What does having influence actually make possible?
Last week, I had the opportunity to deliver a keynote at the Executiv Women in Leadership Summit on a question I've been thinking about a lot lately.
what does having influence mean, and what we choose to do with it.
For a long time, I thought influence was something you earned through achievement. I see it very differently now.
Influence is the ability to create choices. For yourself, and eventually, for other people in your life.
And that is one of the reasons I care so deeply about women building wealth.
Money isn’t just something to accumulate.
At some point, wealth becomes a choice.
The choice to take a risk.
To walk away.
To support someone you love.
To build something of your own.
To decide what happens next.
Standing in a room filled with women building companies, leading teams and shaping industries made that question feel even more important.
What becomes possible for someone else because of you?
Thank you to Samira Amin Udugampola and the Executiv team for having me take the stage.
And thank you to my Wealthsimple Wealth Management colleagues and leaders who came out to support the day and have real conversations with women about money and wealth, including Tara Kennedy, Zoe Wolpert, Shruti Dabas, CFP®, CIM® and Silvi Pukitis Woods, CFA, CFP!!