Remember being asked when you were small, what you wanted to be when you grew up? Did you become it or did life take you elsewhere? How did you go about picking what you studied, or what you do for a living? And how does it match with what you feel your adult identity to […]
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Today’s topic was a tough one to write. I sat with it for a while. To be honest, I felt rather demoralized. Then again, if we want anything to change, it’s very important to speak about it. So here you go. Many of us are reluctant to make ourselves visible, whether that’s in the shape
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Last week, I have not been so well – sick in bed – and the reason is… no, it’s not my 4-year old (step)granddaughter in the picture above. But she taught me a life lesson I won’t forget. I had cleared my calendar for the week that she was here, to be sure that I
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Recently, I came across a post, expressing the widely felt frustration that the needle isn’t moving for women with leadership ambitions. But blaming men doesn’t solve it. What makes a woman successful is being herself. ‘Ladies, “they” don’t want us behind the wheel. So, we better drive it like we stole it,’ the author wrote. But
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How are you doing? Realizing your ambitions? I often see posts on social media by women who express their frustration about the fact that the needle isn’t moving much in leadership. ‘Ladies, they don’t want us behind the wheel. So, we better drive it like we stole it,’ one author wrote on LinkedIn. I feel
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Every now and then, I get a little obsessed with my need to deliver. Luckily, my dogs tend to remind me of the fact that there’s more to life than being useful. This morning, one of the two insisted on being on my lap, and when that didn’t work, on my overcrowded desk. So, as
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‘What shall we do? ‘I don’t mind. Whatever you like.’ When I was younger, my conversations would often follow this pattern, me being the one not minding. One day, a friend gave me the well-meant advice to get some assertiveness training, because I seemed so insecure. But I didn’t feel like that at all. Nowadays, I sometimes
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We-Mind vs. Me-Mind: A New Vision for Success in Leadership & Life Ready for success without struggle or stress? This book will tell you the surprising and simple secret to being heard and valued for what you contribute. Learn how to feel accomplished both at work and at home and embrace your leadership. A must
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When I put a few pages about Barbie in my latest book – We-mind vs Me-mind, published in July – I wanted to illustrate how what we’ve learned to value in ourselves and others is making a lot of people deeply unhappy and perpetuates the very situation we want to change. Unfortunately, the latest Barbie
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