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I think there is a song with the lyrics, \u201cHave you ever loved somebody too much?\u201d and I feel like that I have been living some version of this truth in regards to my role as an undergraduate instructor in the leadership minor.\u00a0 While this role is part of my assistantship as a doctoral student, I am not sure I\u2019ve ever invested as much as I have into a professional endeavor before my time in the leadership minor.\u00a0 On the positive side\u2026 I am 100% confident in my career path to become an academic, on the less than positive side, I have become increasingly aware of how much I willing to sacrifice work-life-balance for something I love.
\nWork-life-balance is also very hard to strive towards when you receive positive affirmation for not being balanced.\u00a0 Specifically, this past fall, I had the opportunity to coach a team of undergraduates in a case competition<\/a> at the International Leadership Association Conference.
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\"After<\/a>

After winning the ILA Case Competition<\/p><\/div>
\nThis conference is the premier professional gathering for the leadership field and winning this competition reinforced that putting 120 hours of preparation in two weeks was well worth it \u2013 not so much because of the win \u2013 but rather, because of the impact it has had on our leadership minor students\u2019 lives.\u00a0 One student has said that it was the most influential experience of their college career and another student has decided that they want to pursue a graduate degree in leadership.
\nAs the Social Innovation Challenge draws near at USD, I am finding this same energy is required to coach our undergraduate teams.\u00a0 I am also holding the same expectation that the level of work required and process of collaboration needed, will foster a similar influential experience for our students.\u00a0 I am feeling a huge sense of responsibility and recognizing how much of what I am learning about leadership in my program is needed in my role as an instructor.\u00a0 It requires understanding vision, motivating others throughout the process, challenging ideas, and attending to the needs of both yourself and others.\u00a0 It is not enough to teach leadership, you have to live it and within leadership there is love.\u00a0 This has left me considering the following thought:\u00a0 So while love can leave us blind, how do we lead from love and with love without being blind and losing oneself in it?
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