six years after his speech at Princeton Bezos revisited…
Page 17 six years after his speech at Princeton Bezos revisited, the theme of taking pride in your choices not your gifts. This is something that super important for young people to understand, and for parents to preach to young people. It's really easy for a talented young person to take pride in their gifts. I'm really athletic, I'm really smart, I'm really good at math. That's fine. You should celebrate your gifts. You should be happy. But you can't be proud of them. What you can be proud of is your choices. Did you work hard? That's a choice. Did you study hard? That's a choice. Did you practice? That's a choice. The people who excel Combined gifts and hard work and the hard work part is a choice basos said
— from Decisions & Choices (Decision/Choice/Focus/Forethought/Consequences)