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.
ADAM BRAUNIn those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.
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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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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I’ve taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos.
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As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways.
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Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest
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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’m not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
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Speak the language of the person you want to become.
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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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You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.
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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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Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts
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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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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.
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Your life should be a story you are excited to tell.
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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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