the videos. What is defy doing right now . How do you define this venture . Catherine there are 100 million americans with criminal histories. Many of them developed a
And American Express open is here to help. Thats why we are proud to present your business on msnbc. Hi there, everyone. Im j. J. Ramberg. And welcome to your business. The holidays are a special time of year. With all of the decorations, and the music, its pretty hard not to get into the holiday spirit. Well we met one entrepreneur who is capitalizing on this excitement. But hes figured out a way to do it all year round. Its a happy place. You know, it doesnt matter what kind of day somebodys having, they smile, they walk around and they just it just changes their attitude. Roger lunds new oxford, pennsylvania, Small Business gives customers the chance to be happy and merry all year long. Were a german christmas store. Our specialty is authentic german items. That i get when i go over to germany every year. Roger has been spreading good cheer at the Christmas Haus for about 13 years. And hes been selling christmas almost every day since then. Pretty much 24 7, actually. I never know w
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