Women At Work Quotes
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“Most of the bankers also felt that women are more emotional, leas stable than men.
Not true! I think by nature a woman is more stable. Life gives her so many different things to cope with, and she learns almost from infancy to cope and not to let it show. A woman who has married and brought up children has had a thousand emergencies — illnesses, broken plumbing, appliances refusing to operate,the children’s naughtiness, her husband’s moods, the bills — and has trained herself to take them all astride.”
― My Way of Life
Not true! I think by nature a woman is more stable. Life gives her so many different things to cope with, and she learns almost from infancy to cope and not to let it show. A woman who has married and brought up children has had a thousand emergencies — illnesses, broken plumbing, appliances refusing to operate,the children’s naughtiness, her husband’s moods, the bills — and has trained herself to take them all astride.”
― My Way of Life
“Thinking of others isn't a problem as long as you don't fall into the trap of giving and never asking for anything in return from the people you're networking with.”
― The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate
― The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate
“Controlling your mindset is one of the most powerful badass things you can do.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“I don’t care how old you are—fifty, sixty, or seventy. Your value doesn’t diminish with each birthday.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“Ambition doesn’t end on a particular birthday. Own it and live it.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“Don’t be stingy with your praise and support of other women. What goes around comes around. It’s great karma.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“A mentor is someone who is willing to give you advice that isn't in their own best interest. It takes a real mentor to put you first.”
― The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate
― The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate
“You now have more experience and wisdom than ever before. Age enhances your value.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“We believe that we don’t have what it takes to compete, therefore we don’t compete.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“Make it your mission to finish your career on your terms with a bang, not a whimper.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“When did wrinkles become shameful and when did we start buying into all this bullshit?”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“Be proud of how you show up every day, feeling comfortable in your own skin, being your magnificent you.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“What a waste of time it is to be anxious and worried about aging instead of living.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“No working relationship can be based on the premise, 'Me — woman; you — man!' It’s 'we two' trying to make a job better.
When I’m working on a picture, if a scene goes wrong in rehearsal I say, 'There’s something wrong with this — it goes wrong right here.'
It happened not long ago, and Robert Gist, the director, said, 'I know, I feel it every time when you get to that one line.'
'Let’s try it again,' I said, “and let me try it as it comes to me that the character, Marion, would do it.'
[…]
Where the tact came in was in my referring to the character, and what the script earlier SHE would do. I didn’t say 'This is what a woman would do,' or, 'This is what I, Joan Crawford, think should be done.”
― My Way of Life
When I’m working on a picture, if a scene goes wrong in rehearsal I say, 'There’s something wrong with this — it goes wrong right here.'
It happened not long ago, and Robert Gist, the director, said, 'I know, I feel it every time when you get to that one line.'
'Let’s try it again,' I said, “and let me try it as it comes to me that the character, Marion, would do it.'
[…]
Where the tact came in was in my referring to the character, and what the script earlier SHE would do. I didn’t say 'This is what a woman would do,' or, 'This is what I, Joan Crawford, think should be done.”
― My Way of Life
“No working relationship can be based on the premise, 'Me — woman; you — man!' It’s 'we two' trying to make a job better.
When I’m working on a picture, if a scene goes wrong in rehearsal I say, 'There’s something wrong with this — it goes wrong right here.'
It happened not long ago, and Robert Gist, the director, said, 'I know, I feel it every time when you get to that one line.'
'Let’s try it again,' I said, 'and let me try it as it comes to me that the character, Marion, would do it.'
[…]
Where the tact came in was in my referring to the character, and what the script earlier SHE would do. I didn’t say 'This is what a woman would do,' or, 'This is what I, Joan Crawford, think should be done.”
― My Way of Life
When I’m working on a picture, if a scene goes wrong in rehearsal I say, 'There’s something wrong with this — it goes wrong right here.'
It happened not long ago, and Robert Gist, the director, said, 'I know, I feel it every time when you get to that one line.'
'Let’s try it again,' I said, 'and let me try it as it comes to me that the character, Marion, would do it.'
[…]
Where the tact came in was in my referring to the character, and what the script earlier SHE would do. I didn’t say 'This is what a woman would do,' or, 'This is what I, Joan Crawford, think should be done.”
― My Way of Life
“People ask me if I turn up at board meetings wearing tailored costumes in muted colors. Oh no, I say. I wear hot and shocking pink and lovely hats. I don’t think any man ever did a poor job because he had an attractively dressed woman to look at. In fact, the sight probably challenges him to be his most brilliant self. But when it comes to the routine of the meeting I do exactly what the men do.”
― My Way of Life
― My Way of Life
“Thecla Haldane is a freelance photographer, […] flying around the world in jet aircraft covering news events and wars along with thousands male photographers. […] Her formula is, 'Conduct yourself like a lady, and you’re always treated like one.' She’s never 'one of the boys.”
― My Way of Life
― My Way of Life
“As for the other little amenities — yes, the lady lets the man light her cigarette, help her on with her coat, and open the door for her. Even if he’s the boss. Manners are manners, and success doesn’t mean that a woman has to forgo the courtesies that make life easy and pleasant.”
― My Way of Life
― My Way of Life
“In an office, being feminine doesn’t mean being seductive. […] Even a flirtation, when it wears off, causes some bad feeling, and somebody is going to be moved into another department — or out of the company. Quite likely you!
There are no hard-and- fast rules for fending off an outright pass, especially if it comes from the boss. Every intelligent woman has her own method of turning it off without wounding a sensitive male ego. An even cleverer woman knows how to prevent the pass in the first place. She’s charming, friendly, capable — and not seductive. If you can’t control your cleavage, your perfume, your walk, and your eyelashes — you’d better stay out of business.”
― My Way of Life
There are no hard-and- fast rules for fending off an outright pass, especially if it comes from the boss. Every intelligent woman has her own method of turning it off without wounding a sensitive male ego. An even cleverer woman knows how to prevent the pass in the first place. She’s charming, friendly, capable — and not seductive. If you can’t control your cleavage, your perfume, your walk, and your eyelashes — you’d better stay out of business.”
― My Way of Life
“It’s time for women fifty and beyond to claim their workplace power.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“Being a badass means owning who you are, owning your experience, your wisdom, your talent, your age.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“Say it out loud: “I’m not done yet!” Own it. Live it.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“The bottom line is that gendered ageism is a factor in our careers. There’s no denying it.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“When you're fearful of aging, you don't step into your full power and potential.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“You can’t sit on your ass and wait for things to miraculously happen for you.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“Our age works against us, as does our gender, and we can’t take this shit lying down.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“Loving yourself is badass, about as badass as you can get.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“It’s your time and you have to claim it.”
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
― Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power
“The women I interviewed seemingly “opted out” of what Rachel, whom I cited earlier, called “the enormous experiment of engaging in capitalism.” Their choice to leave the workplace can be seen, as some of them suggested, as a resistance to neoliberal capitalism—to its exclusive valorization of the sphere of commodity production and the toxic competitive work cultures on which it depends. Their embrace of full-time motherhood can be understood as an attempt to shift priorities and to put care before competition. It is seemingly removed from the demands of advanced capitalism and the public sphere of work that they left, but which their government promotes and their husbands—mostly in high-powered, high-income jobs—occupy. Yet, as a consequence of heading home—a choice that was in part imposed by the pressures of advanced capitalism—women have become heads of their home who run their families as small enterprises, and endorse “intensive mothering” 72 as a means of trying to ensure the invincible middle-class future and security of their children. In rechanneling their professional skills and competitive spirit through their children, and taking on the role of family CEO, these women may be reproducing what many found so brutal in the workplace. They have reproduced neoliberalism in the sense that their children have become human capital—investing in them is a way of increasing good returns in the future.73 In the words of Sara, the former senior financial director, “And the competition lives on, it’s just in a totally different guise.” "(from" Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality "by Shani Orgad)”
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