Zaira Salcido
Sales & Business Development in Insurtech | Customer Success Champion | Lifelong Learner
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Frida Kahlo, the ultimate influencer, knew it: We all hide behind filters. 🖌️I recently visited La Casa Azul, the Frida Kahlo museum in the heart of Coyoacán, CDMX. 🇲🇽 This area, with its lush green trees and vibrant flowers, is one of the most beautiful parts of the city, IMHO. At the museum, I came across a powerful sketch by Frida herself. It's a self-portrait where she appears in a traditional Mexican gown.However, this gown is transparent as the sketch X-rays and reveals the real Frida within.The sketch shows her broken body, frayed by her many surgeries - 37 in total due to childhood Polio and a tragic accident in her adolescence. It shows her multiple amputations, prosthetics, as well as several back braces hidden under her dress. Below the sketch is a quote, "Las apariencias engañan" ("Appearances deceive"). This made me reflect on how many of us present our best selves while hiding our brokenness. So when we interact with colleagues, we rarely see what lies behind the curated professional personas. Given that appearances can be deceiving, it's crucial to lead with compassion and kindness. We must remember our humanity and acknowledge that everyone in our industry is complex and multifaceted. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Our professional presence is just one aspect of who we are. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽The museum tour, guided by Cristina Kahlo, a descendant of Frida, was a remarkable experience. However, the reflection on Frida's resilience stayed with me. Her health challenges didn't hinder her genius, they fueled it. Suffering doesn't make a genius, but learning from suffering and wringing resilience and strength from adversity is a key piece of growth. Like a diamond, adversity can shape us into resilient beacons. If we must endure suffering, let's embrace the lessons it offers and let it transform us into diamonds. 💎💎💎And let's be kind y'all! Diversity really is our strength. #FridaKahlo #LaCasaAzul #Compassion #Kindness #Resilience #Diversity #LearnFromAdversity
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Zaira Salcido
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A photo of one of the many back braces she wore throughout her life. I'm mesmerized at how photogenic she was and the grace that she carried herself with despite the uncomfortable apparatuses that kept her together.
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Nora DiNuzzo
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Wow, I am going to dive in and learn more about Frida - her life continues to fascinate me, the more I learn about her!Thank you so much for sharing Zaira Salcido and agree - appearances deceive. What we present to others is rarely the full picture or the present reality.
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Aaron Barreiro
Eliminating Gaps in Revenue Strategy for 7-Figure Brands so they can become 8-Figure Brands | Sales and GTM Operations Leader | Selling is Serving
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Wow such a powerful statementMy wife and I have been outside of Casa Azul twice but for different reasons didn't go in!
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Mike Tansey
Private Client & Commercial Account Executive | Risk Manager | Quality Control Supervisor | Insurtech Enthusiast | Husband | Dog Dad
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Thank you for sharing this Zaira. I agree that we don’t know the depth of a person based on how they present themselves. It is important to connect with others on a deeper level and to be compassionate considering we don’t know what each other have been through.Love that this is what you took away from visiting La Caza Azul. It is such a valuable lesson about resilience and the silent battles that many face.
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Shari Guilfoile
Inside every speaker is a powerful communicator | CEO of The Bergerac Group | TheBergeracGroup.com
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Such a powerful illustration Zaira Salcido
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Sarah Bentz, CSM, CSPO
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This is really inspiring! The SA BotanicalGardens had an exhibit of her work, replicas of her home, and even her real desk and art supplies!
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