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.
To me, running is life. I run to live longer and enjoy a healthier life.
People always ask about young people like me being forced into things. I play tennis because I love it. I think Russians might be tougher than other people. When I arrived in America I was young, but I already knew what I wanted. I think that when you start from nothing, when you come from nothing, it makes you hungry. I am proud of where I came from and I know what I want. I want to win.
Set the kind of goals that will make something of you to achieve them.
There's no single right place to be an entrepreneur, but certainly there's something about Silicon Valley.
Ambition, I have come to believe, is the most primal and sacred and fundament of our being. To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls. Not to act upon that ambition is to turn our backs on ourselves and on the reason for our existence.
Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
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