That Empowering Women Piece

After the market crashed in 2007, my career in interior designer took a nosedive - I had to find a job that would help us survive. I got into territory management so that I could continue to provide my family with health insurance but eventually tired of constant travel within my multi-state demographic, which is how I came to work for a major worldwide beauty company that would change my life forever.

What I liked most about the advertisement regarding the position was what I read in the job description. There was an official title, but it was the words "empowering women" that really captured my heart. I was living in Testosterone World raising my boys (with my ex, who could also be considered a boy) and in need of some sisterly love. The job was to empower small, independent business owning women to believe that Yes they can!! My job was to nudge them to be confident, courageous and independent! I could do that! But could I?

We live in a tough world. We live in a world that can be ugly, defeating and deceitful. We live in a world that expects perfection - and IF you are "not", then I guess you are food for wolves? Being far from perfect myself, I think that we are what we perceive ourselves to be. I may not be tall and slender or have the smarts to build a skyscraper or the guts to climb to the top of one, but what I do have (and I have to remind myself of this each and every day) are qualities that perhaps others wish they had? We certainly ALL have something that sets us apart from our compatriots. We ALL have at least ONE thing that makes us feel proud... that perhaps we could (maybe?! .. possibly?!) boast about if given the opportunity? That is what I concentrated on finding out about these individuals that I was hired to work for as I set out into my new world with The Company.

Empowering others to see their strengths is empowering - no other way to say it! One thing I discovered in my years of empowering was just that; that by believing in others and seeing what they CANNOT see in themselves is an incredible way to recognize something amazing in yourself! Telling someone they "have what it takes" will permeate into your own blood stream! It will inject itself into YOU and slowly but surely the miraculous transformation will begin!

So... if you haven't tried it recently or need a nudge to go in a different direction, just remember the famous quote by George Eliot, "it is never too late to be what you might have been"...

Until next time...

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