A leader is a person who has been to the top of a mountain and back. She has come back to take her friends who have the same aspirations of living on the top of the mountain. Since she knows the way, she has returned to the valley to say to her people, “Come...
Think about a dream you have. One of my dreams was to become a medical doctor. I wanted to be able to help people who were hurting. I first had this dream when I was about 7 years old. A couple of years later, my dad, who paid the bills for our family, died. I dropped...
“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.” Teddy Roosevelt This is true in every relationship and circumstance in life. As humans, we are driven by self-interest. For example, we don’t follow a leader because of the leader. No, we follow...
“The first principle of aid is respect” Ernesto Sirolli This is one of the most profound lessons I’ve learned in my adult life. In 2005, I founded an orphanage in Africa that has helped over a thousand kids to date. In my early days as a...
Many times in relationships, all we need to do is listen, empathize and be there for others when they share their struggles with us directly or when we see them going through difficulties that they haven’t even told us about. Yet, what do we try to do? We try to...
I once watched the video of an applicant I was screening to interview to join the faculty of a college where I served as provost. A video showing the applicant for the position of professor at the college teaching on any topic of their choice was one of many necessary...