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Mamongae Mahlare

Allocate time and energy to initiatives for the primary benefit of my beloved South Africa Many lives were sacrificed for my freedom And with political freedom comes great responsibility To achieve economic emancipation So our children can eat, receive quality... View Details

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May Lam

I was breathless as a sense of loss swept through me. The Tibetan monks had just washed away a sand mandala, an intricate art piece that took them weeks to build using millions of grains of colored sand. This process of creation and destruction was an exercise in... View Details

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Mantazh Khanna

I will not let go of my yellow work boots and hard hat. Manager Tan gave them to me at a power plant in Singapore as he proudly showed me around his magnificently built facility. Crisscrossing shiny steel pipes. Towering black furnaces. All supporting the needs of a... View Details

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Michael Holt

"Once you jump, you're already dead. Now change the outcome," said my jumpmaster when I completed my first skydiving solo jump. That moment, I discovered the enlightened thrill of putting your life in your own hands, leaving no one else responsible for your... View Details

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Marie-Laure Goepfer

"I want everything, right now, and I want it all. I do not want to be modest and just be happy with a little piece if I behave well. I want everything to be as beautiful as when I was a child - or die." – Antigone, Jean Anouilh When I was 20, I played the... View Details

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Mae Abdelrahman

The first doll my mother bought for my sister was black – so she would love herself and her skin. The second doll she bought was white – so she would love others and their skin. From the time we were born, my mother instilled the notion that all skin is beautiful.... View Details

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Leena Kevan Nash

I plan to live my life returning the extra 5¢ the cashier gives me; and then I plan to live discovering exactly how that became my instinct, so that one day I can teach my own children to do the same. I will live my life holding the door for the person behind me,... View Details

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Lindsay McGregor

I lost the use of my hands in college. I could not write, type, or turn a doorknob. I was in excruciating pain all the time. For two years, doctors could not figure out what was wrong. One told me I was making it up. Several told me that I would never heal. I was... View Details

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Lisa Marrone

“You’ll do the right thing.” My father pauses after saying these words and looks at me, pleadingly. There are moments in life when things become just a little bit clearer. I blink and stare. What is the right thing? My parents were never married; My dad was in the... View Details

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Lee Koffler

Today, roughly thirteen million refugees struggle to fulfill their basic needs each day. In one version of my life, I will help bring shelter and water to refugees in Kosovo and Tanzania. Each morning I will wake up and go to work knowing that I am helping families who... View Details

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Lindsay Jurist-Rosner

My recurring dream is far from a nightmare, thank god. The dream actually varies quite dramatically but the common element is flying. Well not flying so much as floating. As a kid, I used to dream that I was floating home from the bus stop, now I dream about floating... View Details

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Luke Hodges

Ah the peace and control of compartmentalization! Set boundaries, build some walls. Choose on which side to be. You please, wait here. I hope you like the room. I try to keep it clean. Cup of tea? Stove is here, mugs over there. I’ll be back soon. What? No walls? All... View Details

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Lauryn Hale

Growing up in Detroit, Lauryn Hale inherited an interest in business from her father, an accountant. That interest was reinforced through her high school participation in LEAD, an innovative University of Michigan program that introduces young people to business issues... View Details

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Lauren Booker

"I've always been a 'save-the-worlder,'" Lauren Booker says about herself with a laugh. She grew up in a family with "a long, sustained history of service and civil-rights activity." Her grandfather, the late Carl Nichols, led the New Jersey chapter... View Details

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Kelley Thorne

When I slid my first brush across a blank canvas, it sparked my passion for painting. I spent hot summer days in my mom’s art studio working away as Allen Levi’s voice drowned out the chirping cicadas. Each time I perfected a flower petal, I transformed from an anxious... View Details

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Kim Scott

My father forgot what was really important to him until it was too late. He was then left with an empty existence once he realized life had passed him by. I will live passionately. And I will use my energy to make those who are important to me happy. On the road of... View Details

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Kenny Salas

Kenny Salas, MBA 2015, came to HBS with a clear goal: "To work for a big company and gain operational experience." Then a combination of unexpected events changed his mind. After a summer internship at General Mills' headquarters in Minneapolis, "I... View Details

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Katie Rydz

When I was 16, I tried to take my own life. When you are depressed, failing at suicide feels like just that – a failure. In the years following my attempt, I continued to struggle with depression and anxiety. I felt that the world would be better off without me, I was... View Details

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Karina Rodriguez

My grandfather signed legal documents with his thumbprint. My dad got a sixth-grade education, and like his father before him, was destined to be a subsistence farmer. My family is from rural Mexico, and my dad understood the destiny of his children, if he stayed. His... View Details

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Kareem Reda

Stop! I must catch my breath and break my fast. Dusk has become irrelevant in an electric uptempo world. Dusk still matters to me for 30 days a year, at least. Its arrival marks the end of a day of fasting during Ramadan. Dusk matters because it is a restive moment to... View Details

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