We are truly saddened to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela, who singlehandedly taught present and future generations of children and adults what it means to be a self actualized human being, a thinker with self awareness of the essence of life and worth, and someone who practiced what so many just preach: stand up for what you believe in. Nelson Mandela was a pilot in the truest sense of the word; for people in his country, but also for people worldwide.I think Nelson Mandela would have made a fantastic social entrepreneur, and an even better mentor in Real Time.I only have his virtual mentorship to guide me, his “voice” added to the many voices in my head, herding me on my own entrepreneurial journey. My CTA for more women to join the Entrepreneur Revolution, its sibling the Tech Revolution, and their offshoot; the social entrepreneurship movement.

1. Nelson
Mandela
Educator, Mentor, Leader, Human
1918-2013
Entrepreneurial Retrospective by Penina Rybak
Founder/CEO Socially Speaking LLC

3. Mandela singlehandedly taught present
and future generations of children
and adults what it means to be a self
actualized human being, a thinker
with self awareness of the essence of
life and worth, and someone who
practiced what so many just preach:
stand up for what you believe
in......

4. The World Needs More
Leadership
The social entrepreneurship movement is growing
rapidly because people are increasingly hungry
to reclaim their humanity and bring out the best
in themselves and others. It begins with an idea
that gains momentum, spurs key "chess players"
to make a move, and subsequently change the face
of history. Like Mandela, who stood up for what
he believed in....

5. The World Needs More
Leadership
It’s time to birth and foster more philanthropy, social
entrepreneurship, and empathy, all of which need to be interwoven
and embedded into one's thought leadership; one of the most
meaningful legacies a person can leave behind. Thought leadership
is not only a digital marketing tactic and CEO's strategy to provide
a bird's eye view into company culture. It is not only a way for
writers/authors to get on a soapbox, to stand out and showcase
their genius (or lack thereof)....

6. The World Needs More
Leadership
When done right, thought leadership can enhance
one's balancing of humanity vs. technology,
nourish one's cerebral thought processes with
one's emotional attunement, and propel a
person's career trajectory. This is especially
true of entrepreneurship today....

7. What Makes for a Good Leader and for
That Matter, a Good Entrepreneur?
Exhibiting both architectural prowess (planning) and
eloquent artistry (execution and storytelling),
sensitivity, and grace. All are needed to propel
one’s balance of humanity with technology and
intellectual honesty with emotional attunement; both
of which are needed to solve real problems, and
incidentally profit from creative disruptive
innovation.

8. What I Learned From Nelson
Mandela
The greatest leaders first learned about
their own potential by being moved by the
Story of others and seeing patterns in that
“voice”, helping them find their own. That
is the essence of Theory of Mind and
Emotional Attunement, something female
entrepreneurs have in spades, and need to
remember....

9. What I Learned From Nelson
Mandela
Fostering change; economic, social, educational,
and technological is as much an internal
thought process and emotive experience as it is
an external marketing campaign. It begins with
being influenced by virtual mentorship, and
using those lessons to connect the dots and
plant seeds for your own entrepreneurial
trajectory....

10. What I Learned From Nelson
Mandela
Real mentorship is invaluable and
needed, but virtual mentorship i.e.
thought leadership forums (blogs,
social media marketing campaigns done
with emotion, depth, and humor) give
the competitive,
solitary, emotionally fragmented
and sometimes grueling nature of
entrepreneurship its wings to be
free, and be more in touch with
humanity....

11. The Pilot: Crossing the
Bar
evening star,
Sunset and
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless
deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho' from out our bourne of Time and
Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson

12. "I like good friends who have
independent minds because they make
you see problems from all angles."
- Nelson Mandela
- Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was a pilot in the
truest sense of the word; for people in
his country, but also for people
worldwide. He exemplifies the concept
of global impact and global friendship.
He exemplifies the prototype of thought
leader and social entrepreneur.

13. We are all left with his virtual
mentorship and legacy to guide us,
his voice added to the many “inner
voices” in our heads, herding us on
our own journey towards more selfactualization as human beings and
entrepreneurs. We just need to heed
our own voice, and create our own
takeaways from the teachable
moments all around us....

14. The World Needs More Female Leaders
and Entrepreneurs....
I wish you all continued growth in your own friendships and
journeys towards the pursuit of balancing humanity and
technology. I wish you all good fortune in finding both virtual
mentors and real mentors to bring out the best in you, and help
you find ways to use your Story to help others....
- Penina Rybak MA/CCC-SLP, TSHH
Director: The NICE Initiative for Female Entrepreneurship

15. The NICE Reboot: How To Become a Better Female Entrepreneur­
How to Balance Your Craving for Humanity and Technology in
Today’s Startup Culture
✰ Publisher: Maven House Press (January 2014)
✰ Coming to Amazon and iBooks too!
✰ Book Trailer: https://vimeo.com/79903774

16. Penina Rybak MA/CCC-SLP, TSHH
CEO Socially Speaking LLC
Director: The NICE Initiative for Female Entrepreneurship
Email: penina@niceinitiative.com
Twitter: @PopGoesPenina
Entrepreneurship website: www.niceinitiative.com
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