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Abby Wambach on how to find your pack

Abby Wambach on how to find your pack

From the course: Hello Monday

Abby Wambach on how to find your pack

(soft music) - [Jessi] From the editorial team at LinkedIn, I'm Jessi Hempel, and this is Hello Monday, a show where I investigate the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us. Last year, Abby Wambach gave a commencement speech at Barnard College, and it went viral. - [Abby] Like all little girls, I was taught to be grateful. I was taught to keep my head down, stay on the path and get my job done. I was freaking "Little Red Riding Hood". - [Jessi] You know that fairy tale, Little Red goes off through the forest. She doesn't heed the warning not to stray, and she crosses paths with a wolf. Like Little Red, Abby didn't heed the warning, and that, that made all the difference for her. In her career as a soccer player, she's won two Olympic gold medals. She has scored more goals than anyone else, male or female anywhere in the world. She captained the 2015 USA women's team that won the World Cup, and…

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