“To grow, people need to be challenged.”

—Adam Grant

Challenges as learning opportunities

"A company I worked for downsized, and my position was eliminated. This ended up being the catalyst to starting my business.

There really are silver linings if you work hard enough 

to make it so."

“I thank God for my failures. Maybe not at the time, but after some reflection. 

I never feel like a failure just because something I tried has failed.”

—Dolly Parton

Trusting our ability to learn 

"I did not have a good high school and so 

I had to remediate in college and beyond.

I wrote a PhD after I was told I was a bad writer."

“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”

—From Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Learning in spite of fear

"I was terrified of public speaking growing up, and a professional goal for me is to deliver a full TED Talk. 

I am preparing for it, and I want to see what is on the other side of that fear."

“One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning.”

—Ruth Reichl, chef, writer, producer

Learning and art 

"Honestly said, I struggled with creating things 

that would please my customers. 

But I have embraced the fact that I can't 

please everyone and that creating things I love 

will last longer." 

“We will learn no matter what! Learning is as natural as rest or play. With or without books, inspiring trainers or classrooms, we will manage to learn.”

—Malcom Knowles