From the course: Career Advice from Some of the Biggest Names in Business

Captain Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger on focusing on what you can control

From the course: Career Advice from Some of the Biggest Names in Business

Captain Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger on focusing on what you can control

- But you know, I think back to what you were saying at the beginning of our conversation about working in an industry where pensions were being cut, where people were being forced to take jobs that were below them. And they were just trying to hold on until retirement. I wonder if that inhibits people's ability to actually speak to say what they want to say. What would you say to someone who says, "Look, Sully, I'm not like you, I can't. "I can't risk it by talking." - Here's what I say. No matter what station in life one has, no matter what title you have, for each of us there is some part of the world that we can affect, we can control. And I think each of us has an obligation to use our influence over that part of the world. And when you choose, and it is a choice that we have to make on a daily basis, to try to make your part of the world bright, just, good, safe, you can affect what happens there. And if each of us does that in aggregate, it can make a big difference.

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