If youโre going to enjoy the picnic that life really is, youโd better learn to like yourself not despite your flaws and so-called deficits, but because of them.
Paul OrfaleaIf I find a great idea, I work on it at the beginning, then bring in other people to make things work. Actually, I've always been good at getting out of work.
Paul OrfaleaWhat makes America great is in our imagination, not in memorization. We are not a memorization-fixated culture. We can't compete with the Chinese and Japanese in memorization. Where we have been competitive is in creativity.
Paul OrfaleaIf I reformed school, I would do two things: We can improve a child's IQ by three percent by teaching them a foreign language by seven-years-old. We shouldn't be waiting until high school when they are neurologically not ready to learn it. Second, we emphasize reading too young.
Paul Orfalea