Fifteen year olds Dora and Akuah recently wowed a group of women leaders who attended a workshop I led on Finding Your Flow: The Alternative to Work Life ImBalance. Dora and Akuah were there at the invitation of a Girls Inc. board member where they are serving as interns this summer. When participants were asked to define pleasure, happiness, and fulfillment, Dora's response won the crowd.
Pleasure is what you want.
Happiness is what you do.
Fulfillment is the result of what you do.
I for one am inspired and hopeful about the next generation of women leaders based on meeting these two young women who are confident, bold and obviously quite wise. Imagine what the future holds. I was also moved to find a young woman to mentor, and I am not sure who will benefit more - her or me.
Meet Dora and Akuah on the blog post at
http://bit.ly/girlsinc
Dr. Anne Perschel, President of Germane Consulting, is a leadership and organizational psychologist. Click her to view her website on leadership effectiveness, obstacles and solutions for professional women leaders and the competitive advantages they bring to their companies. Clikc her for more information on Finding Your Flow workshops and seminars.
Posted
Aug 23 2009, 06:23 AM
by
Anne Perschel