One of the things I had to really work on is, when you're the leader of an organization, people look at the expression on your face. Your mood has a lot to do with how people think the whole organization is doing.
From Jim Yong Kim
One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.
A lot of young people don't think they can make a difference. That's really what I am at Dartmouth to do. I'm there to tell the young people, 'Look, a few committed souls can change the world.'
Social media has changed the world forever. We're not going to go backwards. People are not going to accept being poor, accept being excluded anymore.
The relationship between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala fundamentally changes with meditation.
We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.
What happens when corn and wheat prices rise is that we see real increases in malnutrition and under-nutrition. And when children are malnourished, their brain development actually slows down and is affected. So this is not just a short-term impact.
Institutionalized discrimination is bad for people and for societies. Widespread discrimination is also bad for economies. There is clear evidence that when societies enact laws that prevent productive people from fully participating in the workforce, economies suffer.
Hope is a moral choice.
I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.
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