My co-founder and I started this nonprofit because we both lost friends to suicide, but now that we've grown into a real organization with staff and programs, we disagree about whether our personal stories should still be central to the mission or if we should step back and let the work speak for itself. It's becoming a fight about ego versus impact.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people who started something from personal pain are struggling with how much of themselves should remain visible as their work grows beyond them.
“Where Are You with Work as legacy — when the work outlasts you?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.