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Adam Braun

The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

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The riveting story of how a young man turned $25 into more than 200 schools around the world and the guiding steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life.Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling he met a young boy begging on the streets of India, who after being asked what he wanted most in the world, simply answered, “A pencil.” This small request led to a staggering series of events that took Braun backpacking through dozens of countries before eventually leaving one of the world's most prestigious jobs to found Pencils of Promise, the organization he started with just $25 that has since built more than 200 schools around the world.The Promise of a Pencil chronicles Braun's journey to find his calling, as each chapter explains one clear step that every person can take to turn your biggest ambitions into reality, even…
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    First half is ok. Second half is really boring, and only about business part.

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    To be honest, the title of the book catches my attention. "The Promise of a Pencil...How an ordinary person can create an extraordinary change."
    I look up to the author, Sir Adam Braun, who came up with this superb idea of building up schools for these kids who needed it the most .... I am now convinced that I, an ordinary person, can also create a change.
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    We recognized that children don’t just need safe structures in which to learn, but also qualified teachers and supportive elements, including uniforms, textbooks, and transportation.
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    Based on their recommendations, we decided that it was important to go beyond just building schools and move into teacher training and student scholarships as well.
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    defined five key elements that our culture had to exude to draw and retain top talent: happiness, friendship, reward, improvement, and fun. I tried to come up with ways to deliver on those values, so we added practices like a monthly meditation, with the whole team sitting in silence for fifteen minutes and focusing on being in the present.

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