Summary of Stacey Abrams's Lead from the Outside

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I visited Georgia to speak with Valerie, a mother of two who was very proud of both her children going to college. But she was also desperate for them to have better options for financial aid.
#2 The root of ambition is the desire for something more. We rarely think about what we want and how to get it until we’re adults, and even then, we typically edit our desires until they fit our construct of who we’re supposed to be.
#3 The lack of faith that many minority leaders have is just a reflection of how most people feel about their ambition. We don’t know what we want, and we are afraid to get it, because we don’t know if we’ll be able to handle it.
#4 When we win, we achieve beyond ourselves. We become models for others, who see our victories as proof that they can win too. By simply embracing ambition, we mentor others to see their potential.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• développement personnel

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 28 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669372042
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Stacey Abrams's Lead from the Outside
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I visited Georgia to speak with Valerie, a mother of two who was very proud of both her children going to college. But she was also desperate for them to have better options for financial aid.

#2

The root of ambition is the desire for something more. We rarely think about what we want and how to get it until we’re adults, and even then, we typically edit our desires until they fit our construct of who we’re supposed to be.

#3

The lack of faith that many minority leaders have is just a reflection of how most people feel about their ambition. We don’t know what we want, and we are afraid to get it, because we don’t know if we’ll be able to handle it.

#4

When we win, we achieve beyond ourselves. We become models for others, who see our victories as proof that they can win too. By simply embracing ambition, we mentor others to see their potential.

#5

ambition is the desire to push past your limits and explore your potential. It is about pushing past what you know and feeling safe doing it.

#6

At Spelman, I had the second experience that moved me closer to knowing what I wanted for my future. I learned that I was allowed to craft my future, and I persevered and won despite my shortcomings.

#7

I as a teenager, had decided to write down my life goals. I wanted to be a best-selling spy novelist like the ones I’d watched on soap operas and blockbuster thrillers.

#8

I began to dream big, and I decided I wanted to be the mayor of Atlanta by the age of thirty-five. I had read a handful of prominent black suspense writers, and Oprah had begun her path to great wealth.

#9

The audacity of ambition is what drove me to start thinking about different futures. I grew up in a family of accomplished women, but I didn’t have any friends or socialization outside of school. I spent hours reading, and that sparked my imagination of a different future.

#10

What comes next is understanding the why behind your dreams. When you understand the roots of your desires, you will have a better understanding of why you want what you want. You will be able to either strengthen your resolve or clarify if the target you’ve chosen is the right one.

#11

As the riots went on, I watched as an entire city, a nation in miniature, was told to fear black people once again. If Rodney King could be beaten on tape, and his known police assailants exonerated, what would stop others from furthering our treatment as subhuman.

#12

I was invited to join a community town hall that was being simulcast across the city. I met Maynard Jackson, the first African American mayor of Atlanta, and realized that race still defined many of Atlanta’s problems.

#13

I was in awe of the mayor, and I asked him what he had done to address the dispossessed youth of Atlanta. He lectured me on how far the city had come, and then he looked down at me from his very imposing height. He promised to consider my concerns.

#14

I spent the next decade planning to become mayor of Atlanta. I failed miserably at becoming a millionaire by thirty, but I met enough of my metrics to be in a good position. I was on track to achieve my life’s ambition: becoming mayor of Atlanta.

#15

Indecision, applied correctly, is a great way to figure out what you want. Allow yourself the time and energy to understand what holds you back from defining what you really want.

#16

I had grown restless and wanted to move on to city hall, but my attorney mentor Teresa Wynn Roseborough challenged me to consider whether my ambitions were limited to just affecting Atlanta.