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Reasons

Published: Saturday, 23 March 2013

Why, excuses, rationale, justifications, explanations, verbal diarrhoea, reasons, etc.

In the end, the myriad and infinite possibility of reasons why you did something doesn't matter.

It's what you did that matters.

About Me

Marita ChengForbes named me a world's top 50 woman in tech & 30 Under 30. I founded Robogals and Aipoly and was Young Australian of the Year 2012. Currently working on robotics company Aubot. I'm the youngest Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and I give speeches around the world.

I tweet @maritacheng and I'm on Facebook.

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