This week I treated myself to two back to back days of *me* time, once more in an In Our Shoes vein: surrounded by inspiring women. I shout this from the rooftop only because I started my week with sagged shoulders given the project plan I had just scribed in blood back at the office. “Plan the work, work the plan” had been my mantra for several weeks.
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My shoulders are still tired, but tonight I strut a little taller and guilt free; my time away from kiddies was more than well spent.
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I attended the first board of directors meeting of a NAFE chapter begun in Manhattan. I was humbled to have been invited to start the endeavor – shocking that the Big Apple hadn’t a group in place already. Lucky us, it’s empowering to make the first footprint!
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Our members are women entrepreneurs as well as those well ascended within Corporate America. I introduced myself as a hybrid – my feet firmly planted in both tracks at the moment. We are women who want to mentor other women. Women who want to share the success stories and bring those work/life balancing secrets to the table.
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A good half hour was spent discussing our chapter’s name. What would we call ourselves? The word “Warrior” was thrown out there as a must-have. “A rose by any other name?” admittedly crossed my mind.
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Wow. I reflected on this after. These are the things passionate women care about: who we are, what we stand for and the image we want to portray. This board wasn’t going to be a group of women starting a coffee clutch for networking.
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This circle was a microcosm of what women want out of life: to be successful and to help others succeed.
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