The book I'm reading
right now is The Book of
Joy by the Dalai Lama and
other leaders. It's about
how they find joy and
where we can look for
it every day, so that has
been my focus this year:
just finding the joy in
every moment and every
place. How I can take
that to make my day better, but make
your day better as well. My staff and I
choose a "word of the year," and for
2017 the word is "joy," which
ties into the book. A friend
had recently read it and she
passed it along to me, to help
further my journey.
ON MY
NIGHTSTAND
Organizations like the Centre for Women provide opportunities in education
for women who are wanting to start their own businesses and move on to that
next level.
Do you have any final thoughts to offer women as far as their
journey and pursuing their dreams?
It is really important that we are w illing to give. It's one of the reasons I got
involved w ith the Girl Scouts last year. A s women in our 30s, 40s and even 50s
siing in seminars learning how to stand up, stand out, lean in, lean back…I
thought, how great would it be if we had learned that at age 12? at's why I
was so draw n to be part of the Girl Scouts here in Tampa—I wanted to help
bring up the next generation of women who at 32 and 42 are not going to be
siing in seminars, they' ll be the ones teaching them.
I think it's really important as women to look to the next generation and help
them. Sandy Murman and Renee Dabbs call it "Turn & Pull." Turn to the
woman next to you and pull her along w ith you to help her succeed. So it's
become k ind of a mantra for me over the past couple of years.
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e work of today is
the history of tomorrow,
and we are its makers.
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-Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts
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