“I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.” PeopleSaidWantedListeningI RealizedVersusConvincing Author:Ursula Burns
“I started acting when I was five years old. I found it randomly, through listening to my brother study monologues. I auditorally started memorizing them for no reason, and started repeating them to anyone who would listen to me. And then, I begged my mom to let me do whatever that meant because I couldn't put into words exactly what that meant. It just meant me happy. And then, when I was 11 years old, I realized what I was doing and I looked to my mom and said, "Can I make this something I can do for the rest of my life?" She was like, "Yeah, sure, if you want to." And I was like, "Okay, great! I think I might want to do this forever."” ThinkingWantYearsSaidReasonMightFoundActingForeverStudyFiveBrotherListeningMomLet MeMy MomI RealizedMy BrotherFive YearsNo ReasonListen To MeFive Year OldsMonologuesMemorizing Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“Because the truth is, nobody knows what's best for you better than you do. You have to really sit still and ask yourself: What do I want? Does this feel right? What should I do? I realized I had to go back and do what I had always done. Listening to my gut was just as important as listening to the advice of others, and only I knew what was best for me.” KnowsWantFeelsShouldDoeStillsImportantDoneAsksAdviceListeningTruth IsI RealizedGutsShould IBetter Than YouNobody KnowsFeels Right Book:True Love Source: True Love
“I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.” ThinkingKnowsYearsDifferentStuffTheoryListeningSevenI RealizedSeven YearsDifferent Life Author:Billy Joel
“Since I begrudgingly started my Instagram account and my social media exposure/connection. I say begrudgingly because I just didn't want to take the plunge, but when I realized it was just a direct connection to our customer and these women, I did it. I like listening to their stories and their feedback.” WantStoriesSocialMediaListeningDirectConnectionsAccountsSocial MediaCustomersI RealizedFeedbackExposureInstagramPlunge Author:Eva Mendes
“I wasn't popular in school, I was Mexican, I was all these inappropriate things. I started playing the ukulele and taking it to school, and I realized people liked listening to it. I would play it to comfort myself at home, and I'd play rhythm and blues songs that had four chords. That's how it started.” PeoplePlayHomeSchoolSongFourListeningComfortI RealizedRhythmChordsMexicanInappropriateUkuleleRhythm And Blues Author:Joan Baez
“Listening to a lot of guitar rock and roll music and feeling quite eccentric because everyone expected me to learn and develop like R&B. This kind of made me feel a little bit better, because I realized it was all the same, you know. There's no difference. It's just music.” KindFeelingsListeningI Realized Author:Michael Kiwanuka
“At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a few listenings I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this man's example would be my life's work.” MenTryingFirstsMadeHardPlayWould BeFoundLevelsHeardExampleMastersListeningFollowingI RealizedCoreIntenseHard Core Book:Clapton: The Autobiography Source: Clapton: The Autobiography