Living an Impact-Focused Life

What’s your Why?

I believe I was put on this earth to:

To help people. To change the way we look at each other. To bring value to humanity.

 

My purpose is to:

Serve humanity. To help people as much as I can. I don’t feel entitled. I don’t much to offer, but I have my personality, my care, my heart, and passion to make others well and smile.

 

I believe (my core values):

Leadership

Discipline

Passion

Love

Education

Getting Along

 

The one thing I must do before I die is:

Visit Another planet. Know there is more to life than just on earth

 

 

My advocates and supporters all believe I:

Democracy. Humanity First.

 

The evil I want to eradicate in this world is:

Ignorance from powerful leaders.

Poverty.

 

 

I want to work in order to:

Get my family out of poverty. Have a good full filling career.

 

Walk the Talk – Your How

If you are truly committed to your Why, you show it in your everyday behavior. It is all air until you do it. Working from your Why, How do you prove that you are true to your Why in all you do?

 

I always:

Envision the future. I am curious. I take initiative.

 

I never:

Do things without passion

My work style is:

Work hard. Play hard. Enjoy Life

 

I try to treat people:

With great respect. Because you never know what others may be going through. Adding just a simple act of kindness can go very far.

 

I approach problems by:

Creating more problems.

 

Victories are time to:

To look around those that fought with you and celebrate. But never keep your guard down

 

If another attacks my point of view I:

Actively listen and stay calm. I keep my guard up and avoid a major conflict.

 

If I fundamentally do not agree with what an organization or person is doing, I will:

Whistle bowl.

 

 

 

Your Credibility – Your Whats

You have just spent some considerable time at Lehigh, and specifically in the Global Social Impact Fellowship, on many whats. Your whats include lab research, formal presentations, writing research papers, engaging with people in other cultural contexts, building prototypes, designing and building systems, raising funds, hiring employees, etc. The whats you have collected along the way are critical to your credibility when you are entering the workforce or applying to the best graduate and professional schools. They signify a credible currency to which organizations can assign value. Create a list of your Whats that are truly reflective of your Why & How.  You did these things because you believe (Why) and you acquired them in the following (How) manner. These are examples you can use in interviews.

What Have I Done	List of Experiences, Accomplishments, and Lessons Learned
Degrees, Minors, Certificates, Fellowships	JP Morgan- Municipal Finance Summer Intern Morgan Stanley- Market Risk Controller Intern GSIF
Research Experiences	Mountain Initiative Fellowship
Inventions and Innovations	Not yet.
(Social) Entrepreneurial Ventures	Air Quality Almaty
Publications (Formal and Informal)	N/A
Formal Presentations (at Lehigh and Beyond)	Business competitions. Junior Achievement of New York Student of the Year 2018 Gala NYC
Awards and External Recognition	Junior Achievement of New York Student of the Year 2018 Gala NYC

 

Articulating and learning from GSIF-related Experiences. For each of these prompts, we want you to identify one and only one specific and compelling event/incident/experience/moment and identify exactly how you grew personally and professionally through that moment.

Teamwork Experience (and Lessons Learned)	Internships. Other retail jobs
Conflict Resolution Experience (and Lessons Learned)	Family issues and being able to work around them
Leadership Experience (and Lessons Learned)	I am a peer leader so I lead, encourage, and motivate all the time.
Dealing with Chaos, Ambiguity, and Uncertainty (and Lessons Learned)	Losing my citizenship because a relative threw them out. I recently got to the U.S at 5 years old and to know years later I lost the rights to freedom because of someone’s hatred and jealously. The amount of money, sweat, and blood my parents lost was a heavy weight I felt when I grew up. Now I have my citizenship and I am following the dreams of college, a career, and success for my parents. For our future.
Personally Challenging Experience (and Lessons Learned)	Being homeless and living in a shelter. Growing up with nothing has allowed me to enjoy life much better. I help others and and serve every person with respect and care because we all have a story. This has come with a cost from the trauma I’ve faced in my childhood. Many of my skills come from my lowest moments in life because I persevered with my parents. Helping people can brighten their day, so I do my very best to serve everyone I come across.
Cross-cultural Experience (and Lessons Learned)	My significant other is Bengali and is Muslim. I am Colombian and raised in a Christian home. I love her and we don’t care about our differences. I’ve learned more about the world through her as there are billions of Muslims in the world. While I am not religious, her faith in Islam has allowed me to be happy because I value many of the values Islam has. My view on the world has changed positively because of her. I always been a good person, but I am slowly finding my purpose. Despite my past challenges and hardest moments in life, I grew out of negative holes of hatred to start liking and loving the world much more.
An experience that helped you connect your GSIF work to your discipline / major.	Mountain Initiative Fellowship
A moment that boosted your sense of agency and self-efficacy – you felt like you can speak for yourself, get stuff done, take on the world and make it better.	In High School. I learned I have value and I am worth something if I can work hard and run for my dreams.
A moment where you felt like you truly have a strong sense of purpose and belonging in this dynamic, globalized interdependent world.	As I mature and grow in this cold world, I see many parts and people have lost their humanity. I want to serve people and change the way the negative thoughts we had.