Commencement speakers are considered to be successful and are supposed to give advice. So when I was asked to address the doctoral and master’s degree recipients at Kent State University this past weekend, I thought a lot about what success means to me and what I could tell them as they pursue their dreams. I decided to talk about rock climbing.
I told the graduates and their guests how I had started rock climbing as a student at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I told them about the countless weekends I had spent outdoors with my fellow climbers. How we had hiked, climbed and shared stories by the campfire.
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