As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012, but survived and went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
At age 20, Malala is one of the most accomplished and most celebrated people in the world.
Once mother Teressa was busy attending a sick person in the Home for the Aged ( Nirmal Hriday) in Kolkata
A sister came to her that a Swiss banker wanted to see her. She acknowledged the message but continued to nurse the ailing old woman.
After she finished nursing, she met the Swiss gentleman Who made an Offer of a hefty donation to her. But there was a touch of arrogance in his attitude.
Mother heard him patiently and then told him “I am sure there are old people in your own country who also need a home and care. Why don’t you do something there? My people give me enough money to look after the poor in my own country”
Adapted from “Saint Mother: A Life Dedicated The Blessed Teresa Of Kolkata” by Raghu Rai.
Think about this –
“You leave home to start your own business, but it goes bust by the time you’re 21 years old. Soon afterward, you lose a partner to disease; then in your 30s and 40s, you try to start a career in politics but end up losing one election after another.You might call this life trajectory a string of failures and, in despair, give up entirely. Or you could do what Abraham Lincoln did. This narrative was his life, and instead of throwing in the towel, he learned from his experiences. He then went on to become one of the most celebrated presidents in US history.Thomas Edison also didn’t believe in failure. He never gave up in his quest to create the light bulb, even after 9,999 unsuccessful attempts.”
Source: Blinkist
by Walter Isaacson (hbr.org)
When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, it was producing a random array of computers and peripherals, including a dozen different versions of the Macintosh. After a few weeks of product review sessions, he’d finally had enough. “Stop!” he shouted. “This is crazy.” He grabbed a Magic Marker, padded in his bare feet to a whiteboard, and drew a two-by-two grid. “Here’s what we need,” he declared. Atop the two columns, he wrote “Consumer” and “Pro.” He labeled the two rows “Desktop” and “Portable.” Their job, he told his team members, was to focus on four great products, one for each quadrant. All other products should be canceled. There was a stunned silence. But by getting Apple to focus on making just four computers, he saved the company. “Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do,” he told me. “That’s true for companies, and it’s true for products.”
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Easy things will never make you proud. The same walls you build to protect yourself will also imprison you if you build them too high. The biggest dream killer isn’t a lack of opportunity or talent, it’s the addiction we have to our comfort zone. Fools believe they can conquer fear. But those who go far in life understand that uncertainty will never quite go away when they are doing great things. They are prepared to walk beside it everyday for as long as it takes to get to where they want to go. Don’t let fear be a stop sign. Instead, use it as a roadmap to a life well lived.
Excerpt from 10 Tough Truths Happy People Aren’t Afraid to Face (http://www.marcandangel.com/)
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By Leo Babauta
..The trick is that I learned it’s completely fine to try and fail, to put yourself out there and not be perfect, to say hello to someone and have them not instantly love you, to create something and have people judge you… Read Here
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