The WF07 was a whole experience to remember. First of all, because of the other students in our group, which were all from different countries and backgrounds but made me feel like family. And I learned something unique from each of them. Then, the experience of meeting so many successful women sharing with us their experiences in business, government or academia: they “told” me it’s possible to get what you want, if you try hard enough. Only 15% of the attendees were men — for once a minority — but their viewpoints also made a strong impression.

Three ideas that I brought home:

• “Women take decisions with 75% of the knowledge while men do it with 25%”, a speaker said. For me, that means that we should take bigger risks and turn our fears into strengths.
• Trust is a necessary feature of the world, but creating it requires self-knowledge, openness and understanding of other people’s points of view.
• Writing on the blog in a foreign language (my mother tongue is Spanish) was a real challenge: but now that I’ve started, I don’t expect to stop.