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Adam Braun

The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.
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True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.
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Begin Comfort Discovery Life Self Zone
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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Familiar Fear Leaving Natural Overcome Surrounding Unfamiliar
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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Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.
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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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I realized that even big waves start with small ripples
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Big Bigger Even Realize Ripple Wave
Your life should be a story you are excited to tell.
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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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Accept Both Destiny Fighting Person Time Twenties Way
My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006
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Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts
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Act Big Dream Small Start Unreasonable
That’s when the magic happens- when everyone else is asleep and you’re awake thinking about the world as it is, and the world as it could be. Make the most of those moments.
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I’m not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
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Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.
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Challenge Creating Easy Last Something
A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.
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Desire Dream Heartfelt Idea Pencil Possibility Promise Simple World
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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Action Become Momentum Movement Small Start Voice Weight
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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What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations
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In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.
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Always Clash Guided Moment Perceived Priorities Value
In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the dimly lit light of possibility, immerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.
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Allwowing Chose Light Path Two Uncertainty Yourself
Speak the language of the person you want to become.
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Create Language Making Person Speak Time Want
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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Dream Enterprise Passion Reality Social True
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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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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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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Different Enable Different People Presence Smarter Surround Yourself
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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Building Bussiness Donor Mean Office Space School Successful Surprise
For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.
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Action Any Event Gain Momentum Movement Small Start

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