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Albert Einstein - A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Welcome to the Daily Quote, a podcast designed to kick start
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  your day in a positive way. I'm your host Andrew McGivern
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  for August 13th. Today is International Left
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  Handers Day, celebrating the roughly 10% of the population
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  who navigate through a world designed for right-handed
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  people. This special day was first
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  established in 1976 to raise awareness about the daily
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  challenges left-handed people face and to celebrate their
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  unique perspective on the world. Think about it.
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  From scissors to can openers, from spiral notebooks to
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  computer mice, from door handles to guitar strings, almost
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  everything is designed with right-handed people in mind.
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  Left handers have spent their entire lives adapting,
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  adjusting, and finding creative workarounds in a world that
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  wasn't built for them. But here's what's fascinating
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  left-handed people are often more creative, better at
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  multitasking, and excel at thinking outside the box.
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  Maybe it's because they've had to be innovative their whole
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  lives, constantly finding new ways to do everyday tasks.
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  They've been forced to be adapted from day one.
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  Some of history's most creative minds were left-handed.
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  Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Albert Einstein, Mozart and more
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  recently Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Oprah Winfrey and my
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  sister. Not bad company to be in.
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  Which brings us to today's quote from Albert Einstein, a
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  left-handed person himself, who once said a person who never
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  made a mistake, never tried anything new.
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  Einstein quote captures something essential about the
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  left-handed experience and really about life in general.
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  left-handed people make mistakes all the time, at least according
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  to a right-handed world. They hold their pencil wrong,
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  they cut backwards, and they approach tasks from the opposite
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  direction. What if those aren't mistakes at
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  all? What if they're just different
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  ways of doing things, ways that sometimes turn out to be better,
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  more creative, or more efficient?
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  Einstein understood that innovation comes from being
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  willing to try new approaches, even when, or especially when,
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  they go against conventional wisdom.
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  Left handers embody this every single day.
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  They can't just follow the standard instructions or use
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  tools the normal way. They have to experiment, adapt
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  and create their own methods. This is a lesson for all of us,
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  whether we're left-handed or right-handed.
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  The willingness to try something new, to approach problems from a
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  different angle, to risk making what others might call mistakes.
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  That's where breakthrough thinking happens.
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  Maybe the real lesson of Left Handers Day isn't just about
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  celebrating the 10% who use their left hand, but about
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  celebrating the value of different perspectives and
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  approaches in general. So today, whether you're
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  left-handed, right-handed or ambidextrous, remember
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  Einstein's wisdom. Don't be afraid to try new
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  approaches, even if they seem wrong to others.
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  Don't be discouraged by mistakes, they might just be
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  different ways of doing things that haven't been recognized
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  yet. And if you're right-handed,
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  maybe take a moment to appreciate the left handers in
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  your life who've been quietly adapting and innovating their
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  way through a world that wasn't designed for them.
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  They've got something to teach us about resilience and
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  creativity that's going to do it for today.
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  May you embrace your unique perspective, celebrate what
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  makes you different, and never be afraid to try something new.
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  I'm Anna McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.