In 2017, I interviewed with Elizabeth Holmes to be Head of Finance at Theranos.
I'm convinced I learned more in those 45 minutes than I did in 10 years of school and work.
Today, she reports to federal prison to serve out an 11 year sentence for fraud.
Time for a story 🧵:
Being a leader is tough. Being an emotionally intelligent and effective leader is tougher.
Here are 7 things all leaders should get comfortable saying to their teams 🧵👇
My college age daughter just started a new job. She had a staff meeting recently. I asked her how it went.
“It was meh. Didn’t feel necessary.”
I hate spoilers, so I didn’t tell her “buckle up for another 40 years of that feeling in staff meetings, honey”
Seeing what's happening in Afghanistan today, I pray for peace, but I think it wise for us to prepare our homes and hearts for welcome.
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Fawad Mohammedi was born into poverty.
He sold maps on the street, taught himself English, got noticed by a movie director, starred in a film, got nominated for an Oscar, and walked the red carpet.
He just got a scholarship to study theatre in America.
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Two years ago, a young Syrian refugee in Canada named Yaman had never played a game of hockey.
Canadians came together to fulfil his dream.
Today, he walked off the ice with a Gold Medal.
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I know we're all busy talking about Trump, or Schultz, or the Polar Vortex, but this is Juan Sebastian, a 7-year old kid in Colombia who was born blind. All he ever dreamed of was being able to watch a soccer game.
So this is how an interpreter helped him.
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How Canada works:
- Family owns chocolate factory in Syria
- Factory gets bombed
- They lose everything
- Canadians sponsor them
- They move to town of 4,000 people
- Dad starts making chocolate in basement
- Word spreads
They now make 250,000 pieces of chocolate a month 🇨🇦