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How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life

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Lilly Singh
Lilly Singh

Lilly Singh, born on September 26, 1988, is a motivational speaker. She gained immense popularity on YouTube with her humorous and straightforward style, and has since transitioned into a motivational speaker. Her video content covers a wide range of topics including personal growth, self-acceptance, and women's empowerment, resonating with a large audience. more

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“It was possible, I knew, to live on two planes at once - to have one's feet planted in reality but pointed in the direction of progress. It was what I had done as a kid on Euclid Avenue, what my family - and marginalized people more generally - had always done. You get somewhere by building that better reality, if at first only in your own mind. Or as Barack had put it that night, you may live in the world as it is, but you can still work to create the world as it should be.”

“Humans grow a tree within their minds. A tree known as the self. It's a tree that is nourished through wisdom and experience, emotion and love. Each person has their own variety and type of tree. What kind of flowers will it grow? What kind of fruit will it bear? Who will it fascinate, what will it yield, how will it keep the pests away? What kind of poison will it possess? How tall will it grow?”