bridges I’m willing to bet that most of you walked through that door today with
you walked through that door today with
you walked through that door today with a looming thought about the space
a looming thought about the space
a looming thought about the space between where you are and where you
between where you are and where you
between where you are and where you aspire to be
aspire to be
aspire to be you may be wondering if you should be
you may be wondering if you should be
you may be wondering if you should be moving faster or slower in a more direct
moving faster or slower in a more direct
moving faster or slower in a more direct line alone or with someone else some of
line alone or with someone else some of
line alone or with someone else some of you may even be wondering if you need to
you may even be wondering if you need to
you may even be wondering if you need to go back that way
go back that way
go back that way just a little bit but we all have that
just a little bit but we all have that
just a little bit but we all have that experience I’m going to tell you my
experience I’m going to tell you my
experience I’m going to tell you my story today of crossing a bridge from
story today of crossing a bridge from
story today of crossing a bridge from plans to purpose and I hope you hear
plans to purpose and I hope you hear
plans to purpose and I hope you hear something you really needed to hear I
knew early in my career that I wanted to
knew early in my career that I wanted to lead I did not know exactly what that
lead I did not know exactly what that
lead I did not know exactly what that meant so I did what anyone who wants to
meant so I did what anyone who wants to
meant so I did what anyone who wants to do something but doesn’t know how to do
do something but doesn’t know how to do
do something but doesn’t know how to do it did and I started looking for the
it did and I started looking for the
it did and I started looking for the formula I started watching the leaders
formula I started watching the leaders
formula I started watching the leaders who were around me watching how they
who were around me watching how they
who were around me watching how they walked how they talked how they
walked how they talked how they
walked how they talked how they interacted what other people said to
interacted what other people said to
interacted what other people said to them how folks responded to them and I
them how folks responded to them and I
them how folks responded to them and I started trying to model that because I
started trying to model that because I
started trying to model that because I wanted to lead right and they were
wanted to lead right and they were
wanted to lead right and they were working it out they were doing it didn’t
working it out they were doing it didn’t
working it out they were doing it didn’t take me long to realize that other
take me long to realize that other
take me long to realize that other people’s winning formulas for leadership
people’s winning formulas for leadership
people’s winning formulas for leadership were not going to work for me I could be
were not going to work for me I could be
were not going to work for me I could be inspired by them I could be informed by
inspired by them I could be informed by
inspired by them I could be informed by them but I could never be them the good
them but I could never be them the good
them but I could never be them the good news is I also realized that they could
news is I also realized that they could
news is I also realized that they could never be me and so I made it my business
never be me and so I made it my business
never be me and so I made it my business relatively early on to understand what
relatively early on to understand what
relatively early on to understand what it is that differentiated me as a person
it is that differentiated me as a person
it is that differentiated me as a person as a woman as a leader and once I
as a woman as a leader and once I
as a woman as a leader and once I discovered it I really started to use it
discovered it I really started to use it
discovered it I really started to use it actively to propel myself forward
early in our careers we do want to grow
early in our careers we do want to grow right we want to advance we want to have
right we want to advance we want to have
right we want to advance we want to have a bigger impact we want to do more I
a bigger impact we want to do more I
a bigger impact we want to do more I know a story of a young woman and I
know a story of a young woman and I
know a story of a young woman and I wrote about it in my book who really
wrote about it in my book who really
wrote about it in my book who really wanted to get promoted and so she kept
wanted to get promoted and so she kept
wanted to get promoted and so she kept telling her boss I want to advance I
telling her boss I want to advance I
telling her boss I want to advance I want to be promoted I want to be
want to be promoted I want to be
want to be promoted I want to be promoted well the issue for him was none
promoted well the issue for him was none
promoted well the issue for him was none of his peers really knew anything about
of his peers really knew anything about
of his peers really knew anything about her
her
her they couldn’t vouch for her right they
they couldn’t vouch for her right they
they couldn’t vouch for her right they couldn’t say she’s really good at this
couldn’t say she’s really good at this
couldn’t say she’s really good at this or she needs to develop here and so she
or she needs to develop here and so she
or she needs to develop here and so she had essentially no visibility and no
had essentially no visibility and no
had essentially no visibility and no proof points behind her ability to lead
proof points behind her ability to lead
proof points behind her ability to lead and so he saw an opportunity for her to
and so he saw an opportunity for her to
and so he saw an opportunity for her to get that visibility and get that
get that visibility and get that
get that visibility and get that experience and came back to her and said
experience and came back to her and said
experience and came back to her and said I have this opportunity for you to lead
I have this opportunity for you to lead
I have this opportunity for you to lead this project it’s really important work
this project it’s really important work
this project it’s really important work we’re not quite sure how to get it done
we’re not quite sure how to get it done
we’re not quite sure how to get it done and we think if you can get in there and
and we think if you can get in there and
and we think if you can get in there and solve this problem people will see you
solve this problem people will see you
solve this problem people will see you they’ll come to understand who you are
they’ll come to understand who you are
they’ll come to understand who you are and what you can do and good things will
and what you can do and good things will
and what you can do and good things will happen and she essentially said I’m not
happen and she essentially said I’m not
happen and she essentially said I’m not going to do more work without the pay
going to do more work without the pay
going to do more work without the pay and the position this is where you sigh
and the position this is where you sigh
and the position this is where you sigh like oh my god she really said that
like oh my god she really said that
like oh my god she really said that because she really said that you can
because she really said that you can
because she really said that you can imagine not much happen for her after
imagine not much happen for her after
imagine not much happen for her after that right within two years she was gone
that right within two years she was gone
that right within two years she was gone from the company I always tell people in
from the company I always tell people in
from the company I always tell people in coaching sessions etc that we don’t get
coaching sessions etc that we don’t get
coaching sessions etc that we don’t get promoted by being good at what we do we
promoted by being good at what we do we
promoted by being good at what we do we don’t get promoted by performing our
don’t get promoted by performing our
don’t get promoted by performing our jobs really well we get promoted by
jobs really well we get promoted by
jobs really well we get promoted by demonstrating the potential to do more
demonstrating the potential to do more
demonstrating the potential to do more and so each of us has an opportunity to
and so each of us has an opportunity to
and so each of us has an opportunity to lead from where we are as I started to
lead from where we are as I started to
lead from where we are as I started to grow in my own career I realize that
grow in my own career I realize that
grow in my own career I realize that success for me anyway
success for me anyway
success for me anyway had very little to do with pay and
had very little to do with pay and
had very little to do with pay and position in everything to do with
position in everything to do with
position in everything to do with alignment and when I say alignment for
alignment and when I say alignment for
alignment and when I say alignment for me that means the alignment of values
me that means the alignment of values
me that means the alignment of values the alignment of your beliefs and also
the alignment of your beliefs and also
the alignment of your beliefs and also the alignment of your expectations when
the alignment of your expectations when
the alignment of your expectations when folks come to me and they say I really
folks come to me and they say I really
folks come to me and they say I really want to be in the c-suite or I really
want to be in the c-suite or I really
want to be in the c-suite or I really want to be a CEO my first question is
want to be a CEO my first question is
want to be a CEO my first question is usually why what kind of experience do
usually why what kind of experience do
usually why what kind of experience do you want to have what skills do you want
you want to have what skills do you want
you want to have what skills do you want to use what skills do you want to learn
to use what skills do you want to learn
to use what skills do you want to learn and most important what value do you
and most important what value do you
and most important what value do you want to contribute the more we
want to contribute the more we
want to contribute the more we understand about the experience we want
understand about the experience we want
understand about the experience we want to have and working in life and the more
to have and working in life and the more
to have and working in life and the more specific we can be about that experience
specific we can be about that experience
specific we can be about that experience the better equipped we are to align
the better equipped we are to align
the better equipped we are to align ourselves and our place with the right
ourselves and our place with the right
ourselves and our place with the right time and the right space and so here I
time and the right space and so here I
time and the right space and so here I am you know at my company doing my thing
am you know at my company doing my thing
am you know at my company doing my thing and I get promoted to executive
and I get promoted to executive
and I get promoted to executive management at 30 and I get an executive
management at 30 and I get an executive
management at 30 and I get an executive coach because that’s what you do when
coach because that’s what you do when
coach because that’s what you do when you get promoted to executive management
you get promoted to executive management
you get promoted to executive management you’d get an executive coach and she
you’d get an executive coach and she
you’d get an executive coach and she asked me within two weeks of being named
asked me within two weeks of being named
asked me within two weeks of being named to the position what my purpose was in
to the position what my purpose was in
to the position what my purpose was in that position and so I tell her well you
that position and so I tell her well you
that position and so I tell her well you know I’m here to drive the business and
know I’m here to drive the business and
know I’m here to drive the business and develop the talents and she cut me off
develop the talents and she cut me off
develop the talents and she cut me off she said no I’m not asking you about
she said no I’m not asking you about
she said no I’m not asking you about your job description I’m not asking you
your job description I’m not asking you
your job description I’m not asking you about your objectives I’m asking you
about your objectives I’m asking you
about your objectives I’m asking you about your purpose and I was perplexed I
about your purpose and I was perplexed I
about your purpose and I was perplexed I will not lie to you I was perplexed
will not lie to you I was perplexed
will not lie to you I was perplexed because I had reserved the notion of
because I had reserved the notion of
because I had reserved the notion of purpose for much heavier things like
purpose for much heavier things like
purpose for much heavier things like disease and poverty and children I never
disease and poverty and children I never
disease and poverty and children I never thought about purpose in the context of
thought about purpose in the context of
thought about purpose in the context of my work and so I went away and I thought
my work and so I went away and I thought
my work and so I went away and I thought about it and I did land on a purpose at
about it and I did land on a purpose at
about it and I did land on a purpose at this time I led an organization of a few
this time I led an organization of a few
this time I led an organization of a few hundred people and they were really
hundred people and they were really
hundred people and they were really important to the company at least I
important to the company at least I
important to the company at least I believed so but they weren’t always
believed so but they weren’t always
believed so but they weren’t always being leveraged as fully as they
being leveraged as fully as they
being leveraged as fully as they possibly could so I decided that I
possibly could so I decided that I
possibly could so I decided that I wanted to transform that group from a
wanted to transform that group from a
wanted to transform that group from a bunch of people who took you know put
bunch of people who took you know put
bunch of people who took you know put words on things right to say it simply
words on things right to say it simply
words on things right to say it simply to folks who were thought leaders and
to folks who were thought leaders and
to folks who were thought leaders and idea generators and people who would be
idea generators and people who would be
idea generators and people who would be brought into the fold early on in the
brought into the fold early on in the
brought into the fold early on in the product development process instead of
product development process instead of
product development process instead of consulted up at the end of it and the
consulted up at the end of it and the
consulted up at the end of it and the beautiful thing that happened was
beautiful thing that happened was
beautiful thing that happened was everything I did as a leader grew out of
everything I did as a leader grew out of
everything I did as a leader grew out of that purpose from that point on my
that purpose from that point on my
that purpose from that point on my strategy grew out of that purpose my
strategy grew out of that purpose my
strategy grew out of that purpose my talent development practices grew out of
talent development practices grew out of
talent development practices grew out of that purpose in the relationship and the
that purpose in the relationship and the
that purpose in the relationship and the overall energy of the group grew out of
overall energy of the group grew out of
overall energy of the group grew out of that purpose and it did so in an
that purpose and it did so in an
that purpose and it did so in an accelerated timeframe
accelerated timeframe
accelerated timeframe so here’s where I got my first hard
so here’s where I got my first hard
so here’s where I got my first hard lesson yeah right
lesson yeah right
lesson yeah right my first hard lesson because I learned
my first hard lesson because I learned
my first hard lesson because I learned right around this time that not everyone
right around this time that not everyone
right around this time that not everyone was gonna like me I know you none of you
was gonna like me I know you none of you
was gonna like me I know you none of you have learned this yet it was really
have learned this yet it was really
have learned this yet it was really difficult especially I think as a woman
difficult especially I think as a woman
difficult especially I think as a woman because we value our relationships we
because we value our relationships we
because we value our relationships we want to deepen our connections we want
want to deepen our connections we want
want to deepen our connections we want to broaden our circles we want people to
to broaden our circles we want people to
to broaden our circles we want people to not only respect us but to care about us
not only respect us but to care about us
not only respect us but to care about us right to like who we are and what we do
right to like who we are and what we do
right to like who we are and what we do and I realize that the higher the rank
and I realize that the higher the rank
and I realize that the higher the rank the heart of the decisions and the
the heart of the decisions and the
the heart of the decisions and the harder the decisions the harder the
harder the decisions the harder the
harder the decisions the harder the feelings right that go along with some
feelings right that go along with some
feelings right that go along with some of those decisions and so this was a
of those decisions and so this was a
of those decisions and so this was a difficult lesson for me I wanted to be a
difficult lesson for me I wanted to be a
difficult lesson for me I wanted to be a thought leader I wanted to shift
thought leader I wanted to shift
thought leader I wanted to shift paradigms and I recognized that doing
paradigms and I recognized that doing
paradigms and I recognized that doing that was going to make some people
that was going to make some people
that was going to make some people uncomfortable and not only uncomfortable
uncomfortable and not only uncomfortable
uncomfortable and not only uncomfortable it would make some people very unhappy
it would make some people very unhappy
it would make some people very unhappy I’m glad I learned it then I’ve had lots
I’m glad I learned it then I’ve had lots
I’m glad I learned it then I’ve had lots of opportunities for it to be
of opportunities for it to be
of opportunities for it to be reconfirmed over the last several years
reconfirmed over the last several years
reconfirmed over the last several years so that was the first hard lesson but
so that was the first hard lesson but
so that was the first hard lesson but the first major lesson for me over the
the first major lesson for me over the
the first major lesson for me over the course of my entire career was this one
course of my entire career was this one
course of my entire career was this one that your purpose is not confined to
that your purpose is not confined to
that your purpose is not confined to time or space you are transcendent and
time or space you are transcendent and
time or space you are transcendent and so I want to tell you a little bit of a
so I want to tell you a little bit of a
so I want to tell you a little bit of a story about how I learned this point in
story about how I learned this point in
story about how I learned this point in my career I was ascending to the c-suite
my career I was ascending to the c-suite
my career I was ascending to the c-suite I was in the succession plan to become a
I was in the succession plan to become a
I was in the succession plan to become a corporate officer had been working
corporate officer had been working
corporate officer had been working toward that for about six or seven years
toward that for about six or seven years
toward that for about six or seven years this stretch opportunity right these
this stretch opportunity right these
this stretch opportunity right these relationships this skill building
relationships this skill building
relationships this skill building exercise and the unexpected happened I
exercise and the unexpected happened I
exercise and the unexpected happened I fell in love again at this time I know I
fell in love again at this time I know I
fell in love again at this time I know I was living in Kansas City with three
was living in Kansas City with three
was living in Kansas City with three young children and single mom in it
young children and single mom in it
young children and single mom in it doing my thing working it out and I fell
doing my thing working it out and I fell
doing my thing working it out and I fell in love and so that sounds like there’s
in love and so that sounds like there’s
in love and so that sounds like there’s you’re like what’s that’s awesome what’s
you’re like what’s that’s awesome what’s
you’re like what’s that’s awesome what’s what are you stressing about but I was
what are you stressing about but I was
what are you stressing about but I was an executive and he was an executive I
an executive and he was an executive I
an executive and he was an executive I was the breadwinner and he was a
was the breadwinner and he was a
was the breadwinner and he was a breadwinner and I was in Kansas City and
breadwinner and I was in Kansas City and
breadwinner and I was in Kansas City and he was
he was
he was not in Kansas City here was in Dallas
not in Kansas City here was in Dallas
not in Kansas City here was in Dallas and so I recognized through for lots of
and so I recognized through for lots of
and so I recognized through for lots of reasons that the most logical thing to
reasons that the most logical thing to
reasons that the most logical thing to do was to move here to Dallas
do was to move here to Dallas
do was to move here to Dallas with those three children and start a
with those three children and start a
with those three children and start a new life and so you can imagine that for
new life and so you can imagine that for
new life and so you can imagine that for someone who had a plan someone who told
someone who had a plan someone who told
someone who had a plan someone who told you early in my career I knew I wanted
you early in my career I knew I wanted
you early in my career I knew I wanted to lead that this was a major right
to lead that this was a major right
to lead that this was a major right point of transformation for me but I had
point of transformation for me but I had
point of transformation for me but I had to reconcile the fact that my purpose
to reconcile the fact that my purpose
to reconcile the fact that my purpose right which was to advance other
right which was to advance other
right which was to advance other people’s professional purposes my
people’s professional purposes my
people’s professional purposes my purpose was not dead it simply needed a
purpose was not dead it simply needed a
purpose was not dead it simply needed a new body it needed a new way to come to
new body it needed a new way to come to
new body it needed a new way to come to life and I realized that my job at that
life and I realized that my job at that
life and I realized that my job at that point in time was to find it a new body
point in time was to find it a new body
point in time was to find it a new body and if I couldn’t find one I had to
and if I couldn’t find one I had to
and if I couldn’t find one I had to create one and so I set off and started
create one and so I set off and started
create one and so I set off and started to do my own work the first year of
to do my own work the first year of
to do my own work the first year of being on my own and doing my own work I
being on my own and doing my own work I
being on my own and doing my own work I adopted what I like to call a generosity
adopted what I like to call a generosity
adopted what I like to call a generosity strategy so I decided upfront before I
strategy so I decided upfront before I
strategy so I decided upfront before I even did anything that I was just going
even did anything that I was just going
even did anything that I was just going to give it away and that it took many
to give it away and that it took many
to give it away and that it took many forms if people wanted to talk to me on
forms if people wanted to talk to me on
forms if people wanted to talk to me on the phone and get some advice I would
the phone and get some advice I would
the phone and get some advice I would talk to them on the phone if they wanted
talk to them on the phone if they wanted
talk to them on the phone if they wanted me to speak to their class I would speak
me to speak to their class I would speak
me to speak to their class I would speak to their class if they wanted me to talk
to their class if they wanted me to talk
to their class if they wanted me to talk to their leaders at their office I would
to their leaders at their office I would
to their leaders at their office I would go and talk to the leaders at their
go and talk to the leaders at their
go and talk to the leaders at their office right if they wanted to meet me
office right if they wanted to meet me
office right if they wanted to meet me for coffee I would have coffee I would
for coffee I would have coffee I would
for coffee I would have coffee I would do all of this and I decided I would do
do all of this and I decided I would do
do all of this and I decided I would do it without any consideration for what I
it without any consideration for what I
it without any consideration for what I might get in return some of you think
might get in return some of you think
might get in return some of you think I’m crazy but I believed wholeheartedly
I’m crazy but I believed wholeheartedly
I’m crazy but I believed wholeheartedly that this generosity strategy would
that this generosity strategy would
that this generosity strategy would return to me greater than I could ever
return to me greater than I could ever
return to me greater than I could ever imagine and God knows it did everything
imagine and God knows it did everything
imagine and God knows it did everything amplified for me after that first year
amplified for me after that first year
amplified for me after that first year my relationships were elevated my skills
my relationships were elevated my skills
my relationships were elevated my skills were refined right my contribution was
were refined right my contribution was
were refined right my contribution was heightened everything got better because
heightened everything got better because
heightened everything got better because when I gave I got back more than I could
when I gave I got back more than I could
when I gave I got back more than I could possibly imagine
possibly imagine
possibly imagine and so one of those visits to a company
and so one of those visits to a company
and so one of those visits to a company when I was speaking to about 200 women I
when I was speaking to about 200 women I
when I was speaking to about 200 women I had a young lady come up to me
had a young lady come up to me
had a young lady come up to me afterwards and she was about five years
afterwards and she was about five years
afterwards and she was about five years into her career and she said you know I
into her career and she said you know I
into her career and she said you know I heard you say you just wrote a book and
heard you say you just wrote a book and
heard you say you just wrote a book and I’ve been wanting to write you know ever
I’ve been wanting to write you know ever
I’ve been wanting to write you know ever since I was little but I really need
since I was little but I really need
since I was little but I really need this job I can’t quit my job because I
this job I can’t quit my job because I
this job I can’t quit my job because I you know have bills etc etc but I really
you know have bills etc etc but I really
you know have bills etc etc but I really want to write that’s what I want to do
want to write that’s what I want to do
want to write that’s what I want to do and she said I don’t know what to do
and she said I don’t know what to do
and she said I don’t know what to do with that what should I do and I said
with that what should I do and I said
with that what should I do and I said you should write you should write who
you should write you should write who
you should write you should write who says you have to quit your job to write
says you have to quit your job to write
says you have to quit your job to write you can write at night you can write in
you can write at night you can write in
you can write at night you can write in the morning you can write on the
the morning you can write on the
the morning you can write on the weekends you can write on your lunch
weekends you can write on your lunch
weekends you can write on your lunch break writing does not require you to
break writing does not require you to
break writing does not require you to completely leave one thing in order to
completely leave one thing in order to
completely leave one thing in order to do another I said so right and don’t
do another I said so right and don’t
do another I said so right and don’t tell people that you want to be a writer
tell people that you want to be a writer
tell people that you want to be a writer be a writer go do what you can’t not do
be a writer go do what you can’t not do
be a writer go do what you can’t not do we all have a can’t not I knew the
we all have a can’t not I knew the
we all have a can’t not I knew the things that we’re pulling at me and had
things that we’re pulling at me and had
things that we’re pulling at me and had been pulling at me for years
been pulling at me for years
been pulling at me for years and I could not escape them go do what
and I could not escape them go do what
and I could not escape them go do what you can’t not do and so the deeper I got
you can’t not do and so the deeper I got
you can’t not do and so the deeper I got into women’s leadership and development
into women’s leadership and development
into women’s leadership and development I started to kind of see a couple of the
I started to kind of see a couple of the
I started to kind of see a couple of the warts right there are some warts like
warts right there are some warts like
warts right there are some warts like maybe two or three and one of them is
maybe two or three and one of them is
maybe two or three and one of them is around this whole notion of women
around this whole notion of women
around this whole notion of women competing with other women and so I
competing with other women and so I
competing with other women and so I started to kind of hear about this queen
started to kind of hear about this queen
started to kind of hear about this queen bee thing right I don’t know how many of
bee thing right I don’t know how many of
bee thing right I don’t know how many of you have heard about the queen bee
you have heard about the queen bee
you have heard about the queen bee syndrome but somebody makes it to the
syndrome but somebody makes it to the
syndrome but somebody makes it to the top and then holds everybody else at
top and then holds everybody else at
top and then holds everybody else at arm’s length because I had to work
arm’s length because I had to work
arm’s length because I had to work really hard to get here and so should
really hard to get here and so should
really hard to get here and so should you
you
you I do not get it I don’t get it
I do not get it I don’t get it
I do not get it I don’t get it at all not one of us is diminished by
at all not one of us is diminished by
at all not one of us is diminished by investing in other women in fact we can
investing in other women in fact we can
investing in other women in fact we can only be enriched and so I tell people
only be enriched and so I tell people
only be enriched and so I tell people set your own high bar we’re not in
set your own high bar we’re not in
set your own high bar we’re not in competition with each other I also
competition with each other I also
competition with each other I also realized that all this work doing I was
realized that all this work doing I was
realized that all this work doing I was doing to develop women leaders
doing to develop women leaders
doing to develop women leaders individual that women leaders was great
individual that women leaders was great
individual that women leaders was great and awesome but I was releasing them
and awesome but I was releasing them
and awesome but I was releasing them back into these climates right these
back into these climates right these
back into these climates right these corporate environments that weren’t
corporate environments that weren’t
corporate environments that weren’t always healthy it was like playing
always healthy it was like playing
always healthy it was like playing a healthy tree in unhealthy soil and it
a healthy tree in unhealthy soil and it
a healthy tree in unhealthy soil and it really started to bug me because I never
really started to bug me because I never
really started to bug me because I never set out to change corporate culture
set out to change corporate culture
set out to change corporate culture right I set out to help women advance
right I set out to help women advance
right I set out to help women advance and do their thing but I realized that
and do their thing but I realized that
and do their thing but I realized that my vision for doing that had started to
my vision for doing that had started to
my vision for doing that had started to expand beyond my purview it got bigger
expand beyond my purview it got bigger
expand beyond my purview it got bigger than I planned for it to get and it got
than I planned for it to get and it got
than I planned for it to get and it got bigger faster than I planned for it to
bigger faster than I planned for it to
bigger faster than I planned for it to get because I knew that this was
get because I knew that this was
get because I knew that this was important that culture is the soil in
important that culture is the soil in
important that culture is the soil in which strategies thrive or die and it’s
which strategies thrive or die and it’s
which strategies thrive or die and it’s also the soil in which people can thrive
also the soil in which people can thrive
also the soil in which people can thrive or professionally die and so I had to
or professionally die and so I had to
or professionally die and so I had to step out and step up and I started a
step out and step up and I started a
step out and step up and I started a firm and president and CEO of that firm
firm and president and CEO of that firm
firm and president and CEO of that firm because why not why wouldn’t I be and
because why not why wouldn’t I be and
because why not why wouldn’t I be and really started a firm to help companies
really started a firm to help companies
really started a firm to help companies right create corporate cultures where
right create corporate cultures where
right create corporate cultures where people can win where they can thrive
people can win where they can thrive
people can win where they can thrive where they can grow where they can be
where they can grow where they can be
where they can grow where they can be happy and do what it is they’re uniquely
happy and do what it is they’re uniquely
happy and do what it is they’re uniquely equipped to do sometimes the need in the
equipped to do sometimes the need in the
equipped to do sometimes the need in the world pulls at you before you’re ready
world pulls at you before you’re ready
world pulls at you before you’re ready sometimes it pulls at you before you’re
sometimes it pulls at you before you’re
sometimes it pulls at you before you’re ready but you’ve got to go there’s way
ready but you’ve got to go there’s way
ready but you’ve got to go there’s way too much work to do and lastly I just
too much work to do and lastly I just
too much work to do and lastly I just want to share and implore each of you to
want to share and implore each of you to
want to share and implore each of you to write your own leadership story when we
write your own leadership story when we
write your own leadership story when we don’t someone else will write it for us
don’t someone else will write it for us
don’t someone else will write it for us that I guarantee you they will get it
that I guarantee you they will get it
that I guarantee you they will get it wrong and not only will they write it
wrong and not only will they write it
wrong and not only will they write it for you they will tell other people your
for you they will tell other people your
for you they will tell other people your story the wrong one not the story you
story the wrong one not the story you
story the wrong one not the story you want told write your own story right
want told write your own story right
want told write your own story right with your pen and your dreams and your
with your pen and your dreams and your
with your pen and your dreams and your abilities and I guarantee you if you do
abilities and I guarantee you if you do
abilities and I guarantee you if you do that and if you tell it often enough and
that and if you tell it often enough and
that and if you tell it often enough and if you live it boldly you will turn
if you live it boldly you will turn
if you live it boldly you will turn around one day to realize that is no
around one day to realize that is no
around one day to realize that is no longer a story it is your life thank you
longer a story it is your life thank you
longer a story it is your life thank you so much
so much
so much [Applause]
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