I think that the best kindness
is not synonymous with comfort.
I think it's super easy
to be kind to people who look like you,
who are on your team, who are in your organization.
But what about everybody else?
Hi, my name is Y-Vonne Hutchinson.
I'm the Founder and CEO of ReadySet.
I'm also the Founder and Advisor of Project Include.
And a Co-Founder of Build Tech We Trust.
There were a couple of opportunities that I got that really changed my life.
Someone who I didn't know very well loaned me $3,000.
And that $3,000 started my business, changed my life.
Hands down.
It felt like a miracle. [laughs]
It felt like-
You know there are moments in life where
you know that it's all going to change.
And this person didn't have to do that.
Well I think that in life as well as in business
it's really easy to be focused on yourself
and your own personal gain
and to lose sight of the fact that sometimes it happens
at the expense of others.
And to deal with people in a very transactional way.
And I think that if you're operating from a place of kindness, perhaps
you don't fully lean into that sort of transactional nature.
I think kindness takes the broader view.
And that's hard because that means then
that kindness is also about going up against your investors.
Kindness is about thinking
who do I take on as a client
and what am I enabling
for people who are in the service industry
as I do that work.
Those are the tough decisions that people fight you on, all the time, everyday.
I think that the most radical acts of kindness
come from doing things like that.
Come from stepping out of your comfort zone
and being kind while being uncomfortable.
