I have always enjoyed reading or watching stories of remarkable individuals, the ordinary to the extraordinary, the impossible to the possible because it inspires me. Stories that bring us optimism, hope and courage. Sometimes, seeing is believing and when a spark is ignited within us, we learn and grow within ourselves that our ability to respond is limitless.
Human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson fights for wrongly condemned prisoners and strives to change the narrative of racial equality in America. He chooses to stand and fight for the condemned, incarcerated and excluded.
He is a human rights lawyer and social activist who dedicates his life to reforming mass incarceration and inequities in the justice system. He has secured relief or release for 140 wrongly condemned prisoners on death row. It gives his life meaning, purpose and value.
Martin Luther King Jr. were the early influencers in his life. Because as humans we are biologically and psychologically programmed to do what’s comfortable, that means we actually have to make a choice to do uncomfortable things.
Humans that can live lives that they believe are purposeful and valuable, are joyful. He grounds himself on staying focused on things in life that are inspiring and energising because that gives him empowerment to do the things that is needed in the world.
“I stood on the shoulders of people who did so much more with so much less, and that has made it really hard for me to not contribute, to not do what I can in the life that I’ve been given.”
Tune in to Bryan on the Netflix series ‘Live to Lead’. Our ability to respond is limitless. #LimitlessResponseAbility
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