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My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006

Adam Braun

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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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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Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes.
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Advice Allow Cannot never No Somebody Speak Take Yes
It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.
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Commitment Community Education Local Need Own
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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Change Compass Easiest Failing might Understood Way
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
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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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
You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.
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Losing Prospect Realize Realizing Something Value
It can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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Beauty Future Music Poetry Sketch Transcendent Untold Uplifting
True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.
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Begin Comfort Discovery Life Self Zone
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
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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Amazing Art Inspiring Pencil Poetry Transcendent Uplifting
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
The single most powerful element of youth is that you don’t have the life experiences to know what can’t be done.
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Done Element Experience Life Powerful
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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