Min Jin Lee: Time Is Our Teacher

I’m always on the lookout for an inspiring graduation speech. Last weekend, at Yale College, I heard one that I can’t stop thinking about. Min Jin Lee, the Korean-American author of Pachinko, a Yale graduate who, as a student, had far more B’s than A’s, channeled the ancient Greeks, and her own struggles, including a terrifying battle with liver disease, to help us figure out how to “choose the important over the urgent.” Her speech was about an hour. I recommend listening to every minute of it on the Yale youtube channel. But for those of you who are pressed for time right now, I’m offering a couple of key excerpts. It’s not a Wavemaker Conversation. It’s an empowering conversation starter.