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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.

When The Man Is Traveling With A Man, He Says, "let's Stay Up Late And Work On This And Get This To Be Better." When The Man's Traveling With The Woman, For The Sake Of Appearances He Doesn't Do The Work With Her. That's A Lost Opportunity For Her To Be A Success.

Your Life's Course Will Not Be Determined By Doing The Things That You Are Certain You Can Do. Those Are The Easy Things. It Will Be Determined By Whether You Try The Things That Are Hard.

Talking Can Transform Minds, Which Can Transform Behaviors, Which Can Transform Institutions.

I've Seen Over And Over How Much Self-belief Drives Outcomes. And That's Why I Force Myself To Sit At The Table, Even When I Am Not Sure I Belong There - And Yes, This Still Happens To Me. And When I'm Not Sure Anyone Wants My Opinion, I Take A Deep Breath And Speak Up Anyway.