ACE Women’s Collective Events
Maximize Your Impact through Passion Projects & Mindfulness
Speakers: Cate Luzio (Founder and CEO of Luminary) and Alice Kim (Executive Director and Head of Investor Relations and Business Development for Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners)
Our second ACE Women’s Fireside chat explored how we can each maximize our impact through passion projects and mindfulness. Read on for the key takeaways on how to find THAT perfect balance!
Striking Work-Life Balance to Find Success
a. Finding a juncture between your personal and professional passions requires you to shift your mindset on failure. Just because you fall down does not mean you have failed. If you don’t fall you are not challenging yourself.
b. Don’t rely on others for validation: The most important piece of finding the balance between your personal and professional passions is believing in yourself and your vision.
Collaboration is Key
a. We can win without knocking others down.
b. We need to work together to include men in conversations on women’s empowerment. Bringing them along with us is integral to solidifying the progress that we have made over the past 50 years.
Know Your limits
a. Work/life balance is very personalized. It's important to pay attention to the types of activities that help you refresh and recharge (i.e. exercise, watching TV, reading a book, shopping etc.). Regardless of which method works best for you, listen to your body and take time for yourself.
b. It’s important to identify which balls are made of glass and which are made of rubber: Prioritize those that are glass and be comfortable sometimes letting the rubber ones fall.