Title: Founder’s Syndrome? Who Me?
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Content: It’s about the community, which is why we created this gift in         the first place. If we have not prepared the organization to survive (and dare         I say thrive?) without our presence, and we therefore cannot even think of         leaving, as the organization would crumble without us, then we have somehow         made it about us, rather than about the community. 4) Your vision         isn’t nearly as important as the organization’s vision and the         community’s vision. Yes, it was our vision that founded the         organization in the first place. But as the organization grows and matures,         that vision may not be all there is. The ability for the organization to         dramatically affect the community may be far larger than the vision we had when         we first opened the doors. Doing things the way they’ve always been done,         and thinking the way things have always been thought is not necessarily the         best thing for the organization, nor for the community it serves. It is simply         what WE would do. So if we fear the vision would change if we weren’t         there, perhaps it’s time to let it evolve while we are still         present.