Inauguration Reflection - for my ladies!

[Susan Sutherland]

This morning I sat down to write a letter to my daughter (10) and niece (15) and when I finished I decided to share here with my female real estate investors because I am rooting for all of you!

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I hope that you were able to watch the inauguration. You may be young enough that it may have had all the feels but maybe didn’t feel as earth shattering as it did for me at 42. We live in a very male dominated world but it is so awesome to acknowledge and be moved by progress when we make it. My whole life women have been the doers behind the scenes. We are the ones working tirelessly so that men could do their bit and flourish in the workspace, the boardrooms, and the government. Women were the teachers, but not the principals. Women were the secretaries but not the Directors. Women were the employees but not the business owners. And when it is so engrained in your culture it is inherently engrained in your brain. Without even knowing it has happened, we have limiting beliefs of what we should be and what we can achieve. We are taught that being ambitious as a woman is selfish and that our role is to support our husbands and raise our children. I think that is why this inauguration moved me so much. Here is a woman who has earned her seat at one of the highest tables of decision and influence and she stood there with her supportive husband and family proudly standing with her. She achieved that with them, not in spite of them. So choose your tribe carefully. Surround yourself with those that will lift you up – that hear you dreams and want to know how they can help you achieve them.

You have a heart as big as the ocean and I don’t want you to limit the impact you can make in this world. Know that your voice is worthy of being heard. Your message is worthy of being delivered. Repeat that to yourself each and every single day! Whatever your passion, whatever your goals, they are there for you! And I will be proudly standing with you.