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“Mentor. Patron. Sponsor. Ally. Teacher. Master. Guru. Inspiration. There are so many names for it…because it’s a role defined by so many different roles. But what matters is that we are the candle that lights another, which lights another, which lights another. Because through this whole worlds are illuminated, delivered from darkness.”
― Ryan Holiday, Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

“There exists a myth that it’s hard to say no, whether to someone else or to your own ambition. The reality is that saying no isn’t so bad if you have hard evidence that it’s the only reasonable answer.”
― Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

“John F. Kennedy told students at American University in 1963, five months before he was assassinated. “In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”
― Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

“The single biggest problem with communication,” said the playwright George Bernard Shaw, “is the illusion it has taken place.”
― Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection