Leonardo Letelier | founder, Sitawi | Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTo be closer to the person I want to be.A year and a half ago I decided to leave a prestigious consulting firm. Having received several offers, a good consultant always makes a table and determinates pros, cons, short term/long term trade offs and options, but even after that I could not decide whether it was better to open a private bank in Rio for a major bank or become the COO of one of the most successful NGOs in the country. There was simply no better answer to “ what do I want to do next?”. Only after I changed the question to “who do I want to be next?” the answer was evident: I started sitawi, a loan fund for social enterprises in Brazil to provide capital and advice in adequate terms, leveraging my background to accomplish a higher purpose – in the process reconnecting my rational and emotional sides and receiving daily doses of inspiration from the most generous people one can find. Last week I was in a plane when a former colleague asked me “are you content with your choice?”, I just replied “no, I am happy!” (http://www.sitawi.net)
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