{"id":10257,"date":"2018-11-13T17:53:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=10257"},"modified":"2018-11-13T17:57:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:57:17","slug":"i-wish-i-spoke-spanish-and-so-did-the-people-trying-to-translate-my-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/i-wish-i-spoke-spanish-and-so-did-the-people-trying-to-translate-my-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"I Wish I Spoke Spanish And So Did The People Trying To Translate My Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was an amazing experience for me. I was in the Dominican Republic to speak at the Convergencias Business Ethics & Integrity conference which brought together leaders from Government, Business, Media and Academia sectors\u00a0from multiple countries in the region. The opening talk of the day\u00a0was given by\u00a0Elder D. Todd Christofferson on his time serving as a law clerk to Judge\u00a0Sirica during the Watergate trials.\u00a0It was an incredible talk, not just because it was fascinating to hear his experiences\u00a0with the case but also because\u00a0he did a great job\u00a0of illustrating the\u00a0importance of absolute integrity and the slippery slope of dishonesty. It was also a special treat for me to spend a little time with he and his wife as they have known me\u00a0since my teenage years and they’ve had a significant influence\u00a0for good on my life.<\/p>\n

I was worried about\u00a0giving my talk today because I speak so fast and I knew it would be really hard for the interpreters that were doing the live translation of my talk into\u00a0Spanish, French, and other languages, into\u00a0headsets for the attendees.\u00a0 In order to help cushion that I had stayed up very late the other night in order to\u00a0take my PowerPoint slides and translated them into Spanish using Google translate and PowerPoint translate so they could be put on one screen in\u00a0English and one screen in Spanish for the attendees while I spoke – I knew they probably weren’t going to be perfect but it was important to me to make the effort to try.<\/p>\n

As I stood up to the pulpit to speak I literally only got\u00a0three slides in when the moderator had to stop me and ask me if I could please slow down because the\u00a0interpreters couldn’t keep up with me…I had to laugh because I saw that coming a mile away…so\u00a0I tried my very best\u00a0to slow down my talking\u00a0but\u00a0heaven knows those poor\u00a0interpreters deserve a bonus for having to translate for me!<\/p>\n

In my talk I\u00a0shared\u00a0my own experiences that taught me that having integrity doesn’t just feel good, it’s\u00a0also the most valuable financial asset any of us can have.\u00a0 And not\u00a0only do we have to live with integrity ourselves –\u00a0even when doing so\u00a0means\u00a0we might face\u00a0negative consequences\u00a0–\u00a0we also need to\u00a0surround ourselves with others who have integrity.\u00a0And we can’t ever allow ourselves to let\u00a0our emotions, or\u00a0fear, or anything else keep us from doing the right things.\u00a0Yes it takes\u00a0courage to\u00a0do the right thing\u00a0and\u00a0it takes a lot of courage to admit when you make a mistake,\u00a0but both are always worth it.\u00a0 For\u00a0when customers know they can trust you they are going to give you more business and then they are going to tell their friends about you and those friends will give you more business and the ripple effect goes on and on… The value of your integrity\u00a0is immeasurable.<\/p>\n

I’m grateful I was able to be a part of today’s conference on such an important topic. And I’m humbled by the\u00a0incredibly kind recognition award they surprised me with after my talk. Here are a just a\u00a0few fun photos\u00a0from today’s conference (on a cell phone you may need to turn the phone sideways to view entire photo):<\/p>\n

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~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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