Dr. Ruth connected this advice to the Yiddish concept of 'chutzpah' — the audacity to accept challenges even when you're shaking in your boots. She illustrated it with her own schedule that day: she had already committed to hosting a concert at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan with an Israeli cellist and an Israeli-Arab pianist. When Trinity asked her to speak at commencement on the same day, she could have declined. But in 'typical Westheimer fashion,' she said yes within a split second, at age 75, knowing she'd find a way to do both. Her life was proof of the principle: from Holocaust orphan to Swiss housekeeper to world-famous sex therapist, every leap forward had required accepting the risk of failure.