Change begets change as much as repetition reinforces repetition.

We need to teach empathy as we do literacy.

Entrepreneurs almost always have to step out of existing institutions that embody old ways of doing things to build their vision.

Change begets change as much as repetition reinforces repetition.

Of course you can do it. It doesn't require brilliance. It's just giving yourself permission and then being persistent. Persistent in seeing the problem or opportunity and persistent in thinking about it until you have come up with some interesting ideas that might change the pattern. It's really a mindset, not anything in the objective world - that is the problem.

Social entrepreneurs are married to a vision of, for example, a better way of helping young people grow up or of delivering global healthcare. They simply will not stop because they cannot be happy until their vision becomes the new pattern.

The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends.