Careers Episodes

“Our job is not to make the audience believe in one thing or another. In fact, the worst kind of story you do as a journalist is a story that you make to prove a point. And that's not a good idea. Our job is just to report the truth.” – Amjad Tadros

“I had overridden my own intuition and inner guidance for so long in favor of achievement and looking good to the outside I honestly didn’t even know which way was up.” – Mandy Tang

“Tap into your own inner creativity. It's there. It's always has been there, and your story matters.” – Abbie Emmons

"Don't wait for your life to become less busy before you honor your creativity." – Nataliya Falevich

“Your success is determined by your need. How badly do you want it? That's what really gets you to where you want to be.” – Michael Black

“Lead them to Christ, not to you. Or you will burn yourself out quick, fast, and in a hurry.” – Rev. Dr. Nicole B. Simpson

"Never underestimate yourself because the things that you think you're bad at now, you can be great at later." – Dr. Katie Eastman

“Where people get stuck is when they find themselves doing a lot of what I call ‘rocking chair tasks,’ which are those things where, like, you feel like you're in motion, but you're not going anywhere.” – Kate Kayaian

“I got my first rejection letter when I was 11… But I kept with it, and eventually it paid off.” – William Bernhardt

“I thought I would write this book 20 years ago, and it's a very different book than I would have written 20 years ago. So, for y'all who are thinking, oh, I should write the book, I should write the book, maybe your timing is perfect.” – Dr. Alisha Das

“Work tirelessly on the things that you love. Don't worry about ‘failing.’ Don't worry about producing work that you don't think is any good, because that's an essential crucible that you have to get through.” – Scott Dikkers

“We were not really talking about sort of that messy middle, perhaps the much less exciting, much less headline grabbing set of stories about what ordinary people are doing here and now to use these tools to solve problems in their communities.” – Dr. Beth Simone Noveck

“You have to feel valuable within yourself.” – Toni Ann Johnson

“Writing a book to me is not just sharing information or telling a story. It's how do I metabolize the story and take it in enough that when I write or speak, it's a transmission, it's a message, it's a lesson, it's something ancient.” – Celinne Da Costa

"I'm a better pastor because of the high-quality professional development and the work that I've done on the job, and I'm a much better employee and leader because of the compassion and the experiences that I've seen in the church." – Rev. Kevin T. Taylor

“Books have been both a refuge and a source of inspiration. And they can be so uplifting.” – Nicole Pope

“Step out of how we've thought before and into that which is bigger than us.” – Janell Rae Warkentin

“For any endeavor or enterprise in the creative field, you have to think of it as a job. Even if you only can do it an hour, a day, or two hours a day, even if you have to get up really early in the morning and before the kids are awake.” – Steven Pressfield

“It was a story that was inside of me, but it was waiting for the actual recipient of the story to be ready.” – Darnnell D. Reese

“We're spreading peace at the speed of love because we believe that compassion is the heartbeat of peace.” – Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino

“Sometimes you're going down a path and then all of a sudden, you're going in one direction, but then something steers you into another. And that's when so many great things happen.” – Debbi DiMaggio

“As long as there's life, there's hope.” – Martha Hoy

“I'm not a writer, but you don't have to be a writer to create a really wonderful book.” – Christine Blosdale

"My past can explain me, but I'm not going to let it define me." – Kevin “KAYR” Robinson