May 14, 2019 an encounter with The CEO of Nokia, he sent us an email about values that the company has been practicing some of which are diversity, equality and inclusions.
Most importantly, this email was all about Achieving Equity and I donโt want to discuss other contents in detail because I might overshare, you know.
What caught my attention is how he ended the email with a bang!
Since that day on, I got a copy of his statement, posted on my desktop notes and this served as my daily reminder.
I have this lettering challenge in my Facebook Group. The first topic is to write a motivational quote that they always live by. There are so many statements out there:
from books, from motivational speakers, from TedEd Talks, and a whole lot more.
But yesterday, I decided to drop by to Rajeevโs inbox to share with him my entry. I chose what he said that influenced me this much since last year until now, and for sure until when I grow old.
Before I ended my email, this is what I said:
Please accept this calligraphy as my little gift of appreciation for you. You might not know me personally and vice versa but here I am, one person who changed my perspective since May 14, 2019 because of what youโve said in this email.
"๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐๐ง๐, ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ."
๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ,
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฏ
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And told him, โSee you on the other side of the world!โ What an encounter with The CEO!
I never expect anything after sending my email. Turned off my laptop then live my life.
Later this afternoon, I got an email.
Would you believe that I even sent my message to a wrong email address? Haha! 
But the universe is good. Someone said in the email:
๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฏ,
๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฑ.
๐๐ซ, <๐๐๐ฆ๐>
But hey! THE CEO REPLIED TO ME!!!
Things I wanna share before this day ends.
1. If you have something to share like talent, skills, knowledge, etc. share it! In my case, I wrote what Rajeev said using Brush Calligraphy which created a huge impact in my life and I always remember especially in my daily activities.
2. If you have something to share that involves another person, let him/her know. Go and share your appreciation and make that person smile!
3. And this is my most favorite: ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Yes, I mean, anything! You see at first, my email was sent on a wrong address but thank goodness, someone was kind enough to forward it to the right recipient.
His compliments? A bonus.
What I love the most in this experience, the pleasant gesture of The CEO telling me that he saved the image which was my appreciation gift.
How about you, what is your Encounter with The CEO story? What are the values that both of you share?
I wish that you belong to a company/community that you know you can share comfortably your passion or the things you love to do even with the CEO.
And yes, they are reading personal emails!
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