Months ago, I read an article written by a father to their daughter on his lessons and message on navigating life. I thought it was sweet so I shared the link to my father and asked him if he can write a similar article (he’s a crazy good writer). His response was “but i’ve never been around when you were growing up”. I felt sad but said then you can write about whatever shared memories we have! Since today is his 68th birthday, I thought maybe I’ll be the one to write for him instead! To my dearest father 1,394…

You might be reading this article because you’re thinking how can I let go of the community I manage, have someone take over and continue the fire burning? I haven’t figured out the magic formula myself but I get asked this question many times. To give a little background about me, I led a student organization back in college that runs multiple small events and a major annual event with delegates across the region. A couple of months before graduation and very well deep into our thesis, I was no longer in practice leading the org as I passed on…

“One life to live, one legacy to leave” was the phrase I wrote on my college year book when I completed my Computer Science degree in 2011. I was a student leader juggling community projects left and right while balancing my academics to keep my scholarship. When I wrote the phrase I was in our university library at a desk for a single person – focused and undisturbed. A huge factor for me in the process was all the John Maxwell books I devoured those years. One book exercise was to imagine yourself in your deathbed and think what will…