WE ROAR Magazine issue 04 - Magazine - Page 50
I have a feeling I know the answer to this, haha, but do
you consider yourself a rebel at all? In what way?
Oh absolutely! Having a Disability means I have spent my
entire life, like the majority of Disabled people, being told
what I can and can't do, what my life is to be, which was
nothing - well, buggar to that!
We discussed why it's so important for business owners
to WANT to make money and how being impact-driven
doesn't mean you shouldn't want to be hugely
profitable, too. Why do you think we change-makers
always feel like we should work for "free"? And why
does everyone else think we should, too? Any advice to
flip this paradigm?
I know I have felt this a million times, and often still do,
and have to snap myself back out of it. I personally believe
it comes from a place of again feeling like we have had to
push for so long to be included in conversations, that when
we do get ourselves through the door we are supposed to
feel 8grateful9? Therefore, we are thankful for opportunities,
like we have been done a favour. Disabled people are
notoriously
historically
undervalued
and
underappreciated, and this unconscious bias spreads into this
too. To break this cycle we have to known our worth and
value, and validity in our work is equal to others, we are
equal, and we deserve to be treated as such.
Do you have a funny story you'd like to share?
I was speaking at an investment conference and was
running late due to the trains. I arrived very flustered
and rather bedraggled. I headed to what I thought was
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