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I recently realized that I have a problem with leadership, and it is an emotional one. I have spent significant time studying leaders, reading about their lives, trying to understand what makes them leaders. Intellectually, I understood it. But emotionally I realized that I don’t believe in myself as a leader. Just talking about myself…

I’m embarking on a new journey in my career and I’m incredibly excited for what’s to come. I will be joining the Google Product Management team, focused on Hire [1]. This is an exciting next step for me and one that I wouldn’t have considered even just a year ago. Google is a company that I’ve…

2010 was a transformational year for me both personally and professionally. As we wrap it up, here are some lessons I want to keep in mind. Treasure friendships.  It is friends that give us the strength to continue moving forward when things get difficult. If it matters to you, give it your best.  No one…

There are a few things I learned at MIT, inside and outside of the classroom, that serve me well and will hopefully continue to do so after graduation.   There’s usually more to a problem that can be initially appreciated This is a lesson I learned inside and out of the classroom.  The thought that…

As a kid, I had a computer with a password I won’t forget, “success”.  I remember typing it every time I was going to do work, or just browse the internet.  Now, almost 10 years after I first typed this password, here I am contemplating the meaning of the word. This year has been one…

It was on early November that the waiting started for me. I had already sent my application to the best engineering college, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All my dreams were based on receiving an acceptance letter from that university; after all, I had been working for it since I was 12. I didn’t receive…