She comes blowing through the restaurant at 9 am like a hurricane. To match her ebullient manner is her screaming pink t-shirt, carrying her meal box that she dumps at the foot of her chair; she’s talking and freeing herself of her unzipped handbag, placed on the next table, tipped on its side like a doomed ship, it’s mouth open as if agape at the speed and energy of everything going on around it. As the voice recorder goes on, she takes to the interview like a duck to water.
She’s well-intentioned, good-natured, an open book, quick to laugh, her emotions climbing up to her face and spilling all over her, causing a wonderful mess of introspection and honesty. At some point, she grabs her laptop and opens her life’s plan laid out on a PowerPoint presentation, marked by years and tracked diligently: be a serial entrepreneur, a director, own two homes, a ranch, run a successful organisation, lead by empathy, impact 3 million people positively, mentorship, always be an empathetic human being, have three children by 36…
