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. 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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Make your life a story worth telling. by Adam Braun

Make your life a story worth telling.

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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small act... by Adam Braun

For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.

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We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling 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; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.

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True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends. by Adam Braun

True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.

self comfort discovery

Speak the language of the person you want to become. by Adam Braun

Speak the language of the person you want to become.

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Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes. by Adam Braun

Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes.

In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the dimly lit light of possibility, immerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.

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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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My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, 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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Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts by Adam Braun

Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts

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When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you'll learn to become great at your craft because you'll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.

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Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is... by Adam Braun

Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.

creating lasts challenges

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.

surround-yourself different people

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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Your twenties are the time to both accept and fight your way into the person you're destined to become.

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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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Tourists see, and travelers seek. by Adam Braun

Tourists see, and travelers seek.

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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. 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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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. 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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