I think the skills that we have as human beings are valuable. They always have been, and that'll be even more true in the future.

The most coveted workers will always be those with the flexibility to combine soft skills with technical skills.

I think real estate is really core, but you just nailed why I'm still here and loved retail - it's because of the breadth of it. I didn't appreciate how interesting retail was until I got started. You have to have a customer relationship, but you need leadership skills, servant leadership characteristics.

Information, education, skills, healthcare, livelihood, financial inclusion, small and village enterprises, opportunities for women, conservation of natural resources, distributed clean energy - entirely new possibilities have emerged to change the development model.

If you say you want to automate cars and save people's lives, the skills you need for that aren't taught in any particular discipline. I know - I was interested in working on automating cars when I was a Ph.D. student in 1995.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure.