Book: The Promise of A Pencil
Author: Adam Braun
ISBN: 978-1-4767-3062-2
Go to 2017 Directory of Authors & Books
Comments: I highly recommend this book to any undergraduate business school student. The things Adam explains will help you to become better rounded in business. Sometimes it takes a book like this to explain the business world better than an actual business book. I enjoyed reading this book and many of the things Adam tells will help me in my business ventures.
*p= page, where note will be found in book
Introduction
1. We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth. p2
2. 57 million children are out of school. p2
3. Education is a complex issue. p2
4. The global education crisis remains the single most solvable and important human rights issue of our time. p2
Mantra 1: Why Be Normal
1. Expectations of excellence became the tent poles that formed our values. p7
2. Our values then guided the choices we made. p7
3. Grandmother was displaced when she was a 14yr old girl in Hungary. p8
4. Grandmother was transported to Auschwitz. p8
5. The entire family was killed by the Nazi's upon their arrival to Auschwitz. p8
6. Adam Braun's grandmother was transported to Bergen-Belsen Camp after 6 months. p9
7. His grandmother was in Bergen-Belsen for 8 months. p9
8. Grandmother returns to Budapest once she recovered from being in a concentration camp. No one waited or was there at the train station. Her father was killed at a work camp in Russia. p9
9. Joseph was a Holocaust survivor and a friend of her uncle's. p9
10. Joseph spent a year at Dachau Concentration Camp. p9
11. Joseph Braun married Adam's grandmother. p9
12. They had two children. p9
13. They left Hungary in 1956 when the Hungarian Revolution Broke out. p9
14. Once they arrived to U.S., the grandfather worked as a dental technician and the grandmother worked in a sweatshop. p10
15. Adam's father completed college in 3 years. p10
16. He attended the University of Pennsylvania for Dental School. p10
17. Adam's father's name is Ervin Braun. p9
18. Ervin met his wife, Susan, in college. p10
19. Susan's father was from Poland. They escaped Poland before the Holocaust. p10
20. After college they started their own practice. One was a dentist and the other an orthodontist. They moved to CosCob in Greenwich, Connecticut. p11
21. Sam and Cornelio did not follow the norms of their peers. They close to be different. And in doing so, they proved that through struggle, sacrifice, and service, staggering personal transformation is possible.
Mantra 2: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
1. He studied at Brown University. p16
2. He took Engineering 90 with Professor Barrett Hazeltine. p16
3. Engineering 90 Class gave rise to Nantucket Nectar juice company. p16
4. Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India p18
5. Varanasi is on the Ganges River. p18
6. According to Hindu legend the area was founded by the god Shiva. p18
7. Study Different Religions: Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam
8. Success in life isn't about conforming to the expectations of others, but about achieving personal fulfillment. p19
9. Semester at Sea p19
10. Many of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble, surround ourselves with people who share our p19
a. opinions
b. speak the way we speak
c. look the way we look
11. By exploring we stop focusing on the labels that define what we are p19
12. By exploring we discover who we are p19
13. True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends p20
Mantra 3: Know that You Have a Purpose
Mantra 4: Every Pencil Holds a Promise
1. Listening intensely is a far more valuable skill than speaking immensely. p32
2. Could something as small as a pencil, the foundation of an education, unlock a child's potential? p36
3. A pencil is the key to some children around the world. p36
4. A pencil was a symbol. It was a portal to creativity, curiosity, and possibility. p36
5. Cremation on the banks of the Ganges allow direct access to nirvana in the afterlife. p36
Mantra 5: Do The Small Things That Make Others Feel Big
1. It was so rare to see an overweight person in the developing world. p41
2. Kindness cannot be evaluated in dollars and cents. p42
3. The only way to measure it (kindness) is in the weight of compassion that the act itself carries forward into the life of another. p42
4. Scott Neeson, Australian and Film Executive who oversaw the release of some of the top movies of all time: Titanic and X-Men p44
5. Neeson created the Cambodian Children's Fund (CCF) p44
Mantra 6: Tourists See, Travelers Seek
1. My sense of guilt and obligation diminished the hard work and desires of those who come the hard work and desires of those who come before. it was a total emotional shift. Rather than motivation to celebrate those before me in a different way. p54
2. In Western culture, we are taught that those of us with ample resources and money should share our prosperity with those who have less. I'd thought of charity as a simple transaction, a one-way street. p56
3. Most parents around the world want an education for their children. p56
4. He taught me to approach each new person I met with the dignity he or she deserves. p57
Mantra 7: Asking for Permission Is Asking for Denial
1. George Stanton told him "experience will be much more valuable in the long run." p63
2. Asking for permission opens the door for denial. p66
Mantra 8: Embrace The Lightning Moments
1. People think big ideas suddenly appear on their own, but they're actually the product of many small, intersecting moments and realizations that move us toward a breakthrough. p70
Mantra 9: Big Dreams Start with Small, Unreasonable Acts
1. Friends are the family you choose. p77
2. The difference between a lunatic and a leader is that only one of them has others who join in his or her pursuit. p84
3. Our culture glorifies founders and CEOs far too often, when in fact the early adopters and evangelists are actually the ones who make a company's success possible. p84
Mantra 10: Practice Humility Over Hubris
1. It's in the moments when you feel most confident that you are most likely to fall flat on your face. p91
2. We re-create our reputation every day. p91
Mantra 11: Speak the Language of the Person You Want To Become
1. Bob Anderson, the founder of Community Learning International, an organization that built community learning centers, libraries, and schools in Luang Prabang Province. p99
2. The mind delivers logic and reason, but the heart is where faith resides. p101
Mantra 12: Walk With A Purpose
1. David Booth, founded an NG) called the East Bali Poverty Project.
2. Agatha Thapa, founded Seto Gurans. Her programs enable women to use items they can find in their rural villages to create a curriculum for teaching young children. p106
3. When a bystander steps up on behalf of a potential victim, he or she become the very definition of a hero. p106
Mantra 13: Happiness Is Found in Celebrating Others
Mantra 14: Find the Impossible Ones
1. Every conversation began with the same question: "What do you love doing most?" p116
2. Viewing an individual's social media presence as an important form of currency was something we banked on early. p117
3. Cause Marketing: All data suggested that consumers would overwhelmingly choose a product that makes the world better if compared to an equal product that didn't have an element of social good. p117
Mantra 15: Focus on One Person in Every Room
1. Seeds of Learning in Nicaragua. p125
Mantra 16: Read the Signs Along the Path
1. An entrepreneur is someone who will jump off a cliff and assemble an airplane on the way down by Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn. p135
Mantra 17: Create Separation to Build Connection
1. Summit Series, a company that hosted exclusive retreats for young entrepreneurs, artists, and activists. p142
2. Jason Russell, Lauren Poole, and Bobby Bailey, Cofounders of Invisible Children p144
3. They were confident and unflappable, but they weren't afraid to ask for help. And they had all failed at times. But they learned more from their mistakes than their successes. p145
4. The meaningful connections I'd had over the previous few days didn't happen when I was staring at my computer, banging out emails, but when I focused on being present with the people right in front of me. p146
Mantra 18: Never Take No From Someone Who Can't Say Yes
1. High overhead is common for nonprofits, 80% is considered very good. p148
Mantra 19: Stay Guided By Your Values, Not Your Necessities
1. Laotians believe that 32 spirit guardians watch over and protect each person. p157
2. You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it. p160
Mantra 20: You Cannot Fake Authenticity
1. You can learn far more about a person from the music he or she listens to than you can from the number of followers he or she has on social media. p165
2. Creating a company means you're going to go through hell and high water along the way. You need to know the character of the people at your side. Trust is everything. p166
3. Scott Braun worked for Jermaine Dupri at Sos Def Recordings. p166
Mantra 21: There Is Only One Chance At A First Impression
1. Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge. p171
2. The Feast on Good Conference, leading advertising and media execs that focused on driving innovation that makes the world work better. p174
Mantra 22: Fess Up To Your Failures
1. The most powerful thing in the world is an idea whose time has come. p177
2. Dunn Bros Coffee, a sustainable coffee company p178
3. Indiegogo, crowdfunding platform p178
Mantra 23: Learn To Close The Loop
1. We referred to the communication that explained to someone where his or her money went as "closing the loop." p186
Mantra 24: Change Your Words to Change Your Worth
1. Real value comes from investing in the well-being of others. p195
2. We started to put a price tag on our ability to help start-ups and established brands market themselves while also building their internal morale. p198
3. He now saw his contribution as an investment. p200
Mantra 25: A Goal Realized Is A Goal Defined
1. Accept that plans change and new opportunities will suddenly present themselves while traveling. p202
2. If you make yourself a target, you'll become one. p202
3. Your valued possessions should stay next to your privates. p202
4. Music and body language are universally spoken, so when someone invites you to dance, let go of your inhibitions and dance. p202
5. When in doubt, just say you're Canadian. People hate a lot of countries, but no one hates the Canadians. p202
6. Exceptional speakers deliver every complete thought directly to one person in the audience, making that person feel like the center of the room-and then they move on and do it again. p203
7. Take advantage of the freedom that comes with your youth. Inhale life, exhale fire, and embrace the late, sleepless nights, because 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. p203
8. Disaster Volunteers of Ghana (DIVOG) in Volta Region of Ghana p204
Mantra 26: Surround Yourself With Those Who Make You Better
1. Dalai Lama teaches the state of bliss. Bliss does not come from materials or possessions; it comes from fulfilling one's purpose in this existence. p216
2. Ray Chamber's greatest value isn't his wallet; it's his ability to bring people together to collectively solve problems. p217
3. Ray Chamber's said: "Think about how the world will change in the next ten years, and how you and your resources and networks will change within it. Use that as a compass to determine how you can affect as many people as possible.
4. If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together. p218
Mantra 27: Vulnerability Is Vital
1. I was afraid of that moment of relinquishing control, of allowing someone to judge me. p220
2. Charles Best founded DonorsChoose.org p222
3. Exponential Fundraising, a program through the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard p222
4. Jennifer McCrea, fundraising guru
5. Jeffrey Walker, philantropist
6. McCrea and Walker teach the Exponential Fundraising Program at Harvard p222
7. Follow-up with people p226
8. We all spend so much time putting up walls so that others can't see our vulnerabilities, but those same walls often enclose us within our own insecurities. p227
Mantra 28: Listen to Your Echoes
1. After a job interview with a potential employee. Adam didn't want a traditional follow-up email that night. He wanted a marathon letter from the heart about whether he wanted the role. p230
2. Education is complex p235
3. Every child needs several key things to attain a quality education. Most important among these are a safe place to learn, a support system of well-trained teachers and invested parents, and the ability to progress from year to year as the cost of learning increases. p235
Mantra 29: If Your Dreams Don't Scare You, They're Not Big Enough
1. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. p243
2. True motivation is not found within reaching a goal, but rather getting to a place where you can confidently and audaciously move the finish line far off into the distance once again. p244
Mantra 30: Epilogue- Make Your Life a Story Worth Telling
1. Pencils for Promise are launching a series of innovations that will test new technologies and teaching methods that they believe will be truly game changing. p247
2. The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done. p249
3. Young people are too naive to realize what can't be accomplished, and in that fact lies their willingness to try. p249
4. Martin Luther King Jr. was just twenty-six when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. p249
5. Steve Jobs created Apple when he was twenty-one p249
6. Bill Gates founded Microsoft at twenty. p249
7. Malala Yousafzai is a 16 yr old and a global education advocate. p249
8. The key to an attainable goal is to think big and then take small, incremental steps forward day by day. p250
9. Start by changing the subjects of your daily conversation from the life you are living to the life you aspire to create. p250
10. By speaking the language of the person you seek to become, you will soon find yourself immersed in the conversations that make you most come alive. You'll sense the energy you emit attracting similar energy from others. Your conversations will lead to opportunities, which will become actions, which will become footprints for good. p250
11. As humans we are natural storytellers. We weave narrative into nearly every relationship we build and value. p250
12. Regardless of age or status, if you're not satisfied with the path you're on, it's time to rewrite your future. Your life should be a story you are excited to tell. p250
13. The most direct route to happiness is through creating joy for someone else. p251
14. Change doesn't happen through hard work alone, it requires strength of imagination. p251
15. We make a choice to bring positivity or negativity into the world. p251
16. To contact Adam directly, please email adam@ipromise.org
Author: Adam Braun
ISBN: 978-1-4767-3062-2
Go to 2017 Directory of Authors & Books
Comments: I highly recommend this book to any undergraduate business school student. The things Adam explains will help you to become better rounded in business. Sometimes it takes a book like this to explain the business world better than an actual business book. I enjoyed reading this book and many of the things Adam tells will help me in my business ventures.
*p= page, where note will be found in book
Introduction
1. We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth. p2
2. 57 million children are out of school. p2
3. Education is a complex issue. p2
4. The global education crisis remains the single most solvable and important human rights issue of our time. p2
Mantra 1: Why Be Normal
1. Expectations of excellence became the tent poles that formed our values. p7
2. Our values then guided the choices we made. p7
3. Grandmother was displaced when she was a 14yr old girl in Hungary. p8
4. Grandmother was transported to Auschwitz. p8
5. The entire family was killed by the Nazi's upon their arrival to Auschwitz. p8
6. Adam Braun's grandmother was transported to Bergen-Belsen Camp after 6 months. p9
7. His grandmother was in Bergen-Belsen for 8 months. p9
8. Grandmother returns to Budapest once she recovered from being in a concentration camp. No one waited or was there at the train station. Her father was killed at a work camp in Russia. p9
9. Joseph was a Holocaust survivor and a friend of her uncle's. p9
10. Joseph spent a year at Dachau Concentration Camp. p9
11. Joseph Braun married Adam's grandmother. p9
12. They had two children. p9
13. They left Hungary in 1956 when the Hungarian Revolution Broke out. p9
14. Once they arrived to U.S., the grandfather worked as a dental technician and the grandmother worked in a sweatshop. p10
15. Adam's father completed college in 3 years. p10
16. He attended the University of Pennsylvania for Dental School. p10
17. Adam's father's name is Ervin Braun. p9
18. Ervin met his wife, Susan, in college. p10
19. Susan's father was from Poland. They escaped Poland before the Holocaust. p10
20. After college they started their own practice. One was a dentist and the other an orthodontist. They moved to CosCob in Greenwich, Connecticut. p11
21. Sam and Cornelio did not follow the norms of their peers. They close to be different. And in doing so, they proved that through struggle, sacrifice, and service, staggering personal transformation is possible.
Mantra 2: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
1. He studied at Brown University. p16
2. He took Engineering 90 with Professor Barrett Hazeltine. p16
3. Engineering 90 Class gave rise to Nantucket Nectar juice company. p16
4. Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India p18
5. Varanasi is on the Ganges River. p18
6. According to Hindu legend the area was founded by the god Shiva. p18
7. Study Different Religions: Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam
8. Success in life isn't about conforming to the expectations of others, but about achieving personal fulfillment. p19
9. Semester at Sea p19
10. Many of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble, surround ourselves with people who share our p19
a. opinions
b. speak the way we speak
c. look the way we look
11. By exploring we stop focusing on the labels that define what we are p19
12. By exploring we discover who we are p19
13. True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends p20
Mantra 3: Know that You Have a Purpose
Mantra 4: Every Pencil Holds a Promise
1. Listening intensely is a far more valuable skill than speaking immensely. p32
2. Could something as small as a pencil, the foundation of an education, unlock a child's potential? p36
3. A pencil is the key to some children around the world. p36
4. A pencil was a symbol. It was a portal to creativity, curiosity, and possibility. p36
5. Cremation on the banks of the Ganges allow direct access to nirvana in the afterlife. p36
Mantra 5: Do The Small Things That Make Others Feel Big
1. It was so rare to see an overweight person in the developing world. p41
2. Kindness cannot be evaluated in dollars and cents. p42
3. The only way to measure it (kindness) is in the weight of compassion that the act itself carries forward into the life of another. p42
4. Scott Neeson, Australian and Film Executive who oversaw the release of some of the top movies of all time: Titanic and X-Men p44
5. Neeson created the Cambodian Children's Fund (CCF) p44
Mantra 6: Tourists See, Travelers Seek
1. My sense of guilt and obligation diminished the hard work and desires of those who come the hard work and desires of those who come before. it was a total emotional shift. Rather than motivation to celebrate those before me in a different way. p54
2. In Western culture, we are taught that those of us with ample resources and money should share our prosperity with those who have less. I'd thought of charity as a simple transaction, a one-way street. p56
3. Most parents around the world want an education for their children. p56
4. He taught me to approach each new person I met with the dignity he or she deserves. p57
Mantra 7: Asking for Permission Is Asking for Denial
1. George Stanton told him "experience will be much more valuable in the long run." p63
2. Asking for permission opens the door for denial. p66
Mantra 8: Embrace The Lightning Moments
1. People think big ideas suddenly appear on their own, but they're actually the product of many small, intersecting moments and realizations that move us toward a breakthrough. p70
Mantra 9: Big Dreams Start with Small, Unreasonable Acts
1. Friends are the family you choose. p77
2. The difference between a lunatic and a leader is that only one of them has others who join in his or her pursuit. p84
3. Our culture glorifies founders and CEOs far too often, when in fact the early adopters and evangelists are actually the ones who make a company's success possible. p84
Mantra 10: Practice Humility Over Hubris
1. It's in the moments when you feel most confident that you are most likely to fall flat on your face. p91
2. We re-create our reputation every day. p91
Mantra 11: Speak the Language of the Person You Want To Become
1. Bob Anderson, the founder of Community Learning International, an organization that built community learning centers, libraries, and schools in Luang Prabang Province. p99
2. The mind delivers logic and reason, but the heart is where faith resides. p101
Mantra 12: Walk With A Purpose
1. David Booth, founded an NG) called the East Bali Poverty Project.
2. Agatha Thapa, founded Seto Gurans. Her programs enable women to use items they can find in their rural villages to create a curriculum for teaching young children. p106
3. When a bystander steps up on behalf of a potential victim, he or she become the very definition of a hero. p106
Mantra 13: Happiness Is Found in Celebrating Others
Mantra 14: Find the Impossible Ones
1. Every conversation began with the same question: "What do you love doing most?" p116
2. Viewing an individual's social media presence as an important form of currency was something we banked on early. p117
3. Cause Marketing: All data suggested that consumers would overwhelmingly choose a product that makes the world better if compared to an equal product that didn't have an element of social good. p117
Mantra 15: Focus on One Person in Every Room
1. Seeds of Learning in Nicaragua. p125
Mantra 16: Read the Signs Along the Path
1. An entrepreneur is someone who will jump off a cliff and assemble an airplane on the way down by Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn. p135
Mantra 17: Create Separation to Build Connection
1. Summit Series, a company that hosted exclusive retreats for young entrepreneurs, artists, and activists. p142
2. Jason Russell, Lauren Poole, and Bobby Bailey, Cofounders of Invisible Children p144
3. They were confident and unflappable, but they weren't afraid to ask for help. And they had all failed at times. But they learned more from their mistakes than their successes. p145
4. The meaningful connections I'd had over the previous few days didn't happen when I was staring at my computer, banging out emails, but when I focused on being present with the people right in front of me. p146
Mantra 18: Never Take No From Someone Who Can't Say Yes
1. High overhead is common for nonprofits, 80% is considered very good. p148
Mantra 19: Stay Guided By Your Values, Not Your Necessities
1. Laotians believe that 32 spirit guardians watch over and protect each person. p157
2. You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it. p160
Mantra 20: You Cannot Fake Authenticity
1. You can learn far more about a person from the music he or she listens to than you can from the number of followers he or she has on social media. p165
2. Creating a company means you're going to go through hell and high water along the way. You need to know the character of the people at your side. Trust is everything. p166
3. Scott Braun worked for Jermaine Dupri at Sos Def Recordings. p166
Mantra 21: There Is Only One Chance At A First Impression
1. Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge. p171
2. The Feast on Good Conference, leading advertising and media execs that focused on driving innovation that makes the world work better. p174
Mantra 22: Fess Up To Your Failures
1. The most powerful thing in the world is an idea whose time has come. p177
2. Dunn Bros Coffee, a sustainable coffee company p178
3. Indiegogo, crowdfunding platform p178
Mantra 23: Learn To Close The Loop
1. We referred to the communication that explained to someone where his or her money went as "closing the loop." p186
Mantra 24: Change Your Words to Change Your Worth
1. Real value comes from investing in the well-being of others. p195
2. We started to put a price tag on our ability to help start-ups and established brands market themselves while also building their internal morale. p198
3. He now saw his contribution as an investment. p200
Mantra 25: A Goal Realized Is A Goal Defined
1. Accept that plans change and new opportunities will suddenly present themselves while traveling. p202
2. If you make yourself a target, you'll become one. p202
3. Your valued possessions should stay next to your privates. p202
4. Music and body language are universally spoken, so when someone invites you to dance, let go of your inhibitions and dance. p202
5. When in doubt, just say you're Canadian. People hate a lot of countries, but no one hates the Canadians. p202
6. Exceptional speakers deliver every complete thought directly to one person in the audience, making that person feel like the center of the room-and then they move on and do it again. p203
7. Take advantage of the freedom that comes with your youth. Inhale life, exhale fire, and embrace the late, sleepless nights, because 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. p203
8. Disaster Volunteers of Ghana (DIVOG) in Volta Region of Ghana p204
Mantra 26: Surround Yourself With Those Who Make You Better
1. Dalai Lama teaches the state of bliss. Bliss does not come from materials or possessions; it comes from fulfilling one's purpose in this existence. p216
2. Ray Chamber's greatest value isn't his wallet; it's his ability to bring people together to collectively solve problems. p217
3. Ray Chamber's said: "Think about how the world will change in the next ten years, and how you and your resources and networks will change within it. Use that as a compass to determine how you can affect as many people as possible.
4. If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together. p218
Mantra 27: Vulnerability Is Vital
1. I was afraid of that moment of relinquishing control, of allowing someone to judge me. p220
2. Charles Best founded DonorsChoose.org p222
3. Exponential Fundraising, a program through the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard p222
4. Jennifer McCrea, fundraising guru
5. Jeffrey Walker, philantropist
6. McCrea and Walker teach the Exponential Fundraising Program at Harvard p222
7. Follow-up with people p226
8. We all spend so much time putting up walls so that others can't see our vulnerabilities, but those same walls often enclose us within our own insecurities. p227
Mantra 28: Listen to Your Echoes
1. After a job interview with a potential employee. Adam didn't want a traditional follow-up email that night. He wanted a marathon letter from the heart about whether he wanted the role. p230
2. Education is complex p235
3. Every child needs several key things to attain a quality education. Most important among these are a safe place to learn, a support system of well-trained teachers and invested parents, and the ability to progress from year to year as the cost of learning increases. p235
Mantra 29: If Your Dreams Don't Scare You, They're Not Big Enough
1. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. p243
2. True motivation is not found within reaching a goal, but rather getting to a place where you can confidently and audaciously move the finish line far off into the distance once again. p244
Mantra 30: Epilogue- Make Your Life a Story Worth Telling
1. Pencils for Promise are launching a series of innovations that will test new technologies and teaching methods that they believe will be truly game changing. p247
2. The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done. p249
3. Young people are too naive to realize what can't be accomplished, and in that fact lies their willingness to try. p249
4. Martin Luther King Jr. was just twenty-six when he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott. p249
5. Steve Jobs created Apple when he was twenty-one p249
6. Bill Gates founded Microsoft at twenty. p249
7. Malala Yousafzai is a 16 yr old and a global education advocate. p249
8. The key to an attainable goal is to think big and then take small, incremental steps forward day by day. p250
9. Start by changing the subjects of your daily conversation from the life you are living to the life you aspire to create. p250
10. By speaking the language of the person you seek to become, you will soon find yourself immersed in the conversations that make you most come alive. You'll sense the energy you emit attracting similar energy from others. Your conversations will lead to opportunities, which will become actions, which will become footprints for good. p250
11. As humans we are natural storytellers. We weave narrative into nearly every relationship we build and value. p250
12. Regardless of age or status, if you're not satisfied with the path you're on, it's time to rewrite your future. Your life should be a story you are excited to tell. p250
13. The most direct route to happiness is through creating joy for someone else. p251
14. Change doesn't happen through hard work alone, it requires strength of imagination. p251
15. We make a choice to bring positivity or negativity into the world. p251
16. To contact Adam directly, please email adam@ipromise.org
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