This lunch changed EVERYTHING
Meggie Palmer
Founder & CEO PepTalkHer - Supercharging Your Career Success | On a mission to closing pay &Leadership Gap (free App??) | Executive Coach ? | Speaker ?? | Angel Investor ?? | Tory Burch Fellow | Recovering Journalist??
I've got a wild story for you.
Back in 2019,?I was asked to lunch. (An IRL event - remember them?!)
I was a late call-up, a seat warmer.?So I turn up and promptly did the awkward I-know-no-one-here-where's-the-champagne look around.
Anyway, I met a woman super briefly. I had no idea who she was, but?she was highly impressive & whip-smart.
We spoke for less than 2 minutes. But, she gave me her card.??And so I emailed her.
That one email, literally changed the?trajectory of my life & PepTalkHer.
From the archives when I spoke at an event with the fab Kathy Hochul, the incoming Governor of New York
All?those awesome things happened because I said "yes" to one random lunch and met one very?generous?person.
That generous person was Kathryn Wylde. She's the President & CEO of Partnerships for NYC. And she sure embodies its ethos - a non profit serving to advance innovation & the economy.
I went back through my inbox today to try and map just how much of an impact she had.?It was?wild?-?more than 20 emails, dozens of introductions and connections.?
She didn't have to do this (She didn't even know me) -?But she did.?
I?know?you're busy friend.?BUT, in the spirit of paying it forward - I want to leave you with a call to action:
Who can?YOU?help support today?
What one email can you send today?that may?change?someone's career?trajectory?
What opportunity can you pay forward to someone else? (Comment below & let me know. And if I can help you, just holler.)
And as the crisis in Afghanistan heightens, can I ask you to consider a donation to support the people who are so hurting right now? You can give here to Women for Women International.
With Gratitude,
Meggie
PS. I'm genuine about holding you accountable to pay it forward to support someone else so please do comment below & let me know what you're committing to doing this week
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3 年Great story!
Program Governance at PepsiCo
3 年Love it when pivotal changes are created just by saying yes and showing up. When a chance introduction leads to something big that it almost seems like a miracle. Thank you for sharing this and reminding to pay it forward.
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3 年Meggie Palmer a great story and reminds us you never know what is around the corner! I loved meeting you in a similar ‘seat filler’ situation for me!!
I teach people how to be audacious. | Keynote Speaker | NU Kellogg Professor | Mom of 4 | Board Director | USAF Veteran | Award-Winning Filmmaker | Microsoft Alum
3 年Love this Meggie Palmer ????????
Founder and CEO at MAP Digital and AwakenHub Global Ambassador
3 年Brava Meggie Palmer. Show up, say Yes, pay it forward & give back. Just donated to Afghan Woman Relief. Go Gov. Kathy Hochul!