On Monday September 17th, I had the pleasure of attending a Fearless Voices Speaking event.  The Fearless Voices Speaker Series is a platform co-founded by Sandro Parisotto, professional speaker & artist and John Ribeiro, professional speaker & author.

During this particular event entitles Taste-fully Speaking, six speakers spent time sharing their own personal journeys with us and I took away some very strong messages that we can all benefit from.  One of the speakers learned about the impact of kindness from his young nephew, another spoke about building up her fitness business despite having almost nothing when she came to Canada and being told that her accent was too strong for her to be successful. 

Another message was about rebounding from the tragedy of losing a spouse and yet another was about embracing your success and reminding yourself that you are good enough to achieve what you want in life. 

Apart from these messages that can apply to any one of us, what also struck me was the diversity on the stage, both in age and in experience – one of the speakers just turned 19 a few weeks ago!  The event reminded me that we can learn life lessons from just about anyone and everyone if we really spend the time to listen to their stories. 

Shades readers, what lessons have you learned that you would like to share?  We would love to read them in the comments! 

Thanks to the Fearless Voices team for hosting an enjoyable evening and check them out on Facebook, LinkedIn and at www.fearlessvoices.ca for more information.