The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
“First, Adam, if you are asking people for large sums of money, you need to dress the part. You can’t wear jeans to a meeting at a private members club. You have to get a nice suit.
Adam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
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. It’s in the space between the known and the unknown, where you can craft a vision for the future that you hope to create and then chase it with relentless fervor.
Adam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
For anyone going through a restless period in life, looking to make a change but not sure how, start with an ambitious but attainable goal. I set out to build just one school. Only after I realized that it was possible and how much of a difference it made in the life of others did I focus on enabling anyone else to have that same experience too. Th
... See moreAdam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
As he walked toward the elevator after his final-round interview, I used my favorite tactic to get someone to commit to working for us. I asked him not to send me a traditional follow-up email that night, but to take a few days and send me a marathon letter from the heart about whether he wanted the role. If he was unsure, in writing that letter he
... See moreAdam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
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. By showing my true hand to my board of directors, they helped me turn a weakness that I was avoiding into a newfound strength. We all know which tasks are the most important in any given day, ye
... See moreAdam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
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.
Adam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
Adam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Start by changing the subjects of your daily conversation from the life you are living to the life you aspire to create. 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 conv
... See moreAdam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Purpose is found when you stop thinking about how you exist in the world and start trying to figure out why you are here. Once you solve that question, everything else will fall into place.