In this episode, Bree and Sean chat with Om Chitale, full-time MBA '18. Om is currently the Director of Diversity Admissions at Haas. He is also the founder of Teachers of Oakland, a non-profit storytelling organization that amplifies teacher voice in the Oakland community.

Om shares with us his definition of self-permission and how it plays into people's professional journey. He talks about the concept of substitution that is critical to the idea of permitting yourself.

He also shares his passion for education and diversity inclusion, his current role at Haas, and Teachers of Oakland.

Episode Quotes:

"Give yourself the permission to analyze. Are you still happy? Are you still on the path to the thing you want to do? And if you're not, give yourself permission to let go of that thing too."

On the concept of subsititution - "We can let go of something, but it's really hard to let go of something unless we have something else to then latch onto."

"We owe it to society to be the best version of ourselves and to be happy because then we can do the other things we want to do."

Show Notes:

• LinkedIn
• Teachers of Oakland

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