Chapter 3. Portfolio of Passions—It’s Not About Balance

 

It’s exciting to see how fast your kids learn and grow. I’m not too worried about them, particularly the ones who like to break the rules and don’t follow instructions; those are the ones that will do just fine because they know what’s important to them.

 
 --Michael Dell
 

To find your mission in life is to discover the intersection between your heart’s deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger.

 
 --Frederick Beekner

The moment she heard the baby cry, she was compelled to do the same. What poor 16-year-old single mother wouldn’t? Yet mingled with her desperation were the persistence, hope, and drive that would mark her path to eventual greatness.

Maya Angelou[1] would become the first bestselling ...

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