“15 Lies Women Are Told at Work” by Bonnie Hammer

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  • (the lie/the truth)
  • Follow your dreams / Follow the opportunities
    • Recognize when dreams hold you back
    • Your worth is ever changing
    • Ask where your dream came from
    • (They often come from guardians in our lives)
    • Stay curious
    • Distinguish between what you want to be vs what you want to do
  • Know your worth / Work on your professional worth
    • Your work worth is different from your personal worth
    • “…so is work. There is a reason we don’t call it play.”
    • Starting from the bottom gives good perspective
  • Have friends in high places / Find truth tellers in all places
    • Let mentorship grow organically
  • It’s what’s on the inside that matters / What’s on the outside matters too
  • You can have it “all” / You will have choices
    • All does not exist
    • We have choices today that did not exist before
    • We are all allowed to change our minds
    • Own your choices
  • Fake it ’til you make it / Face it ’til you make it
    • “Imposter syndrome” is different from “imposter phenomenon” (the common feeling that most feel they are inadequate)
    • Faking is living a lie
    • “Are you out of your depth or just afraid of heights?”
  • It’s a man’s world / Even if it’s not
    • Leverage your gender
    • “Care like a woman”
    • Know what you’ll compromise on and what you won’t
  • Talk is cheap / Talk is a valuable currency
    • The absence of “yes” is not “no”
    • “Use your words” and “ask for what you want”
    • “There are always receipts”
  • Good things come to those that wait / Great things come to those who act
  • There’s nowhere to go but up / Success has multiple directions
    • Diagonal movement lets us gain more depth
    • Change perspective before changing location
  • Trust your gut / Check your gut
    • Your gut prefers the status quo
    • Decision making
      • Analyze, meditate
      • Brainstorm
      • Compare
      • Devil’s advocate
      • Expertise
      • Gut
  • Don’t sweat the small stuff / You should sweat all the stuff
    • If you do not manage the small things, why would should you be trusted with the big things
    • Sweat, but don’t stress
  • The winner takes all / Nope, winning isn’t everything
    • When you mess up, apologize quickly
    • Read the room
  • Don’t mix work and play / All work and no play makes everyone boring
  • If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it / If it could be better, it might be broken
    • The status quo is always at risk at being disrupted
    • Keep eyes forward to what comes next
    • Ask, Answer, Address
  • The only constant in life is change

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