Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.
ADAM BRAUNCreating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.
ADAM BRAUNYou never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.
ADAM BRAUNI’m not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
ADAM BRAUNFor 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.
ADAM BRAUNI understood that I might fail, but I wouldn’t let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.
ADAM BRAUNIt 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 BRAUNWe 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.
ADAM BRAUNAs 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.
ADAM BRAUNEvery person has a revolution beating within his or her chest
ADAM BRAUNThink 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.
ADAM BRAUNThey 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.
ADAM BRAUNThe single most powerful element of youth is that you don’t have the life experiences to know what can’t be done.
ADAM BRAUNI 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.
ADAM BRAUNI 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.
ADAM BRAUNSpeak the language of the person you want to become.
ADAM BRAUNMake your life a story worth telling.
ADAM BRAUN