A True Hero: Razia Jan
By now you must know that what I am most passionate about is Women Changing the World, right? You can’t be on this site very long and not get that clue. I am priviledged to know many amazing, incredibly intelligent, and personally powerful women through the many networks, organizations and friendships that I hold dear. There is a profound beauty and limitlessness in the women I know – the amazing women who are changing the world. Here is the story of one that I have not (yet) had the pleasure of meeting, but who has inspired me to reach further and expand again into greater...
Read MoreWant World Peace? Educate Our Girls.
There are children starving all over the world. The largest and hungriest group starving are girls. Many of them are not starving because their families can’t feed them, or because of lack of food. Many will spend their whole lives in this weak and hopeless condition of constant hunger; making them dependent on others for their very survival. They are starving, even when they are eating. What they are hungry for is knowledge. Education. A chance to learn. To read, to write, to think beyond the walls of the barriers others have placed before them. There is freedom in education....
Read MoreYOU are the Difference
It was something of a revelation for me when I realized that I am not here to make a difference. I had spent most of my adult life with the idea of making a difference. Then the opportunity hit me – the opportunity to be in conversation with someone else who was also here to make a difference. I wanted to know how she was going to go about it when it suddenly struck me that it isn’t in the doing that matters. Like most other meaningful things, it is in the BEING. I am not here to make a difference. I am here to BE THE DIFFERENCE. I speak fairly regularly on the subject of...
Read MoreThe Wrong Message: Competition
I was flipping through the television channels last night and working through my disappointment at the lack of quality programming to choose from when something started to really stand out to me bigger than it has before: the Competition Stereotype of women on television is alive and raging! Four Weddings; a new show where four brides tear at each other’s happiness and special day through competing for the “best” wedding! (I thought weddings were about vows and commitment and love?) Toddlers in Tiara’s; beautiful young girls and their horrifying mother’s...
Read MoreFeelings are Not for Sissies
EI Mentor, Marcia Reynolds, Psy.D. What is the difference between someone who is “in charge” and someone who is an effective leader? What takes someone from parenting to being an effective parent? What do 90% of high performers have that middle of the road workers often lack? What makes someone go from being an acquaintance to a valued friend? What skill determines 58% of your job performance? What is that something special that some people have that makes them so easy to like, so easy to follow, easy to be around and someone who can resolve conflict or deliver hard news without creating...
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