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5 Books EVERY Student Should Read This Summer That Will Change Your Life · Motivation study

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  Speaker 1: If you always read what you're told to, you're going
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  Speaker 1: to become what you're told to. The same as everyone else, ordinary, mediocre,
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  Speaker 1: and bored. If you're part of this community here on
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  Speaker 1: Motivation to Study, then you know the power of taking
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  Speaker 1: things into your own hands. Taking your education, your self-development,
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  Speaker 1: and your learning into your own hands so that you
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  Speaker 1: can open your potential up to be limitless. The following
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  Speaker 1: list is not for you if you want to stay
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  Speaker 1: comfortable and follow what everyone else is reading or doing.
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  Speaker 1: Most self-improvement lists like this, what I found is they
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  Speaker 1: only feature authors from one set of stories, voices and backgrounds.
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  Speaker 2: But you already know, you already know that you.
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  Speaker 1: Expect to see voices like David Goggins, Jay Shetty, Tony
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  Speaker 1: Robbins and so on in these videos. Now, these books
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  Speaker 1: written by these incredible people are amazing, but when you
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  Speaker 1: only hear from one set of cultures and experiences, you're
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  Speaker 1: missing out on new ways of looking at things.
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  Speaker 2: If you wanna open up.
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  Speaker 1: Your life and your mind, you need to open up
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  Speaker 1: what you consume and what you learn from, assess the
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  Speaker 1: landscape around you and assess the landscape inside you. And
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  Speaker 1: that's what this list is designed to do. If you
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  Speaker 1: wanna open up your mind you've got to try and
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  Speaker 1: draw from as many sources as possible. So the five
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  Speaker 1: must-read books in this list, they're not what you expect,
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  Speaker 1: but they might just, they might just be what you need.
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  Speaker 1: And the five books I'm going to recommend to you
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  Speaker 1: are Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race,
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  Speaker 1: The Good Immigrant, Atomic Habits, Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, and
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  Speaker 1: Daring Greatly. What you should do is use these books
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  Speaker 1: that I'm recommending as a starting point. This is not
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  Speaker 1: a complete list and it's not meant to be. It's
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  Speaker 1: not a top five list. It's a list designed to
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  Speaker 1: stimulate your ability to think for yourself about the world
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  Speaker 1: around you and the world inside you and how the
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  Speaker 1: two interact so that you can decide for yourself how
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  Speaker 1: you want to shape both. So let's start with a
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  Speaker 1: book that you wouldn't necessarily expect. A book that has
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  Speaker 1: over 40,000 reviews on Goodreads. And across these countless reviews,
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  Speaker 1: it's got an average rating of 4.42 out of 5.
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  Speaker 1: And it's called Why I'm No Longer Talking to White
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  Speaker 1: People About Race. But what does motivation, mindset and self-improvement
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  Speaker 1: have to do with a book like this? What if
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  Speaker 1: you're not interested in in politics and you just came
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  Speaker 1: here for motivation. Well, to quote words from the book directly,
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  Speaker 1: not seeing race does little to deconstruct racist structures or
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  Speaker 1: materially improve the conditions which people of color are subjected
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  Speaker 1: to daily. In order to dismantle unjust racist structures, we
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  Speaker 1: must see race. We must see who benefits from their race,
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  Speaker 1: who is disproportionately impacted by by negative stereotypes about their
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  Speaker 1: race and to who power and privilege is bestowed upon,
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  Speaker 1: whether they've earned it or not because of their race,
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  Speaker 1: their class and their gender. Seeing race is essential to
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  Speaker 1: changing the system. The mess we are living in is
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  Speaker 1: a deliberate one. If it was created by people, it
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  Speaker 1: can be dismantled by people and it can be rebuilt
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  Speaker 1: in a way that serves all people rather than a
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  Speaker 1: selfish hoarding view. Every voice raised against racism chips away
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  Speaker 1: at its power, and we cannot afford to stay silent.
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  Speaker 1: You can't heal what you continue to deny, and I
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  Speaker 1: include this book because it gave me the profound realization
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  Speaker 1: that there's no such thing as not being political or
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  Speaker 1: being neutral. Politics is something that affects all of our lives.
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  Speaker 1: And it's not something that happens only in the hallways
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  Speaker 1: of power, but it's something that we are a part
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  Speaker 1: of and that we as people should drive. And I
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  Speaker 1: suggest this book to you to help you think for yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Believe nothing that I tell you or even the author
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  Speaker 1: of this book tells you, but so that you make
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  Speaker 1: up your own mind. How does this relate to your
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  Speaker 1: own self-improvement?
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  Speaker 2: As you're reading, think about that. How does this relate.
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  Speaker 1: To my mindset? Part of having what is known as
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  Speaker 1: a growth mindset is about learning and drawing from all sources,
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  Speaker 1: taking what is useful, discarding what isn't, and adding your
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  Speaker 1: own unique perspective on things. And this book is a
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  Speaker 1: brilliant starting point. There are two structures that affect you
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  Speaker 1: and your life, the internal world and the external world.
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  Speaker 1: Understanding both is key to helping you navigate towards the
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  Speaker 1: best possible you and the best possible world that you.
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  Speaker 2: Want to create.
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  Speaker 1: Book number two is another bestseller, read now by over
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  Speaker 1: a million people around the world since it came out
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  Speaker 1: just two years ago. It's practical, to the point, and evidence-based.
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  Speaker 1: It's about making tiny changes that can leave huge waves
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  Speaker 1: of change in your life. And it's called Atomic Habits
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  Speaker 1: by James Clear. In this book, again with a rating
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  Speaker 1: of almost four and a half stars across almost 100,000 reviews.
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  Speaker 1: James Clear shares his proven framework to improving every single day.
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  Speaker 1: If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem probably
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  Speaker 1: isn't you. The problem is your system. And I like
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  Speaker 1: this idea because it relieves the pressure on you and
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  Speaker 1: it places it on your process. Bad habits repeat themselves
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  Speaker 1: again and again, not because you don't want to change,
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  Speaker 1: but because you have the wrong system for change. You
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  Speaker 1: don't rise to the level of goals or motivation you have.
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  Speaker 1: You fail to the level of your systems. And here
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  Speaker 1: in this book, you'll get a proven system to take
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  Speaker 1: you to new heights, to learn how you can make
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  Speaker 1: time for new habits, even when life gets crazy, to
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  Speaker 1: overcome a lack of motivation and willpower, to design environments
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  Speaker 1: that make success easier so you can get back on
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  Speaker 1: track when you fall off course. So this is a
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  Speaker 1: book that's gonna help you to reshape how you think
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  Speaker 1: about progress and success and give you the tools and
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  Speaker 1: the strategies that you need in a very practical way
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  Speaker 1: to transform your habits, whether you wanna quit smoking, lose weight,
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  Speaker 1: reduce stress, or achieve any type of goal. And as
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  Speaker 1: James Clear says in the book, every action that you
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  Speaker 1: take is a vote for the type of person that
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  Speaker 1: you want to become. There's not a single instance that's
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  Speaker 1: going to transform your beliefs. But as the votes build up,
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  Speaker 1: so does the evidence for your new identity. So if
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  Speaker 1: you want to be extraordinary, it's boiling it down to
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  Speaker 1: the most smallest common denominator, the smallest possible action you
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  Speaker 1: can take. And it's these tiny habits that create massive
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  Speaker 1: waves of transformation. Book number three is Six Pillars of
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  Speaker 1: Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Brandon. This is a book that I've
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  Speaker 1: recommended time and time again to anyone that wants to
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  Speaker 1: be more confident, and more purposeful in life. It's essential
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  Speaker 1: reading for any of you who are interested in personal
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  Speaker 1: or professional development, especially when it comes to self-confidence and self-esteem.
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  Speaker 1: The book demonstrates really compellingly why self-esteem is basic to
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  Speaker 1: psychological health, achievement, personal happiness, and positive relationships. And it
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  Speaker 1: talks about the six pillars, six action-based practices for daily
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  Speaker 1: living that provide the foundation for self-esteem. And it explores
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  Speaker 1: the central importance of self-esteem in five areas, the workplace, parenting, education, psychotherapy,
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  Speaker 1: and our culture at large. It shows us why in
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  Speaker 1: today's chaotic and competitive world, self-esteem is fundamental to our
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  Speaker 1: personal and professional power.
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  Speaker 2: Of all the judgments that we.
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  Speaker 1: Pass on ourselves in life, none of them is as
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  Speaker 1: important as the one that we pass on ourselves.
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  Speaker 2: And is it the type of judgment that we want?
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  Speaker 1: If self-esteem is something we want to improve, it's not
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  Speaker 1: something you have or don't have, but it's a practice.
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  Speaker 1: And when we say practice, it means a discipline of
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  Speaker 1: acting in a certain way over others.
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  Speaker 2: And over again consistently.
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  Speaker 1: It's not action by fits and starts or even an
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  Speaker 1: appropriate response to a crisis. Rather, it's an appropriate and
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  Speaker 1: operating way of being day-to-day in big issues and small.
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  Speaker 1: A way of behaving that is a way of being.
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  Speaker 1: And if you combine these ideas with the ideas you're
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  Speaker 1: going to get in Atomic Habits, you're really going to
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  Speaker 1: be onto a profound level of change in your life.
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  Speaker 1: The next book is Daring Greatly by Dr. Brene Brown.
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  Speaker 1: And again, this book has got over 100,000 reviews and
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  Speaker 1: it's still got a four and a half out of
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  Speaker 1: five rating on Goodreads. So you know you're on the
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  Speaker 1: right track. Researcher and thought leader, Dr. Brene Brown, she
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  Speaker 1: offers a powerful new vision that encourages you to dare greatly,
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  Speaker 1: to embrace being vulnerable and imperfect, to live wholeheartedly and
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  Speaker 1: to courageously.
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  Speaker 2: Engage in your best life.
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  Speaker 1: Her work is defined by a quote from Theodore Roosevelt
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  Speaker 1: who said, It's not the critic who counts, not the
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  Speaker 1: man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or
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  Speaker 1: where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
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  Speaker 1: The credit belongs to the man who is actually in
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  Speaker 1: the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat
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  Speaker 1: and blood, who strives valiantly, who at best knows in
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  Speaker 1: the end the triumph of high achievement and who at
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  Speaker 1: worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly
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  Speaker 1: every day we experience the uncertainty risks and emotional exposure
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  Speaker 1: that define what it means to be vulnerable or to
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  Speaker 1: dare And that's what this book is going to help
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  Speaker 1: you to master. Whether the arena you're in is a
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  Speaker 1: new relationship, an important meeting, a deadline, an assignment, an exam,
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  Speaker 1: you have to find the courage to walk with vulnerability
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  Speaker 1: and engage with your full heart.
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  Speaker 2: And this book is going to help you with that.
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  Speaker 1: Based on 12 years of research, Brené Brown argues that
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  Speaker 1: vulnerability is not a weakness, but your clearest path to
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  Speaker 1: courage is. and meaningful connection. And as she says so
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  Speaker 1: eloquently in the book, connection is why we're here. It
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  Speaker 1: is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The
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  Speaker 1: power that connection holds in our lives was confirmed when
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  Speaker 1: the concern about connection emerged as the fear of disconnection.
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  Speaker 1: The fear that something we have done or failed to do,
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  Speaker 1: something about who we are or where we come from
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  Speaker 1: has made us unlovable and unworthy of connection. Daring Greatly
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  Speaker 1: is not a book that will probably help everyone personally,
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  Speaker 1: but it will help everyone relate to some people in
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  Speaker 1: their lives who maybe can't stay out of their own
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  Speaker 1: way or their own head. Maybe it's the person who
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  Speaker 1: has so much potential, but scared to try. Maybe it's
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  Speaker 1: the person who completely crumples under criticism. And this book
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  Speaker 1: is not about being weak or permissive, but it's about
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  Speaker 1: daring to be you, the real you, the real you
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  Speaker 1: that not everyone is able to see. It's about daring
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  Speaker 1: yourself to be uncomfortable, to define boundaries for yourself, to
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  Speaker 1: envision something outside of what society or culture thinks is
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  Speaker 1: cool because we are hardwired to connect with others and
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  Speaker 1: it's what gives our lives meaning and purpose. And speaking
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  Speaker 1: of purpose and connection with others, this final book in
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  Speaker 1: this list is not one you've heard of probably, but
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  Speaker 1: it's one you need to read. It's a collection of essays,
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  Speaker 1: ideas and articles that that will help you to think
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  Speaker 1: differently from a lens and a voice you won't otherwise get.
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  Speaker 1: Finding the blind spot and filling it. It's about learning
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  Speaker 1: to accept ourselves, especially when we might feel othered or
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  Speaker 1: like we don't belong. Have you ever felt like that before?
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  Speaker 1: What does it mean to fit in? How do we
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  Speaker 1: fit in? And is it something we want? Is it
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  Speaker 1: something we're able to do that the structures around us
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  Speaker 1: allow us to do? And what is it like for
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  Speaker 1: the people who really don't feel that they fit in
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  Speaker 1: for one reason or another. And this book is The
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  Speaker 1: Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla, a collection of writing from
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  Speaker 1: 21 different people about their stories and ideas on what
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  Speaker 1: it means to belong to different cultures and to try
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  Speaker 1: to fit in. As one writer in the book says,
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  Speaker 1: to be an immigrant, good or bad, is about straddling
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  Speaker 1: two homes whilst knowing you don't really belong to either.
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  Speaker 1: What I found this book helped me to see is
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  Speaker 1: what it's like to grow up as part of the
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  Speaker 1: Chinese community or the black community or the Gujarati community
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  Speaker 1: or the Pakistani community in the UK. The small day-to-day
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  Speaker 1: experiences that I wouldn't ever think about or get to see,
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  Speaker 1: but have been written down and shared for me to understand.
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  Speaker 1: So I can consider how can I be a better leader?
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  Speaker 1: How can I be a better friend to the various
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  Speaker 1: people that I interact with? Self-improvement, it begins with you,
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  Speaker 1: but it's fulfilled in community. We don't live separate lives.
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  Speaker 1: We live interconnected lives. Our mindsets are that of trying
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  Speaker 1: to be champions, of already being champions, but we seek
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  Speaker 1: to improve ourselves. We want to acknowledge and not deny
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  Speaker 1: the external agencies that influence our thinking as well. And
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  Speaker 1: this book helps you to think about that on a
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  Speaker 1: day-to-day basis. How can we free our own minds and
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  Speaker 1: identities so that we're thinking for ourselves and not because
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  Speaker 1: of the environment and society around us. And if that's
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  Speaker 1: not self-improvement, then what is? So I hope you enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: this video. My name is Keshav and I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: make this as refreshing, different and some food for thought
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  Speaker 1: as possible on your quest to being a remarkable student,
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  Speaker 1: but also a remarkable and open-minded person and thinker. It's
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  Speaker 1: the mark of an intelligent mind. that you can entertain
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  Speaker 1: unique and divergent ideas without necessarily adopting them. And that's
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  Speaker 1: what I wanted to do here. If we always learn
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  Speaker 1: from the same set of books and people, we limit
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  Speaker 1: ourselves and our thinking. And I personally want to continue
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  Speaker 1: learning from as many sources and as many ideas as
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  Speaker 1: I can so I can grow to be as magnificent
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  Speaker 1: and open-minded as I can.
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  Speaker 2: But what do you think?
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  Speaker 1: Tell me in the comments below. And listening to this
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  Speaker 1: video is one thing But taking action is another. We're
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  Speaker 1: not about theory here. We're about being active participants in
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  Speaker 1: our journeys. So if you want to accept the lowest
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  Speaker 1: level of change, post a comment with the book that
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  Speaker 1: you're going to read in the comments below. And if
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  Speaker 1: you want to go expert mode challenge, then go read
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  Speaker 1: all five of these, take notes, and share them with
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  Speaker 1: me on Instagram at atgeshovbx. And if you want to
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  Speaker 1: learn more about how to find your unique purpose and
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  Speaker 1: And until then stay well my friends. I'll talk to
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  Speaker 1: you next time. Peace. Thank you.