“It’s not a lack of confidence in oneself preventing people from going after jobs where they don’t meet all of the qualifications, but a lack of confidence in other people’s abilities to view them as capable of doing the job, and therefore hiring them,” said the leadership expert, who had surveyed one thousand people to come to this conclusion. “The main barrier is not a mistaken perception about themselves, but a mistaken perception of what is a real requirement or rule, of how processes like these truly work, and this is especially a problem for women.”
― Days of Distraction
― Days of Distraction
“Wrecks have been raised from the ocean bed with less effort, but I hobble toward the cascade of costumes shrouding my quarry.”
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
“until I started dating the funny guy in workshop who wrote gloomy two-page stories set in New Hampshire mill towns.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“Lacey made my body’s chemicals feel bad,”
― Where the Forest Meets the Stars
― Where the Forest Meets the Stars
“People will compete and never relax and always try to innovate and achieve until they are so high-strung that the world collapses.”
― Days of Distraction
― Days of Distraction
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