Sharing Story with Paula J. Vaughan, M.H.

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   22
   May
   
   

   “When you run into barriers, first of all look inside yourself to see if there is something you can do. Then move beyond that. Let it be their problem. Of course that problem is going to influence you and it’s not necessarily going to be easy. We all want folks to believe in us. It’s difficult as a student if a professor doesn’t believe in you and I think we all face that difficulty, whether we’re minority students or women students or white males.

   That’s where it’s so important to be inside of yourself. It’s nice to have kudos and appreciation, but unless you can look inside yourself and appreciate yourself when people start to take those rewards from you, you won’t be able to move on.

   […]

   My point of view is, if I want to do something, I’m going to do it. I may have to figure out a way around it or through it. That’s also where flexibility comes into play. Maybe I can’t achieve something right now, but I still keep it in mind and I’m going to get it later.

   I haven’t really dwelled on things much because to hang around back there with that disappointment is to carry it forward with you everyday. It’s not that you forget the lessons, but to hang out with them and bring them up at a moment’s notice takes away some of the enjoyment of your present time as well as what you look forward to in the future. Don’t wallow in [the past], but don’t forget it. You see patterns, you see things that happened and you put them in your tool kit.”

   — Mae Jemison, M.D.

   (Source: graduatingengineer.com, via alphahelicalhair)

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