I'm supposed to speak to high school kids tomorrow about being a lady bid-ness woman.
Thats not exactly how my friend put it....but that is the "gist" of what is going on. I told her I'd come talk to the students IF she didn't tell them what I do and we could have them guess for a bit. I'm guessing they'll think I bake cakes or play background piano for a horrible wedding singer.....who knows what they'll imagine when they meet me???
I just cannot get over how different things are from when I was in their same situation. Cell phones and the internet were just getting started.....computers weren't everywhere and they were still training girls to be secretaries who did shorthand. I still had TYPING class....with a machine that looked like it was made of cast iron that had these long arms that came up and WHACKED the ribbon that would get tangled and stuck from time to time.
I just hope I can "inspire" them to try things. My main focus that I hope to get across to them is small achievable goals can put you on a path to big things....not to think something is too hard or impossible if they are being reasonable. You cannot be an engineer if you are horrible at math for example, but you can be an amazing something else if you just get out and focus on how to stay involved in that area someway, building up skills and contacts that might open doors to the next opportunity.
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How cool for them to hear from a successful female business person and realize they too can achieve their dreams.
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