Rachel Williams | Head of Inclusion & Diversity @ Yelp!

About this video

Rachel Williams, head of diversity and inclusion at Yelp, shares her personal story about how a high school creative writing teacher’s dismissive comment about her writing talent derailed her aspirations for years, until a chance encounter with that same teacher at a grocery store prompted her to reclaim her dream of writing a book.

Key takeaways

• A single critical comment from an authority figure can have profound, long-lasting impacts on someone’s confidence and life trajectory, even if the person who made it doesn’t remember saying it
• Rachel’s experience illustrates how Black families must prepare their children for navigating predominantly white spaces, and how systemic biases can affect educational and professional opportunities
• Reclaiming your own narrative and pursuing delayed dreams is possible—Rachel decided to write her book after years of self-doubt, demonstrating the importance of not internalizing others’ limiting judgments

Episode details: published November 1, 2017 · 2.3K views · 9:20 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The business ideas, figures and results discussed are the hosts’ and guests’ own claims, shared as brainstorming and entertainment — not verified facts and not investment advice.

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