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For Better Or Worse, That Is True With Any New Innovation, Certainly Any New Technological Innovation. There's Many Good Things That Come Out Of It, But Also Some Bad Things. All You Can Do Is Try To Maximize The Good Stuff And Minimize The Bad Stuff.

We Need That Same Mentality In Philanthropy, Trying Things, Taking Risks, Recognizing The First Try, Maybe The Second Try, Maybe The Third Try Won't Work. But If You Stay At It And You're Learning, You're Talking To Others, And You're Learning Together, Eventually You'll Break Through And See The Kind Of Impact You Were Hoping For.

All Great Ideas Start As Weird Ideas. What Now Seems Obvious, Early On, Is Not Obvious To Anybody.

The Attackers Are The People With Bold, Innovative Ideas Who Are Trying To Disrupt The Status Quo And Usher In A Better Way. The Defenders Are The Incumbents Who Try To Defend What They Have. We Need To Bring An Attacker Mindset To Whatever We Choose To Do.

Nowadays People Seem To Switch Schools, Either Because They Have To, And Certain Schools Only Serve Certain Grades, Or Because They Move To A Different Place Or Have Some Particular Interest, But I Was In The Same School For 13 Years