1 00:00:02,060 --> 00:00:04,500 >> And the phone was ringing, 2 00:00:04,500 --> 00:00:06,310 and it was the chancellor. 3 00:00:06,310 --> 00:00:10,380 [LAUGHTER] He was calling me, he said, 4 00:00:10,380 --> 00:00:12,380 Betty, we want you to take 5 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:15,375 this job at Kennsaw State, and I said, yes. 6 00:00:15,375 --> 00:00:17,380 My husband said, How much does it pay? 7 00:00:17,380 --> 00:00:19,080 I said, yes, I didn't care. 8 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:22,360 And that's the stuff of legend in her family as well that 9 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,750 I wanted the job so much after I thought I didn't get it. 10 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:27,500 So I took it without even knowing 11 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:29,225 what the parameters of the job would be, 12 00:00:29,225 --> 00:00:32,130 I felt I was called to be here. 13 00:00:32,130 --> 00:00:37,630 >> I just appreciate 14 00:00:37,630 --> 00:00:41,490 so much who she was and what she did. 15 00:00:41,490 --> 00:00:47,950 And the way she did it. She's a true treasure 16 00:00:47,950 --> 00:00:50,875 and she was masterful with people. 17 00:00:50,875 --> 00:00:58,420 >> She was an amazing inspirational leader and friend. 18 00:00:58,420 --> 00:01:06,080 >> A profit doesn't necessarily predict the future, 19 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,840 but a profit can 20 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,560 tell you where you have the capacity to go. 21 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,460 >> Right after I started as 22 00:01:14,460 --> 00:01:16,620 director of the Siegel Institute. 23 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:19,020 I was in rural North Carolina and I'm 24 00:01:19,020 --> 00:01:21,640 at an apple farm in rural North Carolina. 25 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,180 And as the ladies bagging up my apples, 26 00:01:24,180 --> 00:01:26,155 she's talking to me, where do you work, 27 00:01:26,155 --> 00:01:27,620 what do you do, kind of thing? 28 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:30,440 And I told her I worked at Kennesaw State University. 29 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,840 And she said, Oh, I know Betty Siegel. 30 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,060 So here I am in rural North Carolina buying apples and 31 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:37,520 this woman is talking to me about 32 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,200 the last time she met Betty Siegel. 33 00:01:40,310 --> 00:01:43,245 >> Nothing wore Betty out. 34 00:01:43,245 --> 00:01:46,570 And even to this day, 35 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:52,720 she's one of the most joyful people you'll ever find. 36 00:01:58,310 --> 00:02:01,130 >> Well, it would be hard to look at her 37 00:02:01,130 --> 00:02:03,750 and not immediately notice her huge smile. 38 00:02:03,750 --> 00:02:06,070 And you just you just walked out of the room 39 00:02:06,070 --> 00:02:10,050 feeling really happy and really uplifted. 40 00:02:11,830 --> 00:02:15,120 >> When we first came here, 41 00:02:15,650 --> 00:02:18,770 I was standing around and I 42 00:02:18,770 --> 00:02:22,330 heard some of the citizens in the community say, 43 00:02:23,670 --> 00:02:26,010 when I'm around her, 44 00:02:26,010 --> 00:02:28,915 it just makes me feel warm and good. 45 00:02:28,915 --> 00:02:33,130 And I think Betty has some of the capacity 46 00:02:33,130 --> 00:02:41,540 to summon forth to bring out the good angels in us. 47 00:02:41,540 --> 00:02:44,560 >> There's a story about a Native American, 48 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,100 a Cherokee, teaching his grandson about life. 49 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:50,480 A fight is going on inside me, 50 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,740 he said to the boy it's a terrible fight. 51 00:02:52,740 --> 00:02:54,920 It's between two wolves. 52 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:57,040 One is evil. 53 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,160 He is anger, envy, 54 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,380 sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, 55 00:03:01,380 --> 00:03:03,800 self pity, guilt, resentment, lies, 56 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,605 false pride, superiority, and ego. 57 00:03:07,605 --> 00:03:10,150 And the other is good. 58 00:03:10,150 --> 00:03:11,730 He has joy, peace, 59 00:03:11,730 --> 00:03:14,310 love, hope, serenity, humility, 60 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:18,450 kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, 61 00:03:18,450 --> 00:03:20,830 truth, compassion, and faith. 62 00:03:20,830 --> 00:03:23,210 The same fight is going on inside 63 00:03:23,210 --> 00:03:26,110 you and inside every other person, 64 00:03:26,110 --> 00:03:28,850 the grandson thought about it for a long moment. 65 00:03:28,850 --> 00:03:31,050 And then he asked his grandfather, 66 00:03:31,050 --> 00:03:34,885 which wolf will win? 67 00:03:34,885 --> 00:03:39,630 And then the old Cherokee grandfather simply replied, 68 00:03:39,630 --> 00:03:43,080 the one you feel. 69 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,730 >> What is your [inaudible] going to say? 70 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:57,900 >> Oh, my. I have been asked that. 71 00:03:57,900 --> 00:04:00,820 And the first response that I gave, 72 00:04:00,820 --> 00:04:08,705 I'd like to be a minister for education. 73 00:04:08,705 --> 00:04:10,600 >> And you are?