Some great thoughts from Sasha Dichter of the Acumen Fund
We work for a [company] that is doing great things in the world, one that’s attacking daunting problems in a powerful new way. I believe in what we do, andthink that we may be catalyzing a shift in how the world fights poverty.
Look around you at great leaders who you know or respect. What do they spend theirtime doing? They are infused with drive, passion, vision, commitment, and energy. They walk through the world dissatisfied with the status quo. They talk to anyone whowill listen about the change they want to see the world. And they build a team and anorganization that is empowered to make that change.
How good is your idea? How important is your cause? Important enough that you’vegiven up another life to lead this life. You’ve given up another job, another steadypaycheck, another bigger paycheck to do this all day long, every day, for years if not fordecades, to make a change in the world and to right a wrong
I’d rather be an evangelist, a storyteller, an educator, a translator, a table‐pounder, a guyon his soap box, a woman with a megaphone, a candidate for change. I want to talk toas many people as I can about my ideas – whether in person or in newsletters or onFacebook or Twitter or in the Economist or at the TED conference or at Davos – andcapture their imagination about the change I hope to see in the world. Don’t you?
