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The founder of Girls Who Code and bestselling author of Brave, Not Perfect confronts the “big lie” of corporate feminism and presents a bold plan to address the burnout and inequity harming America’s working women today.
We told women that to break glass ceilings and succeed in…
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2 authors picked Pay Up as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I also interviewed Reshma Saujani on the Holistic Wealth podcast – also one of our most popular episodes.
She’s the founder of Girls Who Code, Marshall Plan for Moms and is working to close the gender gap in the tech sector and more recently advocating for moms during the global pandemic. I’m a big fan of immigrant stories and her parents’ story of how they came to the United States as refugees in 1973 from India is inspiring.
In her book Pay Up, she outlines how society has sold women an unsustainable narrative - that to break glass ceiling and…
From Keisha's list on building a wealth mindset.
In Pay Up, Reshma Saujani astutely addresses the moment that working women exist in today: a moment when burnout is more common than not and inequality persists both at work and at home. Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and author of Brave, Not Perfect challenges the dangerous myth that women can "have it all" and pushes readers to redefine our notions of success. The book contains bold calls for change and tools for working women and leaders in the corporate space to implement to help achieve this.
From Fran's list on helping women find fulfillment in their career.
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