Tag Archive: passion

Real world…here I come!

So…I’m graduating tomorrow! And I suppose that means that I need to write an obligatory blog post reflecting on my college years. As I sit in my bedroom packing all my belongings into two suitcases and two boxes (yet again), I can’t help but look back on the person I was when I stepped foot…

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You don’t just define your community – your community defines you

There is a lot of talk of personal branding these days: is it good or bad? How can you build a network of people who respect your personal brand? How can you join a group of people with the same interests to help you make professional connections? But while we are busy trying to carve…

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When activism becomes elitism

Maybe it’s just me, but I increasingly see a problem with activism: it can easily slip from passion to elitism. I’ll be honest; as I became more passionate about human rights issues, I started feeling incredibly upset. I started wondering: “Why doesn’t everyone else care? How can they hear about genocide, conflict, women’s rights, torture,…

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Be the change: Challenging my Idealism, by Ruby Ku

I’m going to break the news: I now work in the corporate world. I guess with all the posts I’ve written on my blog, it is understandable for one to assume I would look for a job in the non-profit sector after graduation and go “save the world”. Look, this is where it gets tricky….

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Be the change: Inspiring by passion – not persuasion, by Kristina Lugo

If I could advocate for one cause, it would be clean and portable water solutions. For the past year, I’ve been wrestling with the notion of getting those around me to care about a social issue, any social issue. Over coffee dates, workshops, team meetings the night before a final exam, I’ve met and re-met…

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Impressions of grandeur: inspiration to change the world

For those of you who actually read my blog, you might notice that I haven’t written in a while. Quite a long while, considering I used to write at least twice a week, if not more. But the reason is – I’ve finished my exams at LSE and spent a week traveling around the UK…

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