Memorable Quotes:
“It took me 15 years, probably, to come to the conclusion that there’s good in every bad situation. I think I’ve learned so much from being sick with these diseases.” – Oliver Ravn
“I think that we as a society feel so uncomfortable with uncomfortable feelings that we encourage people who are suffering to just look on the bright side of things.” – Jerry Colonna
“If you’re called a monster enough times, then you start to believe that you are a monster. You start feeling the taboo. You start feeling the stigma. So you’re very stigmatized. And most importantly, you feel extremely lonely. You feel like there is no one in this world that understands you, not your doctors, not your parents, not your friends, and especially not those who are making fun of you.” – Oliver Ravn
“I came to the part where I was starting to unravel the parts of me that have been hiding behind the disease, behind how I came to become Oliver today. Like I’m 31 years old, and the past 16 years with chronic diseases have shaped who I am. But it’s also…It’s also hidden who I am in the same place.” – Oliver Ravn
“I’ve been trying to compensate by creating versions of me that are not true to myself.” – Oliver Ravn
“I created versions of me that were not me, but that I felt were necessary to live life. And I’ve been doing this so much that I kind of started to believe that the fake versions of me were me. The ones that were trying to protect this little vulnerable kid from when he was 15 or even younger, trying to protect that guy by creating something that I’m not.” – Oliver Ravn
“And then when I’m standing there, and I’m reading this boo,k and I’m asking all the questions and saying the things that need to be said for the first time ever in my life to myself, not about anyone else, but actually telling myself that I am actually good enough the way I am. I am actually… I don’t need to put on the masks. I don’t need to pretend anymore.” – Oliver Ravn
“It opened a part of me that’s been locked away behind fake versions and masks for half of my life to finally realize that I don’t need to do that anymore.” – Oliver Ravn
“So, at least in the West and in most of the globe, you are medically treated for chronic diseases. But where you’re lacking is the emotional and the practical guidance, the thing that I’ve been lacking, the thing that I’ve been feeling as well in my journey. That is 99 % of your life, that is outside the clinical walls. The disease doesn’t stop when you go outside the clinic.” – Oliver Ravn
“I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m doing it anyway. Okay, that is the singular mantra of being a leader. I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m doing it anyway. That is the single mantra of being an adult human. I have no idea what I’m doing. Remember the tagline in Reboot is: Leadership and the Art of Growing up. The art of growing up is understanding that we can, we’re sophisticated beings. We can hold contradictory thoughts simultaneously. In fact, it’s the hallmark of mental health. To be able to hold the paradox.” – Jerry Colonna
