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Camaraderie
I am less than one year into a new role, job and country. I feel vulnerable, in a humbling sort of way. Even in the early days in my career, this is a familiar feeling. Just before I present something...
byLucy Shenouda
Opening New Doors
The people in the organization that bring curiousity into conversation open new doors. They start the process of setting the bar of excellence. The persistence in digging deeper, challenging the status quo and doing so with a true sense of...
byLucy Shenouda
Do we raise the bar?
The visionaries who raise the bar in their chosen fields walk converging paths marked with hope and fear. As they do new things, they win, they fail, they learn, they win again, fail again and continue on their journey resilient...
byLucy Shenouda
An Imperfect Practice
For some, imperfection is a challenge and a fact of life. For others, the concept of imperfection is uncomfortable, avoided at all costs. There are costs to holding out for perfection. Leading a team through change is a challenge and an opportunity....
byLucy Shenouda
Polarizing Views
Paul Bloom said: “Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting their perspectives so as to share their experiences. This allows us to enjoy fictional events...
byLucy Shenouda
What’s At Stake?
What’s at Stake? Missing my deadline. I really dislike missing deadlines. In this very moment, I openly confess to having writer’s block and the deadline is looming. I’m stuck! I want and look for inspiration. So, I seek refuge in...
byLucy Shenouda
Letting go, Not Giving Up
In the past few months, the camaraderie and collaboration previously enjoyed, is replaced with cut-throat competition. With new players on the team and previous allies taking the sidelines, I feel very much alone.
byLucy Shenouda
A Red Mug
I ask him for a cup. He smiles as he hands me a mug. A red mug, at that! For a moment, for just a few seconds, I pause. I slow down. I reflect. A cup, not a mug. I...
byLucy Shenouda
Echoes of a Time Gone Past
I am haunted by reverberating echoes in my mind. The type of echoes that draw me inward. Echoes of past regrets and burdensome worries. I feel weighed down. I feel overly stressed.
byLucy Shenouda
From our Mind to our Heart
One of the longest journeys one can take is from our mind to our heart. Many of us live our lives allowing our minds to guide us through life’s challenges. We inadvertently make life more difficult than it has to...
byLucy Shenouda
