Quotes About Empowerment

I wasn't an object. I was Matthew Fucking Richter

We are runaway slaves from our own past, and only by turning to face the hounds can we find our freedom beyond them.

We are still killing black youth because we have not yet killed white supremacy.

There were still men walking the streets of 1922 Indiana who had fought against the slaveholders, and who believed that liberating humans held as property had been the highest calling of their lives. Among them was William H. Stern, a white man raised on a farm north of Indianapolis.

The car gave her real independence.

BLACK MAN DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOU HERE

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.

Investing in yourself is the most important investment you'll ever make in your life. . . . There's no financial investment that'll ever match it, because if you develop more skill, more ability, more insight, more capacity, that's what's going to really provide economic freedom. . . . It's those skill sets that really make that happen." This

It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.

Make your peace with the fact that saying 'no' often requires trading popularity for respect." —Greg McKeown, Essentialism

Becoming a member of the NR is not just about working smarter. It's about building a system to replace yourself.

For the employee, the goal is to have full access to necessary information and as much independent decision-making ability as possible. For the entrepreneur, the goal is to grant as much information and independent decision-making ability to employees or contractors as possible.

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. —MALCOLM X, Malcolm X Speaks

As Tony Robbins would say, "The quality of your questions determines the quality of your life.

you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Emphasize strengths, don't fix weaknesses.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." –Marcus Aurelius

YOU TOOK YOUR SHOT." Instantly I felt free and in control. I knew from then on that I could have the courage to fail on my own terms. From that moment, I decided that if I was going to succeed or fail, it was going to be up to me. I was changed forever.

The genuine love for reading itself, when cultivated, is a superpower. We live in the age of Alexandria, when every book and every piece of knowledge ever written down is a fingertip away. The means of learning are abundant—it's the desire to learn that's scarce.

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them. —BILL COSBY

I will often write "GO FIRST" in my morning journal as a daily prompt.

La visión consiste en entregar la responsabilidad a los trabajadores, darles toda la información sobre lo que ocurre para que puedan hacer más de lo que han hecho hasta el momento.» BILL GATES,

Geld kann seinen praktischen Wert vervielfachen, abhängig davon, wie viele "Ws" Sie in Ihrem Leben selbst kontrollieren: was Sie tun, wann Sie es tun, wo Sie es tun und mit wem Sie es tun. Ich nenne das den Freiheitsmultiplikator .

Once we get those muddy, maddening, confusing thoughts [nebulous worries, jitters, and preoccupations] on the page, we face our day with clearer eyes.