Posts Tagged ‘SeeJaneDo’
Video of Leaders and Speakers at Passion Into Action Conference
Women–power–leadership; it’s all here in this short video summary of the SeeJaneDo Passion Into Action conference at which I spoke last winter, along with an inspiring lineup of women doing amazing things for and in the world.
Read MoreDon’t Think Like an Elephant
Recently I was at the SeeJaneDo conference where I heard this story. I was so moved by it that I immediately had to include it in my forthcoming book about women’s relationship with power–No Excuses, to be published in October–despite having already having turned in what were supposed to be the last changes.
Read MoreIt’s said that when a baby elephant is being trained, she is tied to a post almost immediately after birth. During the first few weeks of life, she attempts to break free of her restraints, but she’s not strong enough. So she comes to believe she can’t get away from what is holding her back even after she has grown large and plenty powerful to uproot the post entirely. As a consequence, even as an adult, she remains tied to the post due to an internally motivated behavior that is no longer rooted in external reality.