Perseverance: Being Present to Discomfort
I’ve come to appreciate perseverance comes from being present to discomfort. Feeling uncomfortable is disconcerting and disorienting. Over the years, feeling discomfort and being present to what's needed in those moments has led me to challenges and obstacles to be...
byLucy Shenouda
At the Boarding Gate. Sublime.
At the boarding gate. Sublime. Awaiting a flight somewhere new, someplace different yet familiar, I want to freeze time. I want to be in the moment for as long as possible. I want to savour the mystery, to visualize my...
byLucy Shenouda
Pack Your Patience
It’s also a time we say: “Summer’s over!” with a deep-seated sense of reluctance. It’s as though we are getting ready to pack it in, to move on to another season before it’s actually begun. It’s habitual, a societal norm....
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
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
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
Dichotomy of Change: A Love Hate Relationship
As organizations grow and prosper, they adopt new technologies, hire new talent and introduce new processes. The evolution of the workforce begins a cycle of growth and prosperity. In organizations set in their ways, this cycle comes with a transition...
byLucy Shenouda
On the Verge
You can almost taste it, see it, feel it. So close. Venturing towards a milestone that represents so much more than time and energy spent, it’s heart and soul poured into a cause, a purpose with true meaning.
byLucy Shenouda
