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My Ability To Survive Personal Crises Is Really A Mark Of The Character Of My People. Individually And Collectively, We Must React With A Tenacity That Allows Us Again And Again To Bounce Back From Adversity.

Recognizing The Good, Not Just In One's Own Personal Circumstances, But In The World, Makes Anything Possible. When I Am Asked About The Important Characteristics Of Leadership, Being Of Good, Positive Mind Is At The Top Of My List. If A Leader Can Focus On The Meritorious Characteristics Of Other People And Try To Play To Their Strengths As Well As Find Value In Even The Most Difficult Situation, She Can Inspire Hope And Faith In Others And Motivate Them To Move Forward.

Everybody Is Sitting Around Saying, 'well, Jeez, We Need Somebody To Solve This Problem Of Bias.' That Somebody Is Us. We All Have To Try To Figure Out A Better Way To Get Along.

Negative Thoughts Were Treated By Cherokee Healers With The Same Medicines As Wounds, Headaches, Or Physical Illness. It Was Believed That Unchecked Negative Thoughts Can Permeate The Being And Manifest Themselves In Negative Actions.

One Of The Things My Parents Taught Me, And I'll Always Be Grateful As A Gift, Is To Not Ever Let Anybody Else Define Me; That For Me To Define Myself. And I Think That Helped Me A Lot In Assuming A Leadership Position.