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Justice over compassion

The trick I think, is the courage to hold the hard and soft simultaneously. I’m more interested in justice than I am in mercy. I think compassion is really important but compassion without discipline is anemic. And so do you have the courage to be tough, focused, goal-oriented, driven, but simultaneously caring, compassionate, and open minded. That’s the balance that I think none of us do perfectly because it’s such a hard thing to hold both sides of things. But what makes us interesting as human beings are the contradictions, the goofiness, the silliness. It’s not hiding our imperfections.

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Jacqueline Novogratz
Jacqueline Novogratz is founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit venture fund that works to solve the problems of global poverty by delivering critical goods and services to the poor. She is one of the most innovative players involved in philanthropy today, redefining the way problems of poverty can be solved around the world. She is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown fellow and a frequent speaker at international conferences, including the World Economic Forum, the Clinton Global Initiative and the TED Conference.

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