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&lt;p&gt;Harvard Business School&#39;s class day speaker was Kathy Giusti, founder and CEO of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and one of TIME&amp;rsquo;s 100 most influential people 2011.   She spoke about her unexpected turn from conventional pharma exec to cancer-stricken entrepreneur, and the journey that led her to find happiness in her life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Giusti has said before that HBS is where she learned to problem-solve,  create great action plans, and assemble the right teams to get things  done.  The school&amp;rsquo;s high-powered network also helped her, supported her,  and rallied around her as she started her cancer research foundation.  Some even helped her to write the business plan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In her speech, she gave the following injunction:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;rsquo;t wait for a crisis, a tragedy, a cancer diagnosis to do something amazing with your life. Ask yourself these questions now. Ask your selves how you can make a difference, what you want to change.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object style=&quot;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;510&quot; data=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/v/kdhPsC0sPiU?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;data&quot; value=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/v/kdhPsC0sPiU?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;src&quot; value=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/v/kdhPsC0sPiU?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;rel=0&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Graduation Real Talk: 11 Celebrity Commencement Speeches &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bill Clinton: B-Schools Promote One of &#39;Two Bad Ideas&#39; Hurting America &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11px;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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