I recently read " Lean In" by Sheryl Sandberg and am so glad I did. She articulates so much of what my experience has been in some ways about ambitions and a professional life that I am in awe and extremely grateful for all that she had to share. I think I want to be her someday in some somewhat modified capacity.
And am applying what she says women need to do more: lean in, stay at the table, engage, push, put ourselves out there, and not doubt our abilities or confidence.
Applying this of course is extremely out of my comfort zone- I am such a "tiara" mode people pleaser kind of worker. And so, I've babystepped putting myself more out there and not all of it has been successful. Failure is a big part of learning, but I think I am gaining ground and know that putting myself out there, pushing myself to speak up and add to the conversation 'at the table' will better for me than not.
So it's a few steps forward, a couple steps back sort of dance, but I think I'm getting somewhere. I just have to learn that manly trait of 'not caring' so much (just get it done) so that I won't crumble or lose my nerve!
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