Edition No 121. This is the secret to owning your destiny.
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DEAR WOMEN WHO DO,
Do you ever feel caught alone on a wheel that is spinning too fast? You're not alone. Being an executive is lonely – a female executive more so. But, you know that.?
Read on to find how Reshma Saujani prioritizes her time and herself, how Manisha Thakor learned to step back from the “Cult of not nough," and how Laurie Ruettimann learned to embrace self-leadership and build her life the way a business manages its growth.?
The secret amongst all of them: you control the wheel. Don't let it control you.
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Reshma Saujani On Prioritizing Yourself?
Reshma Saujani is a leading activist and the founder of Girls Who Code and founder and CEO of Moms First (formerly Marshall Plan for Moms).
What have you learned in running and scaling your organizations that you think many other leaders don’t talk about?
Living your purpose and building and scaling organizations is lonely. Oftentimes as you’re trying to live your purpose, you will also encounter suffering, sacrifice, and pain. Sometimes, not a lot of people are in the fight with you day to day, and you don’t have people to talk to about what you’re struggling with. Leaders don’t talk enough about the pain you uncover along the way and how deeply it impacts you.
MOVE THE NEEDLE
Manisha Thakor on Finding Your Enough - Lessons in Wealth and Money Management
Manisha Thakor has worked in financial services for more than thirty years, with an emphasis on women’s economic empowerment and financial wellbeing .Her newest book “MONEYZEN: The Secret to Finding Your ‘Enough’” (Harper Business) came out in August.?
"When you focus on any one thing at the expense of your personal health and relationships in an attempt to feel like you are enough, then you are allowing the Cult of Never Enough to suck the joy from your life."
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Laurie Ruettimann on Self-Leadership
Laurie has spent over two decades revolutionizing the world of work through her candid storytelling, innovative solutions, and passion for driving better employment experiences.
“I was never owning my experience. As an employee (at Pfizer), I was telling all of these other employees that you're responsible for your lives, and I wasn't feeling it myself. I certainly wasn't learning and growing. I was exhausted at airports, eating Starburst for dinner in between flights, drinking Pepsi, just trying to get stuff done. And my brain was not primed to learn anything new. Finally, I completely forgot how to take risks. Because I wasn't leaning into self-leadership, because I wasn't doing the things I needed to do to run my life like a business.”
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What to expect from sustainability and social impact in 2024. (Fast Company)
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Independent mutual fund board director. Long-time women's financial literacy advocate, author, educator & keynote speaker.
1 年Cant wait to hear what Reshma Saujani (who I have a massive #DesiGirlCrush on ;) and Laurie Ruettimann have to say... Two super insight women!!