When I was 12 years old, my grandfather sat me down and said, "Someday you're going to be the president. " And I laughed. He then leaned in real close, looked straight into my eyes, and said, "No, someday you will be the president. " I didn't laugh the second time. I got it. He saw something in me. real potential that I had yet to see in myself. My grandfather began to change my lens. I started looking up and around at the world with curiosity. As someone who's been living with his eyes up for 50 plus years ...