And I’m all about just seizing the opportunity.Īs a kid, Cin was always the first to volunteer-didn’t matter what was being asked! She jokes that sometimes it was a great opportunity and other times it was…not so much. And it’s scary to try something different because we don’t know if we’re gonna fail or if we’re gonna have success and how long it will last. People like the comfort of having something they’re familiar with. We have to seize and create opportunities This described how Cin felt as a young woman in the 1990s, and decades later her perspective remains unchanged. I have an opportunity to do something different and just be represented where I should be. When I saw these guys, I’m like, ‘Oh, this is great. I can be the dark horse, I can be the person people don’t see coming. And I think always in my life that I’m different, I’m actually the advantage. It could be someone else’s that they feel. The disadvantages anyone tells you that you may have are not necessarily your own. If I’m different, I’m actually at the advantage. And that was as strong as a White man’s privilege. I showed up to the boardroom every day with an, ‘I have nothing to lose’ mindset. Why couldn’t I have a seat at the table? If I wasn’t gonna receive an invitation I was gonna keep showing up until a seat was made available for me. As a black woman on 1990’s Wall Street, I certainly wasn’t supposed to be there. I was moved by Cin’s story and I took a beautiful blend of insight and inspiration from our conversation.
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