"This above all:  to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man."
                                 Hamlet - William Shakespeare

Maurice Flanagan
Vice Chairman Group President
Emirates Airlines
Dubai, UAE

Find your passion and go for it.
Life is too short to work for just a paycheck.
Hopefully you will continue with a broad view of the planet that will help make a better world.

Robert Kennedy
Assistant General Manager
Operations, Maintenance & Security
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Over the past years I have witnessed in people a growing apathy and cynicism toward everything corporate and political.
Our generation cannot help but feel responsible with examples like Enron and the politicians of today.
My advice to overcome this is to look for something in life, which you have passion for, something that excites you, and try and make that into a career. That may mean that your MBA will be used in a career as a climatologist in Peru.
But you will be happy.

Stan Wraight
President and CEO
AirBridge Cargo Airlines

Whatever you do, be sure that you can face yourself in the mirror afterwards.

Heide Enfield
Head of Global Market Development
Lufthansa Cargo
Charter Agency

Do what you love, the money will follow.

Dave Brooks
President
American Airlines Cargo

Take the day you graduate and enjoy the moment.
What you accomplished is no small feat. Among other things you made friends in college for life.
Always remember them and the great time you had.
Walk out of this experience with your eyes wide-open, head high.
Spread your arms and embrace your new life.
Listen to experience and be ready for the road and ride no matter where it may take you.
Be open and honest and take what we call life and work hard to follow your dreams.
But have fun and remember we only go around once.

John Ryan
Cargo Manager Americas
bmi Cargo

Follow your heart and work toward the career that you enjoy and want.
Be a self-starter, persevere with your assignments and follow through with the career that interests you the most.
You will be sure to succeed in the long run.
Do not be afraid to start "at the bottom," since the importance of the tasks you learn and skills you develop early on may not be apparent to you now, but will be later on in life.

Warren Kroeppel
General Manager
LaGuardia Airport

Look for the true values.
I do Yoga every morning and end my brain and body session with the following words:
" I am responsible that it will be a peaceful day."

Maria Muller
Managing Director
Rostock-Laage Airport

Pick a field of activity you really love - with passion almost - and then give it 100% of your effort.
Always remember to act with total integrity.
You will find success along the way.

Claude Morin
President
Air Canada Cargo

Don’t trust politicians.
Don’t fall in the trap of easy credit.
Try to never grow up.
Follow your goals and don’t forget to play.

Jo Frigger
Chairman & CEO
EMO TRANS

Life is a flow, swim with it.
Enjoy your success and those of the people closest to you at work or at home.
Never be satisfied with what you have reached so far and always look beyond. And never ever think of joining the air cargo industry... unless you have a passion for the above.

Oliver Evans
Chief Cargo Officer
Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.

Try to refrain from coming to judgments of others and their cultures, until you have had the opportunity to travel and sample respective environments of different foods, language, histories and priorities.
If you have no plans to accomplish this, then elevate your vision and travel to learn and establish new, rich friendships.
Also although you may not believe this now, in the near future you will find that your parents' advice wasn't ALL wrong.

Jack Boisen
Staff Vice President
Continental Airlines Cargo

In today's "Flat" world, brains are our most variable commodity.
Get all the schooling that you can get and read everything that is in your field.
Remember, everything else you pay for—car, clothes, vacations—go down in value or is perishable.
Education and knowledge increase your value and no one can ever take that away from you.

Bill Boesch
President & Chairman
Cargo Logistics Solutions