#LeadershipTuesdays: Designing Our World By Defining Ourselves And Those Around Us

If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are, we can all be freer. It’s about freedom.

--Emma Watson

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides Leadership Tuesdays, a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage and strengthen women leaders. Today we are featuring Jody Gerson, Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG). She has been in the business for over 30 years and has risen through the ranks. This quote kind of sums up the reason why she loves her job and the business:

To check out today's article, "Women in Music 2015: Jody Gerson Named Executive of the Year" by Shirley Halperin in Billboard Magazine, go to Women Making History (Facebook Page) today or click here. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays or WOMEN AT LIBERTY, click here.

Don't Forget To Enjoy The Sunshine...William Feather

“Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.”

--William Feather 

Looking At History Through Colored Lens...James Feinmore Cooper

“History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.”

--James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans

Comparing Yourself To Others...Idris Elba

"I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still."

--Idris Elba

Your Perspective Can Determine What You Really See...Camille Pissarro

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.”

Camille Pissarro, Neo-Impressionist Painter

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The Benefit of Hindsight...S.J. Watson

“It's so difficult, isn't it? To see what's going on when you're in the absolute middle of something? It's only with hindsight we can see things for what they are.”
 
--S.J. Watson

Perspective...Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. 

--Laura Ingalls Wilder

What's Important To God...The Cloud Author

It is not what you are or have been that God looks at with his merciful yes, but what you would be. 

--The Cloud Author

Think Differently, But...

Think differently but don't believe everything you think.

--Unknown 

You're In Pretty Good Shape...Dr. Seuss

You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

--Dr. Seuss 

Be Open-Minded and Seize Opportunities...Rachael Ray

"You have to be open-minded when those early opportunities present themselves; take advantage of them whether they're going to make you a lot of money or not."

--Rachel Ray, Chef, Author, and Television Host

Have Something Good To Say...Sonia Sotomayor

We are all limited, highly imperfect beings, worthy in some dimensions, deficient in others. ... We would do well to look first to what is good in each of us.

--Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and Author of My Beloved World

The Struggles Within...Jesse Owens

"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us--that's where it's at." 

--Jesse Owens, Olympian and World Record-setting Athlete in Track and Field

Perspective: Past, Present & Future...Frederick Douglass

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future. 

--Frederick Douglass 

When Was The Last Time...Nona

When was the last time you sought to understand someone else's point of view before you made a final decision that affected others?  #Perspective

Looking Down On Others

“ People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to. ”

— Robert Half (via @forbes.com)

The Power Of Perspective...Marcus Aurelius

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

― Marcus Aurelius

Because They Have A Song...Gregory Colbert

“The whales do not sing because they have an answer, they sing because they have a song.” 

― Gregory Colbert

A Woman's Perspective...Eddie Bernice Johnson

"There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to."  


--Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), United States Representative (1993 -- Present)

Twice a month on Tuesdays, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. This week, we are featuring  Kimberly Dillon. She is an entrepreneur and the founder of the House of Mikko, a company that matches women who have similar characteristics and allows them to provides hair and beauty recommendations to each other. She founded the company to address the challenges that women, specifically women of color, face in finding the "right " beauty products that work for them.  Although her company is less than a year old, she has been featured in TechCrunch and ReadWriteWeb, named by Huffington Post as one of 25 Female Tech Founders to watch, and is a member of Women 2.0.  Kimberly has two undergraduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from University of Michigan.

In this TEDxwomen video, Kimberly talks about the power of acknowledgment in our personal lives and in business. To view the  Leadership Tuesdays' feature, click here. For more information on Leadership Tuesdays, see here.

Think Big ..Alvin Toffler

"You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction."
--Alvin Toffler