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11 Margaret Mead Quotes that Show Change Starts with You
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11 Margaret Mead Quotes that Show Change Starts with You

Margaret Mead was an American anthropologist who mainly focused her studies and research on child rearing, personality, and culture.During her career, Mead was also a renowned speaker, famous for her bold lectures on controversial social issues. In two of her major works, Mead says that male and female personality characteristics are not necessarily determined by heredity, but by society and cultural conditioning.Another study that sparked controversy and a lot of criticism, approached the attitudes towards sex in three primitive societies; Mead’s reports on this subject had a major impact on the 1960s sexual revolution.iA daring, independent woman who was not afraid to explore and talk about taboo topics, Margaret Mead remains a model and a teacher for all those willing to learn and challenge the status quo.Here are 11 Margaret Mead quotes to make you see that change starts with you:Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.I measure success in terms of the contributions an individual makes to her fellow human beings.Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.Even though the ship may go down, the journey goes on.The notion that we are products of our environment is our greatest sin; we are products of our choices.One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.You know my fury about people is based precisely on the fact that I consider them to be responsible, moral creatures who so often do not act that way.What I am demanding of other people is what I am demanding of myself.

25 Brené Brown Quotes on Courage, Vulnerability, and Shame
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25 Brené Brown Quotes on Courage, Vulnerability, and Shame

Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston, best-known for her famous TED talk, "The Power of Vulnerability."Brown has spent nearly two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. All of her groundbreaking findings were included in five books that have easily become #1 New York Times bestsellers: The Gifts of Imperfection, Daring Greatly, Rising Strong, Braving the Wilderness, and Dare to Lead."The Power of Vulnerability" is about expanding perception and embracing our imperfections. Brown's’s approach on how to cultivate courage, compassion, and connection turned a data presentation into one of the top five most-viewed TED talks of all time. Brown has received numerous teaching awards including the Graduate College of Social Work's Outstanding Faculty Award. She is also the first person to have a filmed talk available on Netflix: The Call to Courage.Due to her research, Brown has become an inspiration for millions of people around the world.Here are 25 Brené Brown quotes to help you embrace your vulnerabilities:Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren’t always comfortable, but they’re never weakness.What we don’t need in the midst of struggle is shame for being human.You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It's our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows.Don’t try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.To love ourselves and support each other in the process of becoming real is perhaps the greatest single act of daring greatly.Vulnerability is not about winning or losing. It’s having the courage to show up even when you can’t control the outcome.Talk about your failures without apologizing.Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.Want to be happy? Stop trying to be perfect.Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves even when we risk disappointing others.If we share our shame story with the wrong person, they can easily become one more piece of flying debris in an already dangerous storm.We don’t have to do all of it alone. We were never meant to.The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.Even to me the issue of 'stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest' sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.Courage is like—it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.

20 Wayne Dyer Quotes on Manifesting Your Destiny
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20 Wayne Dyer Quotes on Manifesting Your Destiny

Wayne Dyer was an American self-help author and motivational speaker. He inspired and motivated on such a large scale that he is often referred to as the "father of the modern self-help movement" or the "father of motivation."Dyer spent most of his childhood in orphanages and foster homes after his father turned his back on his family and left Dyer’s mother to raise three small children alone. These experiences gave Wayne the power to move ahead in life and become a self-made man.Your Erroneous Zones, Dyer’s first book, is one of the best-selling books of all times. He was convinced to write it by a literary agent who thought that all of Dyer’s ideas and theories should be put together and shared with others.Dyer continued to build his success with TV appearances, audio tapes, lecture tours, and PBS programs. He also wrote dozens of other books, many of them also best-sellers.Here are 20 Wayne Dyer quotes that will change the way you look at life and others around you.How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.You don't need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be.The more you see yourself as what you'd like to become, and act as if what you want is already there, the more you'll activate those dormant forces that will collaborate to transform your dream into your reality.When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.When you're at peace with yourself and love yourself, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.Each experience in your life was absolutely necessary in order to have gotten you to the next place, and the next place, up to this very moment.I am thankful to all those who said no. It's because of them, I did it myself.The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love. There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be.If we focus on what's ugly, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and ultimately into our lives.It's easy to be a critic, but being a doer requires effort, risk, and change.Judgments prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

12 Eric Thomas Quotes to Make You Strive Towards Your Goals
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12 Eric Thomas Quotes to Make You Strive Towards Your Goals

Eric Thomas is an American motivational speaker, author and pastor, who founded his own company to offer education consulting, executive coaching and athletic development.Thomas grew up without a father, was homeless for two and a half years, and struggled in school. Despite this, he committed twelve years to get his four-year degree and eventually went on to completing his PhD.His speeches continue to impact the life of millions who draw strength and resilience from his struggle.Here are 12 Eric Thomas quotes to boost your willpower:The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.I use pain to push me to greatness.Your relationships will either make you or break you and there is no such thing as a neutral relationship. People either inspire you to greatness or pull you down in the gutter, it’s that simple.Don't make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what's actually good for you.When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.Done is better than perfect if perfect ain't done.I do not take constructive criticism from people who have never constructed anything.Success, meaningful success, begins when we take ownership and actively take responsibility for our part in the shortcomings of our life.Be more intentional about the direction we allow our minds to go. Meaning, when you catch yourself thinking negatively, stop! Redirect to something positive.Maybe, just maybe, I was pointing the finger because it was easier to make excuses than it was to make adjustments.Information changes situations.Bottom line, I removed myself from the victim mentality and took control of my life. I'm not just going to take responsibility for the success in my life - I'm going to take responsibility for the failures in my life. When you're willing to accept that you're the problem, you immediately become the solution.

16 Nick Vujicic Quotes on Making the Most Out of Every Day
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16 Nick Vujicic Quotes on Making the Most Out of Every Day

Born without limbs, but getting the best out of this life, Nick Vujicic is a powerful motivational speaker that manages to shake his audience to its very core every single time.Having no arms and legs… imagine that for a second! It should be enough for your brain to take you through a series of events of how life would be like. Now imagine that this same man can swim, surf, play football, and golf.In spite of all the challenges he had to put up with, Vujicic continues to push his limits and has made a name for himself in teaching others about self-love and confidence in the face of disability and adversity. It is ironic how our mind can paralyze us despite us having full control of our bodies; yet extraordinary of what it can offer when unlocked.Here are 16 Nick Vujicic quotes to give you a new perspective on life and fire up the desire to live without limits:If you can't get a miracle, become one.It's a lie to think you're not good enough. It's a lie to think you're not worth anything.The challenges in our lives are there to strengthen our convictions. They are not there to run us over.Don't put your life on hold so that you can dwell on the unfairness of past hurts.Some injuries heal more quickly if you keep moving.Risk, then, is not just part of life. It is life. The place between your comfort zone and yourdream is where life takes place.Fear is the biggest disability of all. And will paralyze you more than being in a wheelchair.Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them.But there is one thing better than going to Heaven and that is to encourage at least one other person to go with me.You may not have a clue of what lies ahead, but it’s better to act on life than simply let life act on you.Adjustments are necessary along the way because life isn't always rosy, but it is always worth living..You should never live according to what you lack.There are two types of risk in life: the danger of trying and the danger of not trying.As long as you are aware and in control of your emotions, negative thoughts can produce positive consequences.I was never crippled until I lost hope.Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

25 Dale Carnegie Quotes to Inspire You to Keep Trying
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25 Dale Carnegie Quotes to Inspire You to Keep Trying

One of the most famous developers of courses in self-improvement, public speaking, and interpersonal skills, Dale Carnegie helped millions of people who got stuck in the self-help section.Dale Carnegie is the author of the groundbreaking book entitled How to Win Friends and Influence People, one of the best-selling self-help books of all time.Carnegie was a man of humble beginnings. He started to teach public speaking classes for adults at the YMCA and within only two years he achieved such popularity that he founded his own Institute.Carnegie knew that in order to find the “recipe”, he had to read the many stories of the most successful people and greatest leaders. This is how he perceived that people skills top the technical ones and that a person’s behavior can be changed by changing one's behavior toward them.The Dale Carnegie Institute has continued to expand and is now operating in 90 countries helping people build their self-confidence, enhance communication and people skills, develop leadership skills, improve attitude and reduce stress.Here are 25 Dale Carnegie quotes to inspire you to keep trying and overcome your fears.It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but with creatures bristling with prejudice and motivated by pride and vanity.Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.Talk to someone about themselves and they'll listen for hours.If you are not in the process of becoming the person you want to be, you are automatically engaged in becoming the person you don't want to be.Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?Our thoughts make us what we are.Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.Today is our most precious possession. It is our only sure possession.You can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry.I have come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high heaven to get the best of an argument— and that is to avoid it.All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.If you want to keep happiness, you have to share it.We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

25 Alan Watts Quotes to Teach You the Transformative Power of Insight
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25 Alan Watts Quotes to Teach You the Transformative Power of Insight

A prolific author and speaker, Alan Wilson Watts is credited with the interpretation and introduction of Eastern philosophy to the Western audience.As his mother’s students were children of missionaries to Asia, Watts began to be fascinated by Asian art, literature, and philosophy; so in time, he learned Chinese and started to explore the fundamental beliefs and practices of religions and philosophies of India and East Asia.After a rigorous research in Zen Buddhism, Watts published one of the first books on the topic - The Way of Zen – introducing the burgeoning youth culture to it. Due to all the wisdom it embodies, Watts even suggested that Buddhism could be presented and taught as a form of psychotherapy, and not only as a religion.Alan Watts is the author of more than 25 books on various topics such as philosophy, Eastern and Western religion, natural history, semantics, cybernetics and the anthropology of sexuality.Watts was a man who tried and explored all that he could on mystical insight. Here are 25 Alan Watts quotes to help you become more aware of yourself and your surroundings:Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the Gods made for fun.This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.A scholar tries to learn something everyday; a student of Buddhism tries to unlearn something daily.No one is more dangerously insane than one who is sane all the time: he is like a steel bridge without flexibility, and the order of his life is rigid and brittle.Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion.What we have to discover is that there is no safety, that seeking is painful, and that when we imagine that we have found it, we don’t like it.Words can be communicative only between those who share similar experiences.If you cannot trust yourself, you cannot even trust your mistrust of yourself - so that without this underlying trust in the whole system of nature you are simply paralyzed.The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe.Hospitals should be arranged in such a way as to make being sick an interesting experience. One learns a great deal sometimes from being sick.Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description.It’s better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.Society is our extended mind and body.

25 Powerful Zig Ziglar Quotes to Boost Your Willpower
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25 Powerful Zig Ziglar Quotes to Boost Your Willpower

Zig Ziglar was an American author and motivational speaker, widely recognized as one of the pioneers of the industry. Because of his unique delivery style of motivational and powerful speeches, as well as his unparalleled insight on human nature and what triggers individuals, he became one of the most renowned figures in the science of human potential.Ziglar has inspired and influenced millions to work hard, be positive and goal-oriented. In the 1950s, as a salesman, he began giving sales-training talks and about 20 years later he launched his own business in order to offer training in sales and personal development.Zig Ziglar traveled all over the world to help others see and use their potential to the fullest. It’s hard not to pay attention to such a charming personality who’s there to encourage and give you hope. And his own story is nothing short of inspiring.For his talent and genius, Ziglar is recognized and honored as one of the greatest motivational speakers of our times.You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now.If you go out looking for friends, you're going to find they are very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they're on the same side.You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.Some people find fault like there is a reward for it.Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude.The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little.Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for.Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.FEAR has two meanings: 'Forget Everything And Run' or 'Face Everything And Rise.' The choice is yours.Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.Go as far as you can see and you will see further.When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

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Top 20 Sir Ken Robinson Quotes to Unlock the Genius Within

Many people know Sir Ken Robinson from his groundbreaking 2006 TED talk about the central role of creativity in unlocking human potential. The poignant and amusing talk, Do schools kill creativity?, struck a profound chord with people the world over, who connected with his moving appeal for a more diverse understanding of human intelligence and ability. It remains to this day the most popular TED talk of all time, having been viewed nearly 50 million times since it was first delivered.Sir Ken Robinson is an international expert on education and creativity, and an advisor to governments, non-profits, educational institutions and arts bodies around the world. He is the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, and the author of numerous books, including the New York Times bestseller, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything.Originally from a working-class neighborhood of Liverpool in the UK, Sir Ken Robinson was knighted in 2003 for his lifetime of service to the arts. Here are our Top 20 Sir Ken Robinson Quotes to Unlock the Genius Within.Top 20 Sir Ken Robinson Quotes to Unlock the Genius WithinEvery single one of the 100 billion lives who have walked the face of this earth is unique and unrepeatable. To be born at all is a miracle, so what are you going to do with your life?Human communities depend upon a diversity of talent, not a singular conception of ability. And at the heart of the challenge is to reconstitute our sense of ability and intelligence.We stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national educational systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make -- and the result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities.Creativity is as important as literacy.If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.You can be creative in anything – in math, science, engineering, philosophy – as much as you can in music or in painting or in dance.The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it’s to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel they’re valued.There’s a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in schools, must nurture creativity systematically and not kill it unwittingly.Some of the most brilliant, creative people I know did not do well at school. Many of them didn’t really discover what they could do—and who they really were—until they’d left school and recovered from their education.Imagination is the source of all human achievement.Education and training are the keys to the future. A key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one way and you lock resources away; turn it other way and you realize resources and give people back to themselves.To be creative you actually have to do something.You can’t be a creative thinker if you’re not stimulating your mind, just as you can’t be an Olympic athlete if you don’t train regularly.Curiosity is the engine of achievement.For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail. It’s just the opposite: we aim too low and succeed.What you’re doing now, or have done in the past, need not determine what you can do next and in the future.Life is not linear. When you follow your own true north you create new opportunities, meet different people, have different experiences and create a different life.Passion is the driver of achievement in all fields. Some people love doing things they don’t feel they’re good at.Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it’s about passion: it is about loving what you do.What you do for yourself dies with you when you leave this world, what you do for others lives on forever.

Top 20 Simon Sinek Quotes That Reveal the Hard Truths About Success
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Top 20 Simon Sinek Quotes That Reveal the Hard Truths About Success

Simon Sinek is a popular and charismatic author and motivational speaker known for his sharp intellect and no-nonsense approach to cutting through the noise and giving the straight goods on leadership, inspiration and the power of purpose. The author of three bestselling books, Sinek's talk "How great leaders inspire action" is the third most popular TED talk of all time, while some of the world's biggest organizations, including Disney, Microsoft, Pfizer and the US military, have all sought his advice.Here are the Top 20 Simon Sinek Quotes That Reveal the Hard Truths About Success.Top 20 Simon Sinek Quotes That Reveal the Hard Truths About SuccessPeople don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe.There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of why we want it.[the_ad id="678"]As the Zen Buddhist saying goes, how you do anything is how you do everything.Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don’t know. The great leaders can’t do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don’t see themselves as great; they see themselves as human.When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.The goal is not to be perfect by the end, the goal is to be better today.[the_ad id="678"]Self confidence is the ability to exercise restraint in the face of disrespect and still show respect in response.The primary ingredient for progress is optimism. The unwavering belief that something can be better drives the human race forward.Dream big, start small. But most of all, start.Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.If no one ever broke the rules, then we’d never advance.If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.Don’t show up to prove. Show up to improve.What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.[the_ad id="678"]