At some point in our lives, we all know what it feels like to be on the outside looking in. To be shunned. To be the outcast. To be the âotherâ. Business leaders, students, parents, political leaders, educators, doctors, professional athletes, social activists, entrepreneurs, entertainersâŠeveryone you can think of. What are their stories? What âotherâ experience is seared into their memory and helped shape who they are today?
How did they deal with that painful feeling? What lessons did they learn? How did they turn that negative into a positive that shows up in their professional and personal lives today? How did they overcome being made to feel like the âotherâ?
No one wants to be the âotherâ, but we fear what we donât know, what we donât understand, and in many cases, what we simply havenât been exposed to. So letâs go there. Itâs time to give each other #permission2speak and have #courage2listen â with an open mind.