The fact that my environment influences my life so much - and that my environment is in my control - gives me a great sense of empowerment over my health and my life.
Interpretation
Our surroundings shape our lives, and we have the power to control them.
Anne Wojcicki emphasizes the significant role that our environment plays in shaping our well-being and overall life experience. Recognizing that we have control over our surroundings provides a sense of empowerment, allowing us to take charge of our health and determine our path in life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth, one might refer to this quote to inspire others to take charge of their environments.
I think we're just scratching the surface. One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it.
I have mothers with small children come to me and say, 'You found that I had early breast cancer - because of you, I don't have cancer.' You've just prevented that person from dying early, and to prevent an early, unnecessary death is incredibly meaningful.
Just as computer technology and the Internet created whole new industries and extraordinary benefits for people that extend into almost every realm of human endeavor from education to transportation to medicine, genetics will undoubtedly benefit people everywhere in ways we can't even imagine but know will surely occur.
I always said a prayer before I ran, and my prayer was to win. My prayer was that God would allow me to run my best on that day, or better than my best. So whatever the outcome is, I have to be satisfied with it if I know I gave it my best effort.
You can't lose your concentration at all. And there are times when you're on the stage, and you've got silence, which is wonderful, but you have to have the confidence to make you realize it's fine. You can't suddenly wobble and think, 'They're not interested.'
There is always room in your life for thinking bigger, pushing limits and imagining the impossible.
If you want to be a Champion, you've got to feel like one, you've got to act like one, you've got to look like one.
Work takes on new meaning when you feel you are pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it's just a job, and life is too short for that.
If you don't feel it, you'll never achieve it.
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