By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don't need to wait … - Adora Svitak

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One quality of leaders and high achievers in every area seems to be a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development.

Adora Svitak

By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media, maybe we don't need to wait for our grandchildren's questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.

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My family joke that I'm really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.

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We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's easy to tune out.

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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion. Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something, due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.

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To show that you truly care, you listen.

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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.

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There was a time when most Americans held to the notion that the only sure and secure foundation for freedom was God - the Source of unalienable rights and the Policeman stationed in every human heart. . . But apparently, we don't believe in that sort of thing anymore.

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