Hey, it's Rebecca. You can hear new episodes of No Limits on Tune In four days before anywhere else.

We are not as humans meant to just kind of float purposelessly around the world and just kind of, you know, take a bite out of this and throw it away and take a bite out of that and throw us.

That's just not the way we were generally wired. And my mother knew that without even articulating it that way.

Her thing was fine, something that you like and you're really good at, work hard at it,

and leave behind more than you take away. From ABC, it's no limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis,

and each week we're talking to the most bold and influential women laying at the top of their game, trying to demystify

success and what it really takes to get there and all the tradeoffs. Whether you're looking

for answers or you just want to hear a good story, you're in the right place. On today's

episode, growing up, she was told she had three strikes against her.

She was black, she was a girl, and she was poor.

Ursula Burns is a woman who's made history as the first African-American woman to head a Fortune 500 company.

She is the former chairwoman and CEO of Xerox, now a board member of the company Uber.

And thanks to the support of her single mother, she recognized the power of education.

Ursula Burns, welcome to No Limits. I am happy to be here. I like the title, No Limits. That

means I can be my good old self. Well, that's exactly the person we want to talk to you today. I like the title, No Limits. That means I can be my good old self. Well, that's exactly

the person we want to talk to you today. I'm really glad that you're here. This is something

that everybody behind the scenes at No Limits sincerely has been working really hard to get you

here. And your story is, I think, both inspiring and informative.

You're now the retired chairman and CEO of Xerox.

Recently joined the Uber board.

You sit on a number of other boards like American Express, ExxonMobil, Nestle.

You are the first African-American woman to lead an SMP 500 company.

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