Grayscale: A Memoir of an Introverted Leader

by Mohamed Fadel

“Be a doctor or an engineer, those are the two professions that equip you to be an esteemed member of society.” This is one common cultural belief that has transcended generations in many backward-thinking societies,

AIESEC was originally an acronym that stood for Association Internationale des Étudiants en Sciences Économiques et Commerciales, which is French for the International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences.

have to respect the journey everyone is going through and appreciate the fact that everyone is learning at their own pace and growing accordingly.

if you don’t get a death threat at least once in your lifetime, have you really even lived, right?

For the very first time in 19 years, I went to the airport not to pick someone up or drop them off, but to actually go inside, check in, go past border control, and board a real airplane.

With bruised feet, a sunburnt face, and a worn-out body, I made it back to my hotel room. I just threw myself on my hotel bed. My friend asked me how my day was, and I could only think of one word that would describe it: “It was…perfect.” Then I passed out.

To be remembered beyond a title, you need to do things that, as Seth Godin explains, are remarkable.

In the end, the only way you can appreciate your progress is to stand on the edge of the hole you dug for yourself, look down inside it, and smile fondly at the bloody claw prints that marked your journey up the wall. —Ryan Holiday

According to Stephen King, every writer needs an ideal reader,

am because we are.