Well...
Let me start by putting things in to perspective - I am a humanist and not a feminist.
Now...over to my latest experience.
I was recently invited as a guest speaker on women's day to address women Chartered Accountants in Karnataka.
The topic I was supposed to talk was "Empowering self for multi-tasking".
Prior to the event, I was preparing the speech at home.
That's when my husband causally asked me : "So, what is the topic?"
I said - "Empowering self for multi-tasking".
He said : "Why empowering? Why not enabling?"
I thought to myself : "Yeah...why not enabling?"
This conversation really made me think.
Though "enabling" is a synonym in the MS word & outlook for "empowering", I did think that it makes more sense to use "enabling" instead of "empowering".
During the event, I started my speech by setting this as the context and spoke about ensuring the support system (personal & professional) by leveraging our ability to communicate, prioritizing by saying no wherever applicable, setting short term & long term goals by identifying our strengths and learning & unlearning by letting it go.
I have been fortunate enough to witness quite a number of successful women in my life - ranging from a go-getter leader with an ability to command respect across the hierarchy in an organization to a photojournalist fighting for the sexual rights of the minority group like trans genders; from an entrepreneur who is successfully running her theatre group to a born orator who shines as a mother/ TV journalist/ party planner; from a single mother who stood up for her believes while bringing up her kids to an extremely positive home maker who can make CEOs run for their money!
When I awe at all these women around me and ask myself....so, how did they make it happen?
The answer I get is...
They just believed they are Empowered. This Enabled them to chase their dreams!
Let me start by putting things in to perspective - I am a humanist and not a feminist.
Now...over to my latest experience.
I was recently invited as a guest speaker on women's day to address women Chartered Accountants in Karnataka.
The topic I was supposed to talk was "Empowering self for multi-tasking".
Prior to the event, I was preparing the speech at home.
That's when my husband causally asked me : "So, what is the topic?"
I said - "Empowering self for multi-tasking".
He said : "Why empowering? Why not enabling?"
I thought to myself : "Yeah...why not enabling?"
This conversation really made me think.
Though "enabling" is a synonym in the MS word & outlook for "empowering", I did think that it makes more sense to use "enabling" instead of "empowering".
During the event, I started my speech by setting this as the context and spoke about ensuring the support system (personal & professional) by leveraging our ability to communicate, prioritizing by saying no wherever applicable, setting short term & long term goals by identifying our strengths and learning & unlearning by letting it go.
I have been fortunate enough to witness quite a number of successful women in my life - ranging from a go-getter leader with an ability to command respect across the hierarchy in an organization to a photojournalist fighting for the sexual rights of the minority group like trans genders; from an entrepreneur who is successfully running her theatre group to a born orator who shines as a mother/ TV journalist/ party planner; from a single mother who stood up for her believes while bringing up her kids to an extremely positive home maker who can make CEOs run for their money!
When I awe at all these women around me and ask myself....so, how did they make it happen?
The answer I get is...
They just believed they are Empowered. This Enabled them to chase their dreams!
