Rachel Lockett shares how growing up with two warring psychologists as parents, helped her use her strengths to pivot into her passion. Rachel shares how understanding her strengths, propelled her into her business as a coach.
https://www.lockettcoaching.com/
As an author cohort, we know that we are talking about a topic that has been at the center of so many discussions over the last few years. But the words I have written are not the same as the ideas that are already out there. This is a unique and different perspective around both humanity and diversity. And my mission is to make room for the possibility of seeing and embracing more of who you are so that you can empower others in a way that grows the world around you.
I hope that you will join me in this mission by purchasing your copy and registering to join us at the summit live or on replay next week.
Register Today for The Diversity in Humanity Author Summit, April 26th and 27th. (Three ticket options available)
I'd also love to share an excerpt from my chapter, so that you get a feel for the power of this book:
"Most people approach diversity from the perspective of race, gender, and sexuality. But diversity is so much more than facts and numbers. It is also about beliefs, experiences, emotions, and the spaces in between that are not visible to the human eye. It is about the humanity beneath the surface and the desire we all have to be loved, seen, and appreciated for the gifts we carry and the way we are.
We are all designed by our experiences. Every interaction, loss, change, job, relationship, heartbreak, trauma, and event has shaped us into who we are. And each one of us has been designed in a completely different way."
I can’t wait for you to read it!
I am an “only” and I work with a lot of “only’s.” I spent a large part of my life feeling different from everyone around me.
It meant that I was often in classrooms where I was the “only.” And then I became the “only” in departments and boardrooms.
Over the years, being an “only” has meant different things. It could represent being:
-The only woman
-The only person of color
-The only person in my department
-The only person to speak out when something feels wrong
-The only person who wants to try something new or different
-The only person focused on emotions during a significant workplace change, loss of a manager, or a reorg.
-The only person to not shy away from the truth in a family
Being an “only” comes with a cost. It can come with a target. It can come with isolation or great responsibility. It can come with people fighting to stay the same (without your new ideas or truth telling.)
It can also come with silence in a meeting when you speak up…and a thousand phone calls AFTER the meeting with people who agreed but who were too afraid to agree with you in the moment.
I have learned that being an “only” is who I have always been and will always be. Because the “onlys” are visionaries, trailblazers, and includers. We are firsts, we are creatives, and we often lead people to ideas.
But more importantly I lead people to themselves. Because being like everyone else, never leads you to yourself.
I have learned to embrace being an “only.” It is indeed my superpower.
Are you an “only”?