Love unconditionally, and as a woman, always stay independent. Those were my mother's first lessons.
We are different. Where she prefers to avoid confrontation and chooses security, I often walk straight into it and keep looking for adventure. That clashed now and then. But despite disagreements, awkward teenage years and an intense past six months, we always found each other again – and more than ever now.
We also share a lot in common, the things people sometimes lose sight of because of their own perspectives. Last year all those common denominators came together by chance, when we were asked to host a book presentation about different generations in business.
It landed. But more importantly: we loved doing it together. We anticipated each other flawlessly and reached the people in the room, so everyone felt heard. Sometimes critical, but always with a big smile and a large dose of humour. Connection, humour and quality turned out to be our common denominators on stage.
So we joined forces under the name TWEE. Because there are always two sides to a story.