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'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.
The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.
The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.
I wanted to be a shoe designer, but I never thought it could be a profession. But what was the alternative? Doctor? Too dirty! Air-hostess? Maybe not! Then someone gave me a book on Roger Vivier, and, cheri, instantly I knew that was it!
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