To A Billion With Joy

“We need to help each other in achieving our mission on earth, our dreams.” -Anthony Perdrix “Why do you do what you do?” -Chris Yoko “It starts with equity. I dream of a world where there is equity and equal access.” -Glenn Block

“I think the key to life is connection. If you get connection in business, that’s wonderful… if you don’t have that connection in your personal life you can get lost.” -George O’Shea “When we are all doing something that brings us personal joy, that taps into our unique skills, we will make ourselves happy and have a positive influence on others in the world.” -Beth Ridley “You get one pass at this (life).” -Martin Sullivan

“My vision for my business is to use it as a tool to promote equity.” -Christine Clapp “One of the most important things for people is to actually feel good about themselves.” -Hunter Moore “What we do for others has everything to do with how we feel about ourselves.” -Charlie Janes

“Fear is always of the unknown. I do not fear something that I already know about.” -CK Taneja “Mental hygiene around discrimination is like physical hygiene like washing our hands.” - Meredith Holley “For the world reaching a point where people can do anything they can dream.” - Mathieu Guerville

“I want to be a facilitator of some more fruitful discussions about some of the real big issues we’re facing in society.” -Chris Degnan “If you can just reach one person, you made a difference. And it’s ok if changing that one person is yourself.” -Matt Mills

“I want a business to be the solution to their problems.” -Sarah Yost “What feels like fun? What would be easy? How can we actually use what comes naturally for us?” -Caryn Gillen

“100% of the time those difficult experiences have led them to be exceptional at what they’re doing now.” -Cyndy Porter “You always have to leave the other person in choice.” -Yolande Grill

“Just slowing down and allowing yourself to connect more deeply with the beauty that’s in front of us.” -Helen Young-McLaughlin “I really enjoy helping the people around me also achieve what they’re trying to achieve.” -Pramod Raheja “The dream I have for myself is really the dream I have for everyone – to have the freedom and the courage to be who we are.” -Beth Solomon

“We do make our own world.” -Kathy Lemak “To be able to put myself out into the world as who I really am.” -Amy Steindler “You can’t out-think your emotions.” -Tamara Arnold

“It’s natural for us to sleep, to do nothing, to run, to sweat, to jump.” -Anthony Perdrix “Remembering the importance of doing nothing.” -Chris Yoko “Being intentional is like my mantra these days.” -Glenn Block

“I realized that the turnaround was the juice.” -George O’Shea “We live in this culture of productivity and always doing.” -Beth Ridley “It’s not necessarily that I have to turn everything off, but just focus somewhere else.” -Martin Sullivan

“You have to do less to do more.” -Christine Clapp “Resilience needs to have victories along the way.” -Hunter Moore “You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.” -Charlie Janes

“If there are brakes in the car, then you can go fast.” -CK Taneja “I really try to be mindful about taking breaks.’” -Josh Henkin “If we’re doing well, we can actually help people.” -Meredith Holley

“For me it’s been music. For me music is healing.” -Chris Degnan “My work is helping the people who crashed from go-go-going so much.” -Leah Chischilly “10 years of change is happening pretty much in 10 months.” -Matt Mills

“You have to find time to start winding down.” -Kevin Roney “What are you committing to fail at to accomplish your goal?” -Caryn Gillen

“We do a commute in the morning anyway.” -Mathieu Guerville “Leave your camera on, but turn off the view of yourself.” -Cyndy Porter “Sometimes you have to give permission to end the day.” -Yolande Grill

“What are you most proud of? What do you want to purge? Where do you want to be most productive today? What are you grateful for?” -Helen Young-McLaughlin “The sleep and the rest really do matter for everything.” -Pramod Raheja “Seeing that step as fuel vs. a moral imperative. I do that to support my business and my life. Not because it makes me a good person.”-Sarah Yost

“Even though I need to be focused on the writing, I also need the breaks. I’ll do this, and then I come back.” -Kathy Lemak “I made a conscious decision to assume that I belonged where I was.” -Amy Steindler “I had to make friends with resistance. Resistance was actually the guide that I was looking for.” -Tamara Arnold

“If you want to give more, you have to become more.” -Anthony Perdrix “I try to look for people who are going to disagree with me.” -Chris Yoko “One thing that has been really helpful is having mentors or guides who have really taken the time to understand me.” -Glenn Block

“My favorite client likes to say intellectual honesty. I learned that’s the key to business.” -George O’Shea “A lot of times you don’t appreciate how helpful you are.” -Beth Ridley “The source a lot of times makes a difference. Where is the information coming from?” -Martin Sullivan