When you listen — when you really listen to people, when you listen as fiercely as you want to be heard, when you respect the idea that you are sharing the earth with other humans, when you lead with your nice foot forward, you'll win every time.
Kristen Bell
USC School of Dramatic Arts Commencement 2019, 2019
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Bell's central thesis was disarmingly simple: be nice. She confessed upfront that she didn't graduate from college and couldn't tell the audience 'what a Magna Carta is or what it even does.' But she could share the one trick that had carried her through life and career — genuinely listening to people and leading with kindness. She backed this with humorous personal evidence: being nice had gotten her through airport security without a driver's license (twice), while her husband Dax Shepard, 'also highly recognizable,' gets a pat-down '10 out of 10 times' because 'he's just not as nice as me.' The joke landed, but the underlying message was serious — in an age of instant gratification, the dividends of kindness may not appear immediately, but 'it comes back to you when you need it.'
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