I recently had a conversation with a mentee of mine. She had now completed a huge extra-curricular role and I asked her how she felt about it. I felt she did an incredible job. To my surprise, she didn’t feel the same. When assessing ourselves, we are often too critical about ourselves and our performance.…

I sat down with a friend this past week. He’s leading the Canadian Chapter of Autism Speaks and was looking to get some advice on a couple projects and initiatives he had in mind for his organization. We tackled a few scenarios and brainstormed a couple more. Overall, the conversation was great and insightful. Below…

This past week I was a panelist on a Organizational Leadership Session. The topic was “Getting Involved” and all of the panelists were student leaders from a variety of different clubs. Overall, the panel was fun and engaging, but it got me thinking on the differences between “good” panels and “kick-ass” panels. Below are a…

This past weekend I competed in the Parliamentary Debate at the University of Toronto Engineering Competitions. Mi hermano Kazem and I decided to tackle this competition, no prior experience in the debating world. After 6 hours and 4 rounds of intense and aggressive, debate we came out with 1st Place! Talk about beginner’s luck! Below…