If you have a checklist, good for you. Structured ambition can sometimes be motivating. But also, feel free to let it go.

American actress Mindy Kaling delivered the commencement address to the 2018 graduating students at Dartmouth College. She implored the graduands to believe in themself and become extraordinary.

“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something, but especially not yourself,“

Mindy Kaling Dartmouth’s 2018 Commencement Speech Transcript

Good morning to the Class of 2018, the faculty, the parents, the grandparents, fellow honorees, and the paid laughers I have scattered throughout the audience.

It is an honor to join you this morning for this special occasion.