“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein

Curiosity helps to fuel our imagination.  When we ask questions of others, we can find out important information to help us solve problems, open new doors and form connections.  When we ask questions of ourselves, we can shake up our beliefs, reveal our innermost desires and make positive changes.  What questions are swimming around in your head?

Albert Einstein, a Quester, was curious, imaginative and always questioned things. He made a significant contribution to humankind. Read about other Questers who created their desired lives and made societal contributions, as well: Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963

“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective than the one derived from fear of punishment.” —Mahatma Gandhi

Rather than using our personal power to overpower, manipulate and control through punishment, criticism and anger, we can employ our power to empower and inspire others to rise to new levels of natural “goodness” through acknowledgment, praise and love.

Revered in India as the “Father of the Nation,” Mohandas K. Gandhi is a worldwide icon of non-violent political resistance and advocate of simple living.

A Quester, Gandhi modeled the life he preached. Read about other Questers who use their power to inspire others to rise to new levels of natural “goodness”: Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963

“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein

There’s nothing wrong with success, but oftentimes it’s easy to lose sight of who you are when you only focus on success. If you pursue activities that express your true values and contribute to the welfare of the world, you’ll end up being successful and also adding value to your own life as well as that of others.

How would you define success? What will make your life successful? What can you do in work, family, leisure and community activities that will benefit you as well as well as others? Your responses to these questions will guide you where to place or continue to place your focus.  What we focus on truly expands.

Albert Einstein, a brilliant physicist, philosopher and moral leader was successful and also added value to the global community. Einstein was a Quester. Read about other Questers who dared to be themselves and added value to themselves, their professions and communities: Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.”– Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale earned the nickname “The Lady With the Lamp” for her tireless nursing of British soldiers during the Crimean War. No shrinking violet, she cajoled army officials to change terrible conditions in the hospitals, thus earning the gratitude of soldiers and a measure of public fame. When the war ended in 1856 she returned to London and continued her reform campaign there.

Florence Nightingale followed her purpose to reform health practices on the battlefields and England. Learn how other Questers developed their careers and contributed to society in Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1936672715

“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan was the dominant basketball player in the world during the 1990s. He won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award five times, and six times led the Chicago Bulls to the league championship.

Michael Jordan persisted despite setbacks. Meet other Questers who developed resilience and persisted to achieve desired goals and lives in Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”– Albert Einstein

The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly. The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.

Albert Einstein, a Quester, knew how to express his opinions courageously and honestly. Meet other famous and ordinary folks who express their opinions honestly, and make a contribution to humankind in Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei, an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher, who played a major role in the scientific revolution was considered a revolutionary in his time. Galileo proved the earth revolved around the sun instead of the other way round. The Roman Catholic Church denounced Galileo’s opinions judging them dangerous and close to heresy.

Galileo, a Quester, dared to express his opinions courageously and honestly, and made a significant contribution to humankind. Read about other Questers who dare to create their desired lives: Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1508408963

 How will the nature of work change in the coming decades?  What skills and knowledge will be required?

Skills for tomorrow called “meta skills,” include critical thinking, problem solving, learning, caring, judgment, intuition, creativity, trust, inspiration, relationship building and ethical leadership. Learn how Questers use these skills in Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1936672715

“What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson has said elements within us are strong enough to make our lives more clear and positive towards our goals. One should not let the past happenings bother much, or worry about what the future holds for oneself. Because neither is as important as the strength of character a person has within that will help one overcome both the past demons and future worries.

Strengthen your inner self, your character. Become inner-directed, authentic, resilient. Be guided in thought and action by your own scale of values as opposed to external norms. Clarify and attain desired goals.

Questers show you how: Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life: http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1936672715

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“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”— George Bernard Shaw

Stubbornness swallows up anything and anyone that doesn’t evolve, change, and progress with space and time.  Everyone is guilty from being stubborn or close minded from time to time.  It takes a lot of strength and willpower to either admit to being wrong or allowing progress to occur with a change of mind or a change of heart.

Prepare for, and welcome the unexpected. Recognize new opportunities. Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life offers numerous suggestions for seizing fresh opportunities:  http://www.amazon.com/Questers-Dare-Change-Your-Life/dp/1936672715