Obama Foundation Africa Leader Arlette Irankunda asked President Obama how to carry the weight of leadership without burning out. His answer: Take care of your body. Make time for community. Take the long view.
Whatever you do, please don't stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read books. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.
"Someday, our children, and our children's children, will look at us in the eye and they'll ask us, did we do all that we could when we had the chance to deal with this problem and leave them a cleaner, safer, more stable world?" — Barack Obama
In his final months in office, the ninth UN Secretary-General shares what keeps him awake at night.
@antonioguterres reflects on his long career and shares why his lasting hope is rooted in the promise of “We, the Peoples.”
UN podcast "Awake at Night'🎧 https://t.co/PORpXSkRv2
We scroll. We search. We ask AI.
But can we trust the information we receive?
From transparent public data to clearly labelled AI-generated content, the #RightToKnow must evolve with our digital world.
This #AccessToInfoDay, learn more about @UNESCO's work: https://t.co/a8LHMn1ntM
#RightToKnow #IDUAI2026
To improve your writing, read more.
To improve your thinking, write more.
To improve your storytelling, present more.
To improve your energy, rest more.
To improve your understanding, teach more.
To improve your network, give more.
To improve your happiness, appreciate more.
The greatest power is not the power to dominate.
It's the power to build a future that works for everyone.
Our shared future will be forged by whether humanity can govern power wisely.
Together, let's meet this challenge with determination & resolve for a better world for all.
A Yale study tracked 3,635 adults for 12 years and found that book readers lived nearly 2 years longer on average.
This applies to books only (Newspapers and magazines don't count).
The biggest reduction in mortality was seen among people who read books for 3.5+ hours per week.
Read (old) books!
Every human being has equal value. Every single one.
At the United Nations General Assembly, I challenged a world that still decides whose lives deserve protection and whose suffering can be ignored.
No race is superior. No people are disposable. Until we honour that truth, "everywhere is war" remains a warning we have failed to heed.
What the world needs now is love, with the courage to confront injustice and defend our shared humanity.
Love and a little kindness. For everyone.
Every human being has equal value. Every single one.
At the United Nations General Assembly, I challenged a world that still decides whose lives deserve protection and whose suffering can be ignored.
No race is superior. No people are disposable. Until we honour that truth, "everywhere is war" remains a warning we have failed to heed.
What the world needs now is love, with the courage to confront injustice and defend our shared humanity.
Love and a little kindness. For everyone.