“Your graduation isn’t the end, it’s only the beginning,” Binder said. “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther,” he said, quoting J. P. Morgan. “The truth is, you never really ‘arrive’ because you can always see a little farther. The best is yet to come.”
Along their way, he urged graduates to be comfortable being uncomfortable. Self awareness would give them empathy and humility and an eye toward self-evaluation.
“Reinvention is a wonderful thing,” he said, then delved into a few more slices of wisdom:
• Fear of failure can be a great motivator or petrify you. Let it motivate you to success.
• Have thick skin through adversity.
• Have compassion for yourself.
• Strive to be the very best, without which you may never know how good you can be.
• Where you are going is not as important as the journey.
• Develop your support network — you’ll need them to navigate this journey.
“I found my passion and purpose in developing highly effective teams,” he said. “Leadership wasn’t something I knew I was going to be good at. There is no greater satisfaction than to inspire others to be greater than yourself.”
