'My Favorite Political Philosophers'

" Why can't I doing and something why not. -- your abilities -- hard work. Abilities plus hard work. To find. -- Korean attempts and that it is no why or why not -- okay here's your abilities plus hard work. A lot of have a great deal of ability a lot of good work hard. Put them together and that enhances the lineup thanks it is usually not good reason and then the third lesson. In -- actually come from two of my favorite political philosophers. Mao Tse Tung and Mother Teresa. Not often coupled with each other. -- think two people that I turn to most. To basically deliver a simple point which is. You're going to make choices that going to challenge you going to say why not. You're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before. But here's the deal these are good choices. They -- no one else's. In 1947 and now six who is being challenged within his own party. On his plan. To basically take China over. Chiang -- sat in the nationalist Chinese held the city's. They had the army the -- air force. They had everything on their side. And because of how do you win happened -- Davis -- business against all of the odds against him and now sequencing. And you fight your war and on fight night. And think about 10%. You don't have to except. The definition. Of talent to do things and you don't have to follow other people's choices and paths. OK it is about your choices in Europe -- own war. You lay out their own caps. You figure out what's right they do. You don't let external definition define how good you are internally you fight your war he let them fight yes. Everybody has a half. And the Mother Teresa. Who put. Upon receiving a letter from a fairly affluent. Young person. Who asked her that if she could come over and help with an orphanage in Calcutta. Responded -- recently. Go find. Your own name Calcutta. Go find their own -- her own path. -- client that thing that is unique to you. The challenge is actually yours not somebody else's challenged one of the things that we see. The Obama's birth of the Michelle and Barack. Came out of backgrounds as community organizers. Working. Was underprivileged communities it. And they both have this huge commitment to service which is something to -- and is also happy -- commitment to. We have a national day of service during the inauguration. Andy web site -- the corporation for national service actually crashed that day because so many people wanted to serve on that one day."