Fiorina closed her speech with this distillation of her journey's lesson. She told the graduates that if she could send them one email every year for the rest of their lives, she would say: see your life as a journey, pause to see the patterns that emerge, engage your whole self in everything you do, and remember that leadership is about empowering others. She emphasized that paths appear random when viewed one step at a time, but when you stand back and see the whole journey in perspective, a meaningful pattern always emerges.