Being Different Is Good … Help Diversity Thrive

When you look back on your life was there someone who helped you to get to where you are now? Someone who inspired you with a bit of advice? Someone who was kind and supported you? Someone who went out of their way to help you, and who only did it to help you? Someone who saw the potential in you that others did not?

For me, it was a few great teachers I was lucky enough to have been taught by. I would not be doing the job I do if it wasn’t for one of my lecturers from the past. He was so supportive in his teaching and showed such dedication to all of his students. Overall he always had the time to speak to me. And, even when I became a colleague, he was there to give me helpful advice when I was struggling with things. I basically wouldn’t be the person I am and where I am, without his kindness and support. He was my mentor when I needed it.

As every teacher knows, every single person has such potential, and the skill of the teacher is to find a way to unlock that potential and let it thrive. And, like it or not, we are all teachers … to our kids, to our colleagues, and to people around us. We stand where we are often due to someone supporting us and believing in our potential. When others might dismiss us, there will be someone, somewhere, who knows that we have greatness inside. In our careers, we should not be assessed for what…