Be Careful of the Context Please
The subtle art of knowing where you are does wonders
Hi world,
Emerald is here today to share a story. I attended a bi-annual event at Stanford Graduate School of Business for women leaders who are looking to accelerate their careers. Sunny and warm, the pasta lunch was served to us under a patio umbrella on a grassy lawn. I was sitting at a table of 7 women. Someone suggests a group photo so I sought out someone to take a photo of us, a camera in my hand. At a table next to us, I saw a person’s head.
[A] Emerald curious:
“Excuse me, sir. Could you take a photo of us please?”
[B] Person turns around:
“Sure”
[A] Emerald suddenly realize that this person I called sir is a she!
“I am sorry, could you please take a photo of us?”
In silence, contemplating whether to correct me by calling her a ma’am. Complex emotion, neither shame nor sorry - I feel ambivalent.
Emerald internal dialogue: ‘OMG, what I just didn’t know. How could I not know, this event is for WOMEN only!!’
Emerald internally smiles, laughing at herself and shaking her head with compassion for making mistakes.’
[B] She person:
Gracefully takes the camera and takes the photos — — snap snap snap.
Right,
- Beauty is being able to laugh at yourself for silly behaviors
- Beauty is gracefully ignoring other people’s ignorant behaviors
- Beauty is boldly going forward asking for what you need and being okay to make mistakes along the way.
About The Author
Kate Lee, CEO of LIFE OF EMERALD
Kate Lee is the CEO of an impact-driven company LIFE OF EMERALD, a platform that helps millennials and generation x in the corporate worldwide reduce stress by providing strategies on how to take care of the soul, body, and mind health via conscious media. She is a mental health healer, storyteller, astrologer, and social entrepreneur from Seoul, Korea. She helps people accelerate finding life’s purpose and integrate bipolar into wholeness. Kate has 15 years of teaching experience including educating STEM college graduates sponsored by the South Korean government. Her ancestors are kings of South Korea of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1897 AD) and the scholars and kings of the Nobel class in the Shilla dynasty (57 BC -935 AD). Sacred Healing Summit speaks up about the ‘elephant’ in the room with Ph.D. scholars in psychology, spirituality, business, medicine, and governance for emotional intelligence. We create a global impact for millennials and generation X who are feeling psychologically vulnerable and mentally unstable. Our audience is corporate employees worldwide, Stanford GSB LEAD, New York University IMBA, Linkedin, Harvard University, and Higher learning institutes in the UK and the USA.
