Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.
ADAM BRAUNMany of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble – we surround ourselves with people who share our opinions, speak the way we speak, and look the way we look.
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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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My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006
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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 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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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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It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.
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Many of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble – we surround ourselves with people who share our opinions, speak the way we speak, and look the way we look.
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Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it’s empowering generations to come.
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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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You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.
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I realized that even big waves start with small ripples
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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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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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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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Make your life a story worth telling.
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