Connect and Rise with Leila, runner and entrepreneur who recently moved to the United States. Leila describes some of the challenges she faced growing up in South Africa and how it shaped her into the determined and strong woman she is today. After experiencing great sadness and difficulty, she made up her mind to take the hard things that happened to her and use them as fuel to become her best self. Leila helps each of us realize the value of asking ourselves: “If my situation is hard, how do I not live there in the hard? How can I work on myself and my life?” Leila shares powerful insight telling us each that we are alive for a reason and it’s not to be sad and angry. We can channel our emotion and passion into doing the most we can with our time on earth. Stay awake in your life and “never sleep on yourself.” Every day is precious time you can use to work towards your own personal greatness.