“Is Compassion Manly?” — POTUS 44

Joseph Makanjuola
6 min readAug 6, 2020
Photo from The Star

On January 23rd 2020, I had the privilege to be in the same space as the 44th POTUS, President Barack Obama in Toronto, Canada at an event organized by the Economic Club of Canada “The Future of Work”. During the Q & A session, the former POTUS had mentioned the crises young and older men in the US are facing. What caught my attention was when he highlighted specific struggles young men face with identity and how to behave in the…

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Joseph Makanjuola

The man who leads himself has begun the journey of leading others. #FirstInsideThenOutside