2019 AUTUMN ISSUE | CHOICES
A year later, Shree entered a beauty pageant, and continued to do so in the consecutive years. She won many titles, the most recent of which is Miss India Worldwide. Along the way, Shree has had many mentors, the most prevalent of them being her mother who instilled in her daughter the appreciation of an education and of other people. On June 15, 2019, Shree graduated from the University of Washington with Bachelor’s degrees in Journalism and Business. “She is going to take a year off to do inspirational speaking engagements,” Ekta Saini explained. “Shree would like to have her own talk-show, like Oprah Winfrey.” Shree’s strong will and positivity had always been obvious to her parents, but even so, there was a surprise left in her on her nineteenth birthday. She wanted to go to Calcutta, India, not Seattle for a rock-concert or a shopping spree, but to India to visit the Mother Theresa Ministries. Her parents agreed to the journey and later said it had matured their daughter. Shree may look up to Oprah Winfrey as a talk-show hostess, but she finds something even more profound in Mother Theresa’s work, a kind ambition to help. This past year has been demanding for Shree, having juggled her studies and the Miss India Worldwide engagements simultaneously. She has visited four countries, eleven states and seventy cities in less than a year. Shree submitted many of her academic papers from the
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airport, just minutes before the gates to her flight closed. Shree has used her time in the limelight not to endorse herself, but to be a spokeswoman for those suffering from bullying and to speak against human trafficking. According to Ekta Saini, her daughter was always a loving child, easily giving hugs to anyone. It seems Shree hasn’t changed all that much as she continues to embrace the world with kindness. For more information and inspiration, go to www.shreesaini.com. Are you using your creative energy to make your business more successful? Conquer the Brain Drain is about tapping into the creative wellspring we all possess. If you’re on a team – or especially if you manage one – learning to think creatively and teaching others to do so will boost productivity, improve morale and inspire your team to greater success.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jaana Hatton is a freelance journalist who was born in Finland. When she was twenty-three, she met her American husband, Ronald, and they spent the next twenty-five years traveling around the world due to his employment with the US government. They now live in Wenatchee, Washington where she writes for several local newspapers and magazines. Jaana may be contacted at: jaana_hatton@hotmail.com
Short deadlines, downsizing, increased expectations and the need to do more with less all contribute to “status quo” thinking. Solving business problems and generating new ideas and strategies can’t be accomplished using the same old brain-draining methods. If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting the same old results. If you want to build an innovative, creative, problem-solving team, then you need a new approach.
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