What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations
ADAM BRAUNI’m not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
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Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.
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I looked around and acknowledged that what you see around you is proof of what exists within you.
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I realized that even big waves start with small ripples
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Make your life a story worth telling. You only get one shot at this existence, and one day when you’re gone the most important thing you’ll leave behind is the legacy of the life you lived.
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Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it’s empowering generations to come.
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Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts
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Think about it – most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values – hope and change.
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When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you’ll learn to become great at your craft because you’ll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.
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My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006
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We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.
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Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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Your twenties are the time to both accept and fight your way into the person you’re destined to become.
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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.
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It’s the presence of others who are smarter, kinder, wiser, and different from you that enables you to evolve. Those are the people to surround yourself with at all times.
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I understood that I might fail, but I wouldn’t let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.
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I asked a boy begging on the streets, ‘If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?’ and he answered me with two words: ‘A pencil.’ Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.
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We fear leaving those familiar surroundings, which is natural, but through exploration of the unfamiliar we stop focusing on the labels that define WHAT we are and discover WHO we are.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education.
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A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.
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Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes.
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When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you’re producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement’s voice.
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A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they’re going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.
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They don’t come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I’ve been and the people I’ve met.
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Tourists see, and travelers seek.
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