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Readers Share: “What My Mom Taught Me”
In honor of Mother’s Day, readers shared stories this month about some of the most important lessons they learned from their mothers. Here are their responses, lightly edited for brevity. Thanks to all who wrote in!
Viola Davis Shares the Opportunity She Sees for Women in This Moment
“We have woken up to a world where it is almost a beautiful, blank canvas,” Viola Davis said during the 2020 Pennsylvania Conference for Women. It’s a world, she said, where we can write our own story and create a world that our daughters and nieces can thr ...
Cate Luzio’s Tips on Virtual Networking
Cate Luzio worked in corporate America for 20 years when she decided she was ready to do something very different and become an entrepreneur. Her dream was to create a networking space for professional women in New York City—and she did it, using her own money to create a ...
What One of the Highest-Ranking Women in the Military Learned about Leadership
It seems fitting that Michelle Howard—famous not only for being the first woman to become a four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy but for facing down Somali pirates to rescue Captain Philips—has this as one of her favorite quotes: “You can’t cross the sea merely ...
The Iconic Jane Goodall Shares Her Winning Strategies for Creating Change
Jane Goodall’s unique style—which has been described as “genteel but impossibly difficult”—has served her well over six decades of groundbreaking work. From revolutionizing the world of science at the age of 26, despite having only attended a secretaria ...
Tips for Being a Successful Entrepreneur and Leader – From Issa Rae
Issa Rae first became a sensation with her YouTube series Awkward Black Girl. Since then, Rae has been on the fast-track, proving herself not only a brilliant producer and actress but successful entrepreneur and leader of a growing media conglomerate. The Emmy- and Golden Gl ...
Lisa Nichols: On How to Be Resilient and Joyful
Lisa Nichols, motivational speaker and bestselling author, is one of those rare women who seem to have mastered the art of being joyful—no matter what. That’s why we thought she would be the perfect person to ask for her ideas about how to be resilient and joyful in ...
Manage Your Mindset with Mel Robbins’ Wake-Up Routine
With all the stresses we navigate each day, Mel Robbins—motivational speaker, author and creator of “The 5 Second Rule”—has a simple morning routine she recommends for every woman trying to manage her mindset to boost focus and motivation. 1. Under no circums ...
Introducing Women Amplified
Author and journalist Celeste Headlee talks with brilliant women (and men!) about how YOU can be your best at work and at home. Three episodes per month.
12 Leadership Lessons from Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin
How do you lead in turbulent times like these? If you’re presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, you look to people who led brilliantly in times past. In particular, you look to the people she refers to as “my guys:” Abraham Linco ...
