Women making a difference

"If you're not living your best life, you need to reconsider why. We are here for such a short time, make it count." — Ronni Kahn.

Last Friday I had the unique opportunity to attend the 'Women making a difference' leadership forum co-hosted by WCEI (Women Chiefs of Enterprise International) and TIAW (The International Alliance for Women). Reserved for women of very established businesses, I was invited as a young entrepreneur guest to learn and immerse myself amongst successful peers.

Ronni Kahn AO, founder of Australia's leading food rescue organisation OzHarvest, was the first speaker of the day — and she had me energised, full of humility and raw emotion all at once.

Her message to the room full of very successful, career-driven women was simple: "Every single one of us has a teaspoon." What she meant — every day, we each have the opportunity to make a difference in another person's life. Fill up your bucket, your jug, your cup, or even just your teaspoon if that's all you can give... and pour that teaspoon of kindness on someone else. You never know who needs you today.

Ronni also spoke of making sustainable food choices, and the importance of teaching our younger generations of the long-term environmental effects food waste has on Mother Earth. Through a new book, Lenny and the Ants, beautifully written by Jessica Chapnik Kahn and illustrated by Matthew Martin, children of all ages are taught where food goes when it's thrown out.

In the age we're living in where people are desperately trying to find that reconnection with nature, this book is a wonderful example to remind us all that small acts of change from each of us is what it takes to help sustain our planet.

A big thank you to WCEI & TIAW for hosting me and the opportunity to meet with such incredibly talented women in business.