Shirley Hufstedler was born on August 24th, 1925. She grew up knowing she would have a good career. Shirley went to the University of New Mexico and obtained her Bachelor's degree in 1945. She was the first person to ever be the Secretary of Education. Now a days she holds a seat at Stanford University and has been a guest speaker for years, giving speeches at colleges all over America. Suprisingly, she is also the first person I've blogged about that is still alive today.
The quote I have from Shirley is, "Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportuniites are worth the risk." Honestly, it sounds like she likes to play next to the shark pool. In the article I read, she was had a quote that said, "if you play it safe in life, you’ve decided that you don’t want to grow anymore." Which definitely tells me this is a woman who likes to take risks. Apparently, she has happened to make all of the right decisions when taking those risks, so lucky her. But, in my opinion she the point she is trying to get across is, if an opportunity comes up to move up higher, take it, even if it could be a risk. I personally don't take too many risks, though I probably should, because if I did more than likely I would have quit my first job by now since I have a better one.
The word of the day is Morose meaning: Gloomy or bad tempered.
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