hello everyone i’m davina ortega a senior here at AI poly high school I am
senior here at AI poly high school I am
senior here at AI poly high school I am also someone with a lot of ambition and
also someone with a lot of ambition and
also someone with a lot of ambition and someone with a lot of drive and
someone with a lot of drive and
someone with a lot of drive and determination I aspire to be a Supreme
determination I aspire to be a Supreme
determination I aspire to be a Supreme Court justice one day I want to mentor
Court justice one day I want to mentor
Court justice one day I want to mentor young girls that are walking in my
young girls that are walking in my
young girls that are walking in my footsteps being a middle class citizen
footsteps being a middle class citizen
footsteps being a middle class citizen but in order to achieve my goals in
but in order to achieve my goals in
but in order to achieve my goals in order to achieve my goals I have to
order to achieve my goals I have to
order to achieve my goals I have to follow the rules of society meaning a
follow the rules of society meaning a
follow the rules of society meaning a lot of people think success is defined
lot of people think success is defined
lot of people think success is defined by wealth and riches but that’s not true
by wealth and riches but that’s not true
by wealth and riches but that’s not true it’s a common mistake to think that life
it’s a common mistake to think that life
it’s a common mistake to think that life is built off of success and it’s built
is built off of success and it’s built
is built off of success and it’s built off of wealth and riches because there’s
off of wealth and riches because there’s
off of wealth and riches because there’s been a path for humans and for the
been a path for humans and for the
been a path for humans and for the citizens to follow you be success by
citizens to follow you be success by
citizens to follow you be success by being rich you’d be success by being
being rich you’d be success by being
being rich you’d be success by being popular you be you have success by
popular you be you have success by
popular you be you have success by basically just being everyone’s
basically just being everyone’s
basically just being everyone’s know-it-all but I am here to show you
know-it-all but I am here to show you
know-it-all but I am here to show you three different keys that prove
three different keys that prove
three different keys that prove otherwise three different keys that show
otherwise three different keys that show
otherwise three different keys that show that being a middle class citizen or
that being a middle class citizen or
that being a middle class citizen or lower like a lower class citizen you can
lower like a lower class citizen you can
lower like a lower class citizen you can still be successful and you don’t need
still be successful and you don’t need
still be successful and you don’t need riches or wealth so for me I have a lot
riches or wealth so for me I have a lot
riches or wealth so for me I have a lot of goals like I said but in order for my
of goals like I said but in order for my
of goals like I said but in order for my goals to be met I have to have a high
goals to be met I have to have a high
goals to be met I have to have a high SAT score to go to college at USC or
SAT score to go to college at USC or
SAT score to go to college at USC or need to pay expenses for an SAT prep
need to pay expenses for an SAT prep
need to pay expenses for an SAT prep course that are extremely expensive and
course that are extremely expensive and
course that are extremely expensive and I need to have tuition and all of these
I need to have tuition and all of these
I need to have tuition and all of these things that kind of are factors that
things that kind of are factors that
things that kind of are factors that push people down from reaching their
push people down from reaching their
push people down from reaching their success but since success is a
success but since success is a
success but since success is a subjective and you define your own
subjective and you define your own
subjective and you define your own success I define my own success there’s
success I define my own success there’s
success I define my own success there’s no there’s no limit as to where we can
no there’s no limit as to where we can
no there’s no limit as to where we can go in our own life my definition of
go in our own life my definition of
go in our own life my definition of success is waking up and inspiring
success is waking up and inspiring
success is waking up and inspiring people waking up and living my life to
people waking up and living my life to
people waking up and living my life to God’s will waking up and being able to
God’s will waking up and being able to
God’s will waking up and being able to show
show
show other people that are looking up to me
other people that are looking up to me
other people that are looking up to me or if they walk in they see me that this
or if they walk in they see me that this
or if they walk in they see me that this girl has come from the past this girl
girl has come from the past this girl
girl has come from the past this girl doesn’t need to be rich does it need to
doesn’t need to be rich does it need to
doesn’t need to be rich does it need to be wealthy too in order to make a
be wealthy too in order to make a
be wealthy too in order to make a difference in the world so let’s look at
difference in the world so let’s look at
difference in the world so let’s look at these three quotes neck slide okay they
these three quotes neck slide okay they
these three quotes neck slide okay they didn’t survive by eating each other they
didn’t survive by eating each other they
didn’t survive by eating each other they survive by being resourceful and no this
survive by being resourceful and no this
survive by being resourceful and no this isn’t a quote from The Hunger Games
isn’t a quote from The Hunger Games
isn’t a quote from The Hunger Games so another quote is opportunity doesn’t
so another quote is opportunity doesn’t
so another quote is opportunity doesn’t knock it presents itself when you beat
knock it presents itself when you beat
knock it presents itself when you beat down the door and the last quote is if
down the door and the last quote is if
down the door and the last quote is if you want to go fast go alone if you want
you want to go fast go alone if you want
you want to go fast go alone if you want to go far go with others so next slide
to go far go with others so next slide
to go far go with others so next slide please
please
please each one of these quotes represents
each one of these quotes represents
each one of these quotes represents something they all have an overlaying
something they all have an overlaying
something they all have an overlaying theme that defines what the quote itself
theme that defines what the quote itself
theme that defines what the quote itself is so the first quote that I read is
is so the first quote that I read is
is so the first quote that I read is about enterprising the second quote that
about enterprising the second quote that
about enterprising the second quote that I read was about believing and the third
I read was about believing and the third
I read was about believing and the third quote I read is about networking so next
quote I read is about networking so next
quote I read is about networking so next slide please
slide please
slide please enterprising the definition of
enterprising the definition of
enterprising the definition of enterprising is to be resourceful and
enterprising is to be resourceful and
enterprising is to be resourceful and that could be from a variety of things
that could be from a variety of things
that could be from a variety of things resources doesn’t necessarily have to be
resources doesn’t necessarily have to be
resources doesn’t necessarily have to be the soil on the ground or the water in
the soil on the ground or the water in
the soil on the ground or the water in the sky or anything like that it doesn’t
the sky or anything like that it doesn’t
the sky or anything like that it doesn’t necessarily have to be scientific but
necessarily have to be scientific but
necessarily have to be scientific but for example Bill Gates he was
for example Bill Gates he was
for example Bill Gates he was resourceful he was a nerd in a garage he
resourceful he was a nerd in a garage he
resourceful he was a nerd in a garage he woke up rolled out of bed morning breath
woke up rolled out of bed morning breath
woke up rolled out of bed morning breath and all and studied and he worked and he
and all and studied and he worked and he
and all and studied and he worked and he was in his garage trying to create
was in his garage trying to create
was in his garage trying to create something and he did he became a nerd to
something and he did he became a nerd to
something and he did he became a nerd to a billionaire and he did that by being
a billionaire and he did that by being
a billionaire and he did that by being an enterprise er and he found his
an enterprise er and he found his
an enterprise er and he found his resources in his garage and he worked
resources in his garage and he worked
resources in his garage and he worked with people around him another example
with people around him another example
with people around him another example is King David from the Bible and it’s
is King David from the Bible and it’s
is King David from the Bible and it’s really ancient but it’s true and it’s
really ancient but it’s true and it’s
really ancient but it’s true and it’s just something that’s an example that we
just something that’s an example that we
just something that’s an example that we never really consider so he was a
never really consider so he was a
never really consider so he was a shepherd
shepherd
shepherd well woke up just like Hook eats wood
well woke up just like Hook eats wood
well woke up just like Hook eats wood rolled out of bed and he tended his
rolled out of bed and he tended his
rolled out of bed and he tended his sheep but what he also did is he became
sheep but what he also did is he became
sheep but what he also did is he became a
a
a so he had all of these lower-class
so he had all of these lower-class
so he had all of these lower-class middle class like resources with him but
middle class like resources with him but
middle class like resources with him but he obtained them and became a king he
he obtained them and became a king he
he obtained them and became a king he was really good at military strategies
was really good at military strategies
was really good at military strategies he was smart he learned how to speak in
he was smart he learned how to speak in
he was smart he learned how to speak in front of people he used his inner
front of people he used his inner
front of people he used his inner resources to become successful to his
resources to become successful to his
resources to become successful to his own self next slide please
networking so the definition of
networking so the definition of networking is to be able to interact
networking is to be able to interact
networking is to be able to interact with people and you are just talking to
with people and you are just talking to
with people and you are just talking to a person seeing what you can offer for
a person seeing what you can offer for
a person seeing what you can offer for them what they can offer for you you’re
them what they can offer for you you’re
them what they can offer for you you’re getting to know somebody and you’re
getting to know somebody and you’re
getting to know somebody and you’re looking at your surroundings and saying
looking at your surroundings and saying
looking at your surroundings and saying hey I know this person is in this area
hey I know this person is in this area
hey I know this person is in this area you don’t need money to go and talk to
you don’t need money to go and talk to
you don’t need money to go and talk to them you’re not paying for their
them you’re not paying for their
them you’re not paying for their conversation with you you just open your
conversation with you you just open your
conversation with you you just open your possibilities up and you look around and
possibilities up and you look around and
possibilities up and you look around and even if you don’t think that they have
even if you don’t think that they have
even if you don’t think that they have anything to offer to you you share your
anything to offer to you you share your
anything to offer to you you share your ideas you’re being resourceful within
ideas you’re being resourceful within
ideas you’re being resourceful within yourself and you’re showing that you can
yourself and you’re showing that you can
yourself and you’re showing that you can go out and talk to people and there’s no
go out and talk to people and there’s no
go out and talk to people and there’s no problem with that and that people are
problem with that and that people are
problem with that and that people are there for you to listen and you’re there
there for you to listen and you’re there
there for you to listen and you’re there for them to listen and you’re just
for them to listen and you’re just
for them to listen and you’re just networking and making connections and
networking and making connections and
networking and making connections and building relationships that can last a
building relationships that can last a
building relationships that can last a lifetime and I know stories from people
lifetime and I know stories from people
lifetime and I know stories from people that have been in middle school and in
that have been in middle school and in
that have been in middle school and in high school in college and now they’re
high school in college and now they’re
high school in college and now they’re in jobs and they still have those
in jobs and they still have those
in jobs and they still have those connections from those same people that
connections from those same people that
connections from those same people that they met when they’re in elementary
they met when they’re in elementary
they met when they’re in elementary school it’s basically just keeping that
school it’s basically just keeping that
school it’s basically just keeping that connection with people building
connection with people building
connection with people building relationships and that doesn’t require
relationships and that doesn’t require
relationships and that doesn’t require money you can be a middle class and
money you can be a middle class and
money you can be a middle class and lower class citizen and you can have all
lower class citizen and you can have all
lower class citizen and you can have all of these connections especially with
of these connections especially with
of these connections especially with social media these days there’s so much
social media these days there’s so much
social media these days there’s so much networking going around that you don’t
networking going around that you don’t
networking going around that you don’t need to have any like finances to talk
need to have any like finances to talk
need to have any like finances to talk to someone you just use your own your
to someone you just use your own your
to someone you just use your own your body your voice and you can create
body your voice and you can create
body your voice and you can create success by your definition that way next
success by your definition that way next
success by your definition that way next slide please
the third key is believing believing in
the third key is believing believing in yourself
yourself
yourself so the definition of believing is to
so the definition of believing is to
so the definition of believing is to have faith or confidence and the
have faith or confidence and the
have faith or confidence and the existence of what it’s worth so
existence of what it’s worth so
existence of what it’s worth so basically you’re believing in something
basically you’re believing in something
basically you’re believing in something nobody else believes what you believe
nobody else believes what you believe
nobody else believes what you believe except you you believe in your goals you
except you you believe in your goals you
except you you believe in your goals you can believe in yourself you can believe
can believe in yourself you can believe
can believe in yourself you can believe in your dreams and so by that finding
in your dreams and so by that finding
in your dreams and so by that finding resources and you’re in your own self
resources and you’re in your own self
resources and you’re in your own self you can believe in your own self
you can believe in your own self
you can believe in your own self your own morals your own values you know
your own morals your own values you know
your own morals your own values you know one has to tell you that that’s all
one has to tell you that that’s all
one has to tell you that that’s all yourself you can’t go out in the world
yourself you can’t go out in the world
yourself you can’t go out in the world and expect to be confident if you’re not
and expect to be confident if you’re not
and expect to be confident if you’re not confident in yourself you have to know
confident in yourself you have to know
confident in yourself you have to know that I know what I want I know my goals
that I know what I want I know my goals
that I know what I want I know my goals and my dreams and I know how to get
and my dreams and I know how to get
and my dreams and I know how to get there and I know that because you’re
there and I know that because you’re
there and I know that because you’re believing in yourself another thing is
believing in yourself another thing is
believing in yourself another thing is seeing opportunities before it happens
seeing opportunities before it happens
seeing opportunities before it happens to be proactive and to have an active
to be proactive and to have an active
to be proactive and to have an active mind and so you’re walking to school
mind and so you’re walking to school
mind and so you’re walking to school you’re going to work you’re going to
you’re going to work you’re going to
you’re going to work you’re going to church you’re going to a community event
church you’re going to a community event
church you’re going to a community event wherever you’re going you’re thinking I
wherever you’re going you’re thinking I
wherever you’re going you’re thinking I believe in myself I have confidence
believe in myself I have confidence
believe in myself I have confidence because you never know what people are
because you never know what people are
because you never know what people are thinking about you you never know if
thinking about you you never know if
thinking about you you never know if they’re having a negative connotation to
they’re having a negative connotation to
they’re having a negative connotation to you you don’t know if they’re looking at
you you don’t know if they’re looking at
you you don’t know if they’re looking at you positive but if you have confidence
you positive but if you have confidence
you positive but if you have confidence you believe in yourself you can be
you believe in yourself you can be
you believe in yourself you can be successful in your own goals and your
successful in your own goals and your
successful in your own goals and your own dreams next slide so everybody got a
own dreams next slide so everybody got a
own dreams next slide so everybody got a program as they walk through the door so
program as they walk through the door so
program as they walk through the door so can you please take out your program in
can you please take out your program in
can you please take out your program in the back of the program there should be
the back of the program there should be
the back of the program there should be a section for notes get out a pen or a
a section for notes get out a pen or a
a section for notes get out a pen or a pencil in your purse or your wallet or
pencil in your purse or your wallet or
pencil in your purse or your wallet or whatever you have it and if you don’t
whatever you have it and if you don’t
whatever you have it and if you don’t there’s um there should be passing out
there’s um there should be passing out
there’s um there should be passing out pens if you don’t so raise your hand if
pens if you don’t so raise your hand if
pens if you don’t so raise your hand if you don’t have a pen or a pencil so one
you don’t have a pen or a pencil so one
you don’t have a pen or a pencil so one over here went in the back and one in
over here went in the back and one in
over here went in the back and one in the front just wait a second okay so for
the front just wait a second okay so for
the front just wait a second okay so for those of you that do have your pens so
those of you that do have your pens so
those of you that do have your pens so on the pieces of lines write three goals
on the pieces of lines write three goals
on the pieces of lines write three goals that you have I’ll give you like about a
that you have I’ll give you like about a
that you have I’ll give you like about a minute to write three goals that you
minute to write three goals that you
minute to write three goals that you have it can be in any aspect of your
have it can be in any aspect of your
have it can be in any aspect of your life it can be as small or as big as you
life it can be as small or as big as you
life it can be as small or as big as you would like so just write three goals I’m
would like so just write three goals I’m
would like so just write three goals I’m having you write goals because it’s been
having you write goals because it’s been
having you write goals because it’s been statistically proven that when you write
statistically proven that when you write
statistically proven that when you write your goals out you actually achieve them
your goals out you actually achieve them
your goals out you actually achieve them like the Huffington Post’s that 80% of
like the Huffington Post’s that 80% of
like the Huffington Post’s that 80% of people that write their goals down
people that write their goals down
people that write their goals down actually achieve their goals because you
actually achieve their goals because you
actually achieve their goals because you can think about it but there’s a million
can think about it but there’s a million
can think about it but there’s a million things in the world that your brain is
things in the world that your brain is
things in the world that your brain is constantly thinking that if you don’t
constantly thinking that if you don’t
constantly thinking that if you don’t write it down and reference it it’s less
write it down and reference it it’s less
write it down and reference it it’s less likely to be obtainable so I’m asking
likely to be obtainable so I’m asking
likely to be obtainable so I’m asking you guys to write three goals down
you guys to write three goals down
you guys to write three goals down whatever or your dreams or anything
now that you’ve written it down or
now that you’ve written it down or writing it down next slide please
writing it down next slide please
writing it down next slide please I want to show you guys that your dreams
I want to show you guys that your dreams
I want to show you guys that your dreams and your goals that you just wrote down
and your goals that you just wrote down
and your goals that you just wrote down on that piece of paper
on that piece of paper
on that piece of paper they’re obtainable with these three
they’re obtainable with these three
they’re obtainable with these three things enterprising being your own
things enterprising being your own
things enterprising being your own enterprise er believing in yourself and
enterprise er believing in yourself and
enterprise er believing in yourself and networking you have those three things
networking you have those three things
networking you have those three things they’re free middle-class citizens
they’re free middle-class citizens
they’re free middle-class citizens lower-class citizens you can become
lower-class citizens you can become
lower-class citizens you can become successful like Steve Jobs and Steve
successful like Steve Jobs and Steve
successful like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak they were working together and
Wozniak they were working together and
Wozniak they were working together and they created Apple and they’re still
they created Apple and they’re still
they created Apple and they’re still imparting into people’s lives and it’s
imparting into people’s lives and it’s
imparting into people’s lives and it’s still a really rich and expensive
still a really rich and expensive
still a really rich and expensive company but they didn’t have a whole lot
company but they didn’t have a whole lot
company but they didn’t have a whole lot of resources to start off with and so
of resources to start off with and so
of resources to start off with and so they wrote their dreams down and there
they wrote their dreams down and there
they wrote their dreams down and there goes sound they made it happen
goes sound they made it happen
goes sound they made it happen they networked with a lot of people they
they networked with a lot of people they
they networked with a lot of people they believed in themselves and most of all
believed in themselves and most of all
believed in themselves and most of all they were their own entrepreneur their
they were their own entrepreneur their
they were their own entrepreneur their own enterprise ur so my advice for you
own enterprise ur so my advice for you
own enterprise ur so my advice for you today is to go out be your own
today is to go out be your own
today is to go out be your own entrepreneur and to use these three
entrepreneur and to use these three
entrepreneur and to use these three things use these three keys in your life
things use these three keys in your life
things use these three keys in your life and you’ll see that your dreams will
and you’ll see that your dreams will
and you’ll see that your dreams will become more obtainable to you so thank
become more obtainable to you so thank
become more obtainable to you so thank you for listening
you for listening
you for listening [Applause]
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