I Am A Woman. I Am An Achiever.

Women Achievers Summit 2019

March 16, 2019

Marco Polo, Ortigas, Pasig City

Last March 16, 2019 we attended a summit about Woman Empowerment and here's some of the key notes that I took home with me to live and to be with every day.... 

This inspirational and informative talk with the amazing six speakers brought us a lot of words to live by.

For me, the main goal of this summit is to let us know that being a woman is a very powerful tool in changing the world for the better. 

We may be softer physically (and sometimes emotionally, actually most of the time) but we always have a strong will to do everything that we can in the most graceful way!

We also have the unjust society and strong tradition in which most people believe that women are only for homes and can do lesser. 

But in reality specially in today's world, women stand out in all the things they do!

Here's some of my favorite take away keys from the real-life superwomen aka empowered speakers. Each one of them stands out on their chosen fields and passion.  

1. Women must help each other. It is already in our nature that women care for people in the sincerest way. So for a better world, we must lift up each other instead of competing.

2. In solving conflicts, women have the most unique solutions and better approaches. Our second speaker sighted some examples of circumstances (current issues) that had great outcomes and the people behind those remarkable scenes were women. 

3. The third speaker let us learned some great life lessons from her personal experiences. One of her life lessons learned the hard way that marked on me is to "Live life around your passion and purpose".  To some of us, our passion and purpose are not yet cleared and sometimes is changing; but once we found it, it was such an unexplainable joy to live with it every single day.

4. "BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS HERSELF." That's the quote from our fourth speaker that had an impact on me. In all the challenges that we are facing, the very first one that can help us is always, always ourselves. 

5. The fifth speaker elaborated Emotional Intelligence. This is the ability to understand one's own feelings. Emotions are valid. Negative emotions will fall under either Fear or Pride. So we must always seek for clarity as this is the balance that we need. Let us learn to always be positive. People with high Emotional Intelligence are those who are filled with Compassion, Empathy, Freedom and Love.

Aside from this, Coach Pia left us with this quote, "Be the best version of yourselves because of your inspirations. Find your inspirations."

6. Our last speaker taught us some skills on how to be a powerful influencer through good communications. Being a good and effective influencer must show respect, be flexible, and has clarity of messages when she delivers. Building rapport with the listeners is also important. 

Application of the Lessons Learned...

Through all these new learning and gained inspirations, the strong will to empower other women ignited upon me. 

I realized that being a woman has a lot of gifts included and all of it was given to us. So we must use these in bringing out the best not only for ourselves but for the other women as well.

Being a woman is a blessing so let's be a blessing to others too! 

A simple conversation with our friends or even people outside our circles can already have an impact and somehow touching other's lives. Letting troubled people know that there's someone who can support them or just be with them during this time is already a big help.

Somehow and sometimes, all we ever need is someone who can listen to us. 

Women may rant, complain and cry but after that, we will find out the right things we should do to solve or positively surpass our life issues, conflicts or difficulties.