Knowing that things could be worse should not stop us from trying to make them better.
Counting our blessings doesn’t boost our confidence or our effort, but counting our contributions can.
When children feel comfortable asking for help, they know they matter.
We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in. We internalize the negative messages we get t...
We are a new generation and we need a new approach.
There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.
There are still countries that deny women basic civil rights. Worldwide, about 4.4 million women and 1 girls are trapped in the sex trade. In places like Afghanistan and Sudan, girls receive little or...
The students rated Heidi and Howard as equally competent, which made sense since their accomplishments were completely identical. Yet while students respected both Heidi and Howard, Howard came across...
The simple act of talking openly about behavioral patterns makes the subconscious conscious.
Teams that focus on learning from failure outperform those that don’t, but not everyone works in an organization that takes the long view.
Statements of opinion are always more constructive in the first person I form. Compare these two statements: You never take my suggestions seriously and I feel frustrated that you have not responded t...
Seeking out diverse experiences is useful preparation for leadership.
Reverend Veronica Goines sums this up as, Peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet.
Poetry, philosophy, and physics all teach us that we don’t experience time in equal increments.
One of the immediate questions new parents face is who will provide primary care for a child. The historical choice has been the mother. Breast-feeding alone has made this both the logical and the bio...
One night, encouraged by the male partners, I puffed away on a cigar—just one of the guys. Except that the smoking nauseated me and I reeked of cigar smoke for days. If that was fitting in, I stuck ou...
Often without even realizing it, the woman stops reaching for new opportunities. If any are presented to her, she is likely to decline or offer the kind of hesitant yes that gets the project assigned...
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
Just as I believe everyone should have a long-term dream, I also believe everyone should have an eighteen-month plan. (I say eighteen months because two years seems too long and one year seems too sho...
It turns out that people who choose to be single are very satisfied with their lives.