Empathy, Sincerity, Passion, Discipline, Drive. When asked to describe my first true mentor in the wake of his untimely passing, these were the words that immediately came to mind. They came to mind not because he told me that he aspired to be those things, not because they were listed on his Linkedin profile as “Skills & Endorsements,” but because of the way he lived his life. The 5:30am training sessions in high school, his…