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1 " The biggest risk is that a lot of people will try to talk you out of pursuing your dream. The world has too many people who are happy to discuss why something might not work, and too few who will cheer you and say, "I'm there for you." The more time you spend navel-gazing, the longer you give those negative gravitational forces to keep you in their tether. "
― John Wood , Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
2 " There are two ways to remove a Band-Aid : slowly and painfully, or quickly and painfully. Your choice. "
3 " If you are thinking about making some adjustments in you life to allow you to help change the world, my heartfelt recommendation is not to spend too much time thinking about it. Just dive in. "
4 " Setelah manusia menghasilkan banyak uang, dia biasanya menjadi pendengar yang buruk. "
5 " Right now what I need to think about is what would be possible, not all the reasons I can't make a change. "
6 " Sometimes, it's really important to move with all deliberate speed. If there is something out there that you want to do to make the world a better place, don't focus on the obstacles. Don't ask for permission. Just dive in. Don't let the naysayers get you down. "
7 " Look, there are two ways to remove a Band-Aid: slowly and painfully, or quickly and painfully. Your choice. "
8 " I knew that I had to free myself from any constraints that would prevent the pursuit of these dreams. "
9 " The headmaster explained. Books were considered precious. The school had so few that the teachers did not want to risk the children damaging them. I wondered how a book could impart knowledge if it was locked up, but kept that thought to myself. "
10 " if we were lucky enough to be living a good life, we should recognize this gift and thank God for it by looking out for others who need our help in breaking out of the cycle of poverty. "
11 " The basic fact is that all sentient beings, particularly human beings, want happiness and do not want pain and suffering. "
12 " He suggested that if we were lucky enough to be living a good life, we should recognize this gift and thank God for it by looking out for others who need our help in breaking out of the cycle of poverty. "
13 " It does not matter if we have material wealth. What really matters is—what do we do with it? I have attained financial success at a young age, but that was mostly luck. I just happened to join the right company at the right time. The fact that I have money does not make me a better person. What really matters is what I do with it. "
14 " a line from Søren Kierkegaard appeared on the first page to which I flipped: “There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.” I "
15 " What struck me first was the UN’s estimate that 850 million people in the world lacked basic literacy. I had to read the number three times to convince myself that it was not too large to be true. The world’s population was around 6 billion people. That meant one out of every seven human beings lacked the ability to read or write a simple sentence. "
16 " Of the 850 million lacking basic literacy, the UN estimated that two-thirds were women. This had a terrible carryover effect, as it’s typically the women who are rearing the family’s children. If the mother is educated, it is much more likely that education will be passed on to the next generation. "
17 " Did it really matter how many copies of Windows we sold in Taiwan this month when millions of children were without access to books? "
18 " The UN report was not yet done depressing me. The next section revealed that over 100 million children of primary-school age were not enrolled in school. One hundred million. Mao once said that a single death is a tragedy, but a million deaths is a statistic. "
19 " This was the power of Andrew Carnegie’s legacy. He had used his wealth to set up over 2,000 public libraries across North America. Three generations after his death, they were continuing to pay dividends. These new American citizens were fortunate that Carnegie had thought long-term. For the Taiwanese boys, Carnegie had created the hardware, and their mother the software. This bode well for their assimilation and success in America. "
20 " Did my job really matter? A successful year would only help a rich company get richer. "
