US Treasurer, now SBA Administrator, Jovita Carranza quoted Maya Angelou today during a #womenshistorymonth event with Department of Labor Women’s Bureau Director Patrica Greene. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them Maya Angelou”
SLAP! Just like that, I’d snapped… and there thebright red imprint of my hand across Asif’s face to prove it! Total silence descended
I truly saw everything that made me different as an asset instead of a liability. It was the first time I truly embraced that everything about me, every struggle, every challenge, every setback and every unique attribute that I had previously seen as negative was part of a quilt that made me a powerful woman.
I remember that day clearly. Walking up onto that muddy rugby pitch. Burly men stopped playing and watched in silence as I approached them. They peered down at me as I stopped within their midst. “I am Lola,” I introduced myself. “I know you don’t have a women’s rugby team but I will help you start one.”
The “ComedyCures Epiphany” happened as Adriamycin coursed through my veins: I would launch a nonprofit organization to bring joy, hope and comedy into the trenches of treatment…..
Sahar successfully founded women’s football [aka Soccer] in Egypt. She fought against conservative values which dictated that women should not play.
Here is how you build confidence. The type of confidence that counts. Confidence equation in two minutes: Background. The Hot Mommas Project women’s leadership research initiative with the partnership of the George Washington School of Business Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence has adapted and tested elements of famed social psychologist Albert Bandura’s self-efficacy principles to arrive at “The Confidence Equation.” Tests have taken place with women aged 18-55 starting in 2009.… Read More »#19 Build Self-Efficacy, the Confidence That Leads to Success
By Kathy Korman Frey For those of you who get Sam Horn’s newsletter (you should), she has a list of 60 quotes from women. This is one of my favorites: “Exhaustion is not a status symbol.” – Brene Brown #quotes Do you live here? This is a great commentary on the world in which some of us have taken up permanent residence – or I mean at least six months a… Read More »Exhaustion is not a status symbol
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2018, today at 8pm EST, the Hot Mommas Project will open the sign up form for its women’s leadership course
It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. At the Hot Mommas Project, there’s not a better time to honor the inspirational bold women of breast cancer who are creating awareness, comfort, funds, and fight for all of us.