It is more than an honor. It's a
joy to talk about Women's History Month.
It's something that has always been incredibly personal
to me. I was a history undergrad major
and then went to school to teach history.
So I really believe in the value of
not just learning about the past, but by
dissecting it.
So for this podcast, I'm not actually gonna
name names,
but I'm gonna invite you into an educational
journey just for yourself to learn about the
women leaders in our past that speak to
you.
For some of you, you may pick some
women CEOs of Fortune five hundred.
For some of you, you may pick women
doctors
who've pioneered amazing things.
For some of you, you may pick some
incredible
women who have made differences in legal.
And for some of you, you may pick
your moms or grandmas,
and I'm all about that.
But let me be clear, pick.
Have your go to women.
I have probably 17.
A little from this, a little from this,
a little from this, and a little from
this. Why? Because I play a lot of
different roles.
I do have my corporate CEO mentors and
role models
that I scour and read every book and
watch every movie on because I run a
company and I need to, and I want
to. But then I have my mom. I
was a single mom of three, and that
was really important role to me. I still
am. I am a grandma,
and I wanna learn about that role, and
I have my mentors and go to. I
am very passionate about making the world better
and my volunteer, and I look to that.
So to me, having 17 or 19 women
who have just rocked the world and continue
to rock the world, that's part of my
honor for Women's History Month. I try to
add more
constantly.
If you have suggestions, we always wanna hear
about them. They may be really well known,
but I wanna be clear, sometimes they're not.
Sometimes they are the people that just touch
your everyday life, and I think that's incredibly
cool and incredibly personal. But as women, we
don't and shouldn't and couldn't do this alone.
We carry each other in so many different
ways.
We open doors. We used to say break
glass ceilings.
We're always thinking about the next generation
and even our own generation.
But even five generations later, we wanna be
able to say, what did we do?
What
teeny
to large change did you make?
Is it speaking up in a meeting when
they're only men or male dominated?
That's a pretty impressive task
to add to your tool bag. Is it
starting your own empire,
small or big? That's also very impressive. Is
it fill in the blanks?
You probably have many better ideas, but maybe
along the way,
something has silenced your dream. I don't know
what it is. I know one thing that's
really important during women's history month is we
don't always have the encouragement,
the champions,
the cheerleaders
that
other people
have.
And so I hope
that you'll take me as your cheerleader.
I hope
that you'll look at me as go for
it.
Make tons of mistakes.
Continue
the vision that you want to because you
just never know where it might end up.
And even though we don't always know one
another,
we have a passion
for continuing
women's empowerment,
for continuing
the growth that so many of our mentors
started and are still doing. And lastly is
don't be afraid to be a little silly
and a little funny along the way. I
know it's a serious journey, and I take
it super seriously,
but it's okay to have some fun too.
Thank you so much for listening to this
podcast.
Thank you
for continuing
the journey
for Women's History Month.