But she picked up the book, the English book had it with sailing past my head, and she said,

she said, Hale, don't you ever say what you can't do until you try.

Hey, it's Marie Forleo and welcome to another episode of the Marie Forleo podcast.

Now, if you're somebody who wants to become a better, stronger leader in your business,

in your career, in your life, I think you're going to love today's show.

My guest has been a trailblazer in this field for decades.

Hattie Hill is a renowned speaker, author, entrepreneur, and thought leader.

She spent more than three decades developing diversity and gender equity strategies for organizations

across 70 countries on six continents. As an entrepreneur, she ran Hattie Hill Enterprises

for over 30 years. She's also served as the president and CEO of the Women's Food Service Forum.

Now, Hattie's the president and CEO of the TD Jakes Foundation, where she's leading the charge

toward a hundred million dollar fundraising goal to bridge the gap between human potential

and job opportunities in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.

Hattie, thank you so much for making the time today.

This is so exciting. You are such a powerful and strong woman with so much wisdom to share.

I'm wondering if you can take us back to the early days of growing up on a farm in Arkansas.

Tell us about some of that foundational, those foundational experiences and the lessons that

help shape the leader that you've become today.

Oh, awesome. First of all, thank you for having me. This is just so awesome.

It's great to see you again, and I love everything you stand for, and so I am deeply humble to

be with you today. And so I'll start with the beginning. So I am the obvious, a woman of color

that grew up in the South as a baby boomer now. I'm seeing you're young. I'm the baby boomer.

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