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Finally, if anything in this book has intrigued you about our work at endeavor, I invite you to visit our website, Www.endeavour.org. or www.crazyisacompliment.com.

The entrepreneur does that and so much more, making the ultimate leap from conjuring to creating to changing lives. And as Jiminy Cricket told Pinocchio, these days it makes no difference who you are. Take chances, girls. Take the journey with others. And don't forget to take time to enjoy what you create with those you love. The most importantly, believe that what you can imagine can come true. Because it can.

Walt Disney, who had one of the greatest imaginations of the last century, used as his theme song, When You Wish Upon a Star. It captures the essence of being an entrepreneur, which is to be empowered by fantasy, to live with your own illusions, then strive to make them real. Anyone can see things others don't.

It makes it hard for other moms to justify their choice. But she also had friends who stayed home with their kids and they also had triannual sobbs. So I think we should call it even. She didn't want to give up her work, she didn't want to give up her family. She would have to find a way to have both. And.

she wrote, of course I'm not supposed to admit that there was a try annual torrential sobbing in my office, because it's bad for the feminist cause. It makes it hard for women to be taken seriously in the workplace.

Forget this notion that you have to balance these competing aspects. The term suggests some sort of 50/50 equilibrium where you inevitably do each side poorly. In the world of go big and go home, you are called to manage both sides the best that you can.

Some people will tell you that you can't go big because you're women. I need you to know that they are wrong. Women have always been and always will be entrepreneurs. They're also daughters, sisters, wives, aunts, mothers, grandmothers.

In Built to Last, Jim Collins and Jerry Porras say successful companies do not oppress themselves by what they call the tyranny of the OR. Collins and Porras mentioned certain examples of such tyranny. For example, you can have change or stability. You can have low cost or high quality. You can invest for the future or do well in the short term. you can create wealth for your shareholders or do good for the world.

And the most important lesson of all, go home. Make time for the ones you love.

Dreamers are good at motivating themselves. They're not always good at motivating others. I know this because I had to learn it myself. And what I've come to believe is that in this era, when entrepreneurship is everywhere, a new type of leadership is emerging... Leaders are open, vulnerable. Leaders are nimble.

This bravado is especially important for women, Markoff said. I think it's really important for women to have the confidence in her individuality and not try to conform to being someone she thinks she needs to be. I would certainly love you girls to internalize that.