Behind The Scenes

Sometimes, our paths choose us

I was at Dreamforce 2025, and the energy in the room was absolutely contagious. Everywhere I turned, someone was demo-ing something: ideas, innovations, intentions. A huge lesson I learned in my sales career is that everyone of us sells something, and Dreamforce was no different.

Everyone was selling something… but what struck Mee most wasn’t the sales pitch; it was the spark behind it. As I watched and listened, I paused mid-awe to ask myself,

“What am I even doing in this room?”

Then I smiled and chuckled quietly as the realization hit Mee:

👉🏽 A career is not always linear.

👉🏽 Sometimes, our paths choose us (and drag us along until we catch up).

As I reflected on my 26-year journey, my mind played back the many steps, stops, stumbles, and souls who helped Mee get here. Like many others, my path hasn’t been straight. Heck, when you add the breaks in between, it’s been deliciously twisted, beautifully tortuous, and stubbornly mine.

I started off in medical school, chasing the childhood dream of becoming a medical doctor with a specialization in psychiatry. But soon, I realized the dream wasn’t just about the “medicine”, it was about the healing. Healing hearts, minds, and sometimes, mindsets. So I recalibrated my compass and pivoted into Psychology, where I could dive into what makes us tick, think, and sometimes blink twice before reacting.

That pivot taught Mee more than any textbook ever could. It built my resilience and gave Mee permission to fail forward, to fall down and still stand tall in my own version of success.

As I listened to the Dreamforce keynotes, I wondered if that little girl who once wanted to wear a white coat and stethoscope would recognize the woman now wrapped in curiosity, creativity, and cloud computing. My mind flooded with flashes of faces: Mentors, Managers, FrIENDS, and anyMees who helped shape this journey.

Then, my thoughts drifted to my 16-year-old son, proudly part of the Class of 2025. I wondered what lies ahead for him. When I graduated, there was no Google (just good ol’ intuition and guesswork). So I laughed at myself. Trying to imagine his future is like trying to download tomorrow’s update today. #Times #Seasons #Ceasings

As the Salesforce Ohana celebrates the launch of Agentforce, I can only hope his future is bright, bold, and beautifully unpredictable. More than anything, I pray he learns to enjoy the journey, to pivot with purpose, and to adapt to every new version of life’s “operating system.”

Finally, my deepest Gratitude to the leaders, lifters, and listeners who’ve guided Mee through my many reboots and reinventions. Someday, I’ll go into the full deTALEs of their impacts, but today, I’m simply thankful our paths intersected in the right place, at the right time.

Here’s to the Class of 2025, and to all of us still learning, unlearning, and re-becoming. 💫

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