You first have to love yourself. 

When you love yourself you increase your self-esteem, you accept who you are exactly where you are.

From that you get self-care. Self care is the action demonstrating how you love yourself. 

Don't get confused with self-care. Self-care can mean many different things to different people.

A massage, a manicure or even an oil change. Anything that you do to ease the stress and chaos in your life is self-care.

Complements and criticisms are both very hard to accept.

I think that at a very young age women learn to minimize their complements and exacerbate their criticisms.

Even some of the most powerful and talented women struggle with these two words.

It's time we unlearn those behaviors and leverage the compliments and criticisms to work in our favor.

People are going to be happy with your choices.

People are going to be mad about your decisions.

Do what you need to do for yourself anyway.

You are the longest relationship you will ever be in.

Make sure you are making decisions based on that fact.

Yes, we have family, children, partners, friends, and other relationships. But the truth is at any moment, those relationships could end.

The fact that you are considerate of other and have their feelings on your heart says that you are a good person.

#PeaceOfMind #DoItAnyway #treeshakerpodcast

What is a chance encounter? Is it fate?  A chance encounter can change the entire direction in life and the experience at that very moment changed everything. Give yourself permission to take advantage of a chance encounter and don't let it be a missed opportunity.

#Fate

#Opportunity

The history of the American Association of University Women mirrors the progress of women in the United States. As the number of women graduating from college grew, so did our membership.

AAUW's advocacy efforts have propelled countless new laws, including the Equal Pay Act, first proposed in 1945 and finally passed in 1963; the Title IX amendment in 1972; the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009; and the Paycheck Fairness Act, which was passed by the U.S. Representatives in 2019 but is awaiting action in the Senate.

#EqualPay

#WomensRights

#AAUW

Through intentional networking you are able to generate leads, growth, and success. This is networking with a purpose and will result in an outcome of achievement. Intentional networking is active, not passive, and requires effort. So how do you become good at intentional networking?

Who are we and what do we do?

We are so excited to have Diane Sanchez as our guest today!

Diane is a proven c-suite executive with extensive senior management experience in strategic partnerships, P&L, change management, transformation, acquisitions, and market entry engaging transformational technology and innovation. Distinguished for her consensus building, she is instrumental in working with the public/ private sector and thought leaders in the Americas Region to formulate strategic alliances and collaborative business strategies. Diane has been recognized for her leadership indirectly contributing to successful market entry and rapid market growth for strategic corporate subsidiaries as well as the value creation of growth-stage and mid-cap companies. She has directed business in over twenty countries in the Americas with pan-regional experience in business development, sales, operations, and P&L spanning a full range of public, private and not-for-profit companies. She has also played several key leadership roles in transforming Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) infrastructure in the Americas Region and has held senior leadership positions in some of the world's leading global technology companies to include: President and CEO, Telefonica USA; President and CEO, Global Crossing Latin America; President, Terremark; President, Global Operations, Mozido; SVP Sales and Operations - Caribbean and Latin America, Alcatel Lucent and RVP Sales – Pacific & Central Mexico, AT&T Alestra.

A three-time CEO with global telecommunications companies recognized in the industry for her leadership role in transforming the Information, Communications & Telecommunications (ICT) sector in the Americas Region. Managed over $1B in capital deployment, P&L, and achieved deep market penetration and eightfold revenue growth from $50M to $400M. 

Directed business in over twenty (20) countries in the Americas Region building regional teams and establishing centers of excellence that generated significant value creation. Launched the operations of six Fortune 1000 corporate subsidiaries in a span of twenty years and led six bi-cultural/bi-lingual top-performing executive teams who managed over 200 multi-national corporate accounts and generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

Achieved first-mover advantage in Canada, Jamaica and Mexico with two consumer-based early-stage companies. First to market in the deployment of a state of the art mobile payment platform in Mexico and Jamaica serving over 5000 consumers and fiber to the home/rural telephony in Canada serving over 10 municipalities and 6000 residential customers with capital investments over $400M.

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