Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure the impact lasts in your absence.
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Lean In vol 17
Whoever has power takes over the noun—and the norm—while the less poweful get an adjective.
Gloria Steinem
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Lean In vol 16
Lean In vol 15
Now we know that women can do what men can do, but we don’t know that men can do what woman can do.
Gloria Steinem
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Lean In vol 14
Careers are jungle gym, not a ladder. (Pattie Sellers)
…ladders are limiting—people can move up or down, on or off. Jungle gyms offer more creative exploration. There’s only one way to the top of the ladder, but there are many ways to get to the top of a jungle gym. /…/ Plus, a jungle gym provides a great views for many people, not just those at the top. On a ladder, most climbers are stuck staring at the butt of the person above.
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Lean In vol 13
Whenever possible, women should substitute “we” for “I”. A woman’s request will be better recieved if she asserts, “We had a great year,” as opposed to “I had a great year.”
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Lean In vol 12
When a man helps a colleague, the recipient feels indebted to him and is highly likely to return the favor. But when a woman helps out, the feeling of indebtedness is weaker. She’s communal, right? She wants to help others./…/ Even more fustrating, when a woman declines to help a colleague, she often receives less favorable reviews and fewer rewards. But a man who declines to help? He pays no penalty.
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Lean In vol 11
As a girl, you know that being smart is good in lots of ways, but it doesn’t make you particulary popular or attractive to boys.
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Lean In 10
If a woman pushes to get the job done, if she’s highly compentent, if she focuses on result rather on pleasing others, she’s acting like a man. And if she acts like a man, people dislike her.
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Lean In vol 9
When a man is successful, he is liked by both men and women. When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.
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Lean In vol 8
You have to take oppurtunities and make an oppurtunity fit for you, rahter than the other way around.
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Lean In vol 7
And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman’s self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree.
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Lean In vol 6
Ask a man to explain his success and he will typically credit his own innate qualities and skills. Ask a woman the same question and she will attribute her success to external factors insisting she did well because she “worked really hard,” or “got lucky,” or “had help from others.” Men and women also differ then it comes to explaining failure. When a man fails, he points to factors like “didn’t study enough” or “not interested in the subject matter”. When a woman fails, she is more likely to believe it is due to an inherent lack of ability.
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Lean In vol 5
Multiple studies in multiple industries show that women often judge their own perfomance as worse than it actually is, while men judge their own perfomance as better than it actually is.
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Lean In vol 4
(Dr. Peggy McIntosh) explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recogntion, they feel underserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achivers, even experts in their fields, women can’t seem to shake the sense that it is only a matter of time until they are found out for who they really are—imposters with limited skilles or abilities.
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