What I Tell Everyone, And I Really

Next Time You're About To Call Your Daughter Bossy, Take A Deep Breath And Say, 'my Daughter Has Executive Leadership Skills.'

I Realized That Searching For A Mentor Has Become The Professional Equivalent Of Waiting For Prince Charming. We All Grew Up On The Fairy Tale "seeping Beauty," Which Instructs Young Women That If They Just Wait For Their Prince To Arrive, They Will Be Kissed And Whisked Away On A White Horse To Live Happily Ever After. Now Young Women Are Told That If They Can Just Find The Right Mentor, They Will Be Pushed Up The Ladder And Whisked Away To The Corner Office To Live Happily Ever After. Once Again, We Are Teaching Women To Be Too Dependent On Others.

All Of Us Want The Same Things. We Want To Be Good To The People Around Us And For Our Lives To Have Meaning. For Me That Means Making The World A Little Bit Easier For Women.

We're The Only Developed Country In The World That Doesn't Have Paid Maternity Leave. Paternity Leave Is Just As Important. Paid Family Medical Leave So That You Can Take Care Of A Parent, A Child, A Grandparent, Whatever You Need To Do. I Think We're Shortsighted When We Don't Invest In Our Employees As Companies, And As An Economy, Because We Invest In Them And They Invest Back In Us.

What About The Rat Race In The First Place? Is It Worthwhile? Or Are You Just Buying Into Someone Else's Definition Of Success? Only You Can Decide That, And You'll Have To Decide It Over And Over And Over. But If You Think It's A Rat Race, Before You Drop Out, Take A Deep Breath. Maybe You Picked The Wrong Job. Try Again. And Then Try Again.