Don't Mistake Niceness For Weakness.

When I Was Fresh Out Of Law School, I Had A Burning Desire To Do Something Important, To Have An Impact In Some Way, But I Didn't Know What It Was.

Often We Women Are Risk Averse. I Needed The Push. Now, More Than Ever, Young Women Need More Seasoned Women To Provide That Encouragement, To Take A Risk, To Go For It. Once A Glass Ceiling Is Broken, It Stays Broken.

For Most Of The 20th Century, We Didn't Just Enjoy Economic Success In Michigan, We Defined It. Our Innovators And Entrepreneurs Created The World's Most Productive Companies, And Our Unions Made Sure That Productivity Led To Broad Middle Class Prosperity.

We Have Gasoline At $2 A Gallon. If That Doesn't Drive Demand, I Don't Know What Will.

Our Economic Competitors ... Are Eating Us For Lunch, And We Can Get In The Game Or Not. We Can Be At The Table, Or We Can Be On The Table.