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We cannot….

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change

– Sheryl Sandberg

Some changes….

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realise that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge

– Eckhart Tolle

Change…

Change is a threat when done to me, but an opportunity when done by me.

– Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Enlightenment…..

Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one’s intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one’s intelligence without being guided by another. Sapere Aude! Have the courage to use your own intelligence! is therefore the motto of the enlightenment…

– Immanual Kant

So….

So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don’t let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don’t force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.

– Susan Cain

The secret…

The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it’s a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers — of persistence, concentration, and insight — to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.

– Susan Cain

Less than….

Less than 10% of the mainstream workforce can achieve their dreams where they currently work.

– Bill Jensen

True confidence….

True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.

– Shannon Alder

Faced with…..

Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

– J K Galbraith

Remember to…

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.

– Stephen Hawking