The heart of Savannah Guthrie's address centered around four points of “unconventional advice” for life post-graduation.
First point: Be afraid. Knowing it’s possible to fail pushes you to accomplish more.
“A little bit of fear is good for you, for the simple reason that it leads to over-preparation,” she said.
Second: Believe you might succeed more wildly than you ever imagined.
“We think small to avoid bigger failures,” Guthrie said. “Don’t settle.”
Third” Seek out uncomfortable situations.
“Sometimes that big leap is going to give you air sickness,” said Guthrie, who recalled turning down a prestigious clerking position after law school for an uncertain return to television news.
Fourth: Slow down. Success doesn’t come all at once.
Guthrie talked about reporting for a small-town television station and how every journalist was looking for the perfect resume-booster — an “escape tape” — to get them to a bigger city. What she said she didn’t realize was that every day she spent in the trenches, shooting her own film and writing her own scripts, she was preparing herself for success down the road.
“I’m glad the first politician’s staffer to chew me out was a local politician and not the White House,” she said.
“So, be afraid, uncomfortable, unrealistic and slow. There, I send you out into the world,” Guthrie said, with one last pointer — call your parents once in a while.
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