Speak the language of the person you want to become.
ADAM BRAUNWhat 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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It can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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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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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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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’m not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
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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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Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.
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It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.
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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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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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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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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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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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In moments of uncertainty…i mmerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.
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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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