by Mircea Neto
Challenge - it is a word that everyone knows, that has about 39 synonyms and that carries immense meaning, because without realizing it every new day there is a challenge to be faced.
While younger, our biggest challenge is to retain the exclusive attention of our parents, then we start taking the first steps, waking up every day to go to school, being a good student, being the first in the class, finishing training in the right time...
The word challenge is something that is closely linked to human existence. Throughout life we are given the idea that challenge is closely linked to another person, and as we grow up we live thinking about the other and we never focus on ourselves. The greatest of all challenges is self-knowledge. If this way of thinking was transmitted to us from an early age, we would realize that the way we structure our life has nothing to do with our true self.
When we start the journey of self-knowledge, we expand the awareness of ourselves, and with that it becomes easier to make choices, acquire emotional intelligence, try new things and develop self-responsibility more easily. In short, self-knowledge is liberating…. So liberating that we begin to realize that self-care is an imperative need for women and not an act of selfishness as has been instilled in us over several generations.
Unfortunately, many women end up having internal conflicts due to the lack of balance in their lives. And it is not because they want to, it is because they do not know how to recognize themselves as a unique beings, with wants, dreams and desires, everything that was taken from them hundreds of years ago.
May self-knowledge be part of every stage of growth for us as women, so that we can be free and importantly face the challenge of entrepreneurship and leadership without fear.
I invite each woman to start this very important journey and not be afraid of the discoveries that will come out of this process.
Mircea Neto — I am a both a woman entrepreneur and a doctor based in Angola who has an immense passion for life. I know that in addition to being a doctor, I have the ability to undertake more business experiences, specifically in the area of catering. The motto that defines me is ‘Le Bon Vivant’ which is also the name of my business. I have spent time in the Kingdom of Morocco, where I was at the Mohamed V University, Soussi Rabat, and where I learned the French language. I graduated from the Rostov-on-Don State University of Medicine in the Russian Federation. The challenge for me now is to undertake my entrepreneurial journey in the restaurant business together with two friends. I am ready to face the battle and achieve my goals.