Female Disruptors: Musician Pam Confer On The Three Things You Need To Shake Up Your Industry

We’ve all watched a lucky toddler as he sits in a room of many nice presents, assuredly playing with the best gift in the room — the box. He plays with that box for hours, imagining himself in planes, ships, caves and cars. He determines the significance of that box, and no one can tell him any different. We’ve also seen this same child bring us rocks, lent, and undiscernible drawings, declaring that he has a “gift” for us. We receive them, we smile, we thank him, and we play the part. We will be sure to get another unique offering soon. Everything is right about this situation.

How many times have we felt that we had little to offer, and declined to add much needed input to a conversation or an initiative? May we always realize that no other person is like us; that no other talent…