Hello Everyone,
I'm writing you during a massive East Coast blizzard--a perfect time to hole up and reflect. Where am I headed in this new decade? What brings meaning to my life? How can I live the most authentic life? I know I won't find the answers to those biggies today. But just asking them helps me put a larger frame around my day-to-day tasks. And supersizing the frame I put around my life is the key lesson I learned from Cathie Black (President of Hearst Magazines) while working on my book during the last eighteen months. It's top of mind these days--along with a message from Liz Lange (founder of Liz Lange Maternity): Your business can, and should, bring you joy.
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Ta-Dum!
What I Know Now About Success is done--crammed with gems of wisdom about achieving success in letters written by Soledad O'Brien, Suze Orman, Kate Spade, Suzy Welch, Trish McEvoy and dozens more. Hats off to these superstars for pulling back the curtain
on some of their toughest moments. The biggest surprise for me? Learning how many of these gifted women struggled with self-doubt, guilt and worry--just like the rest of us. Did you know that real estate mogul and Shark Tank judge Barbara Corcoran struggled with serious learning challenges? That Food Network star Paula Deen was afraid of public spaces for twenty years? Me either. What I Know Now About Success will be in stores on April 26th and can be pre-ordered now. It's for women with high hopes and big dreams. And who doesn't have those?
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Developing Leaders
Some of the most fun I have is speaking at corporate conferences for executive women or conducting a Letters To My Younger Self Seminar. It's fascinating to work with top executives at Johnson & Johnson, Genentech, Microsoft and other companies on creating a message to post back in time to their younger selves. Revealing those letters at an event is a powerful way to connect with other women at the company and illustrate some of the little-known hurdles that their leaders faced. But the best part is what I've discovered about women and leadership: For women, becoming a leader requires working more on your mental outlook than on mentoring or networking or even plain old work. Not true for men. Learn more about LTMYS seminars here.
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