“If you’re interested in becoming a virtual assistant, you have to have great communication skills, do not be afraid to put yourself out there, and learn to build trust within that service.”
"If you don’t know how you can contribute to company culture, then start asking. Ask one more question today; if we asked more questions at work, things may seem a lot easier."
"The more empowered we feel, the more normal we feel and I think sometimes just in that community of support, it really breeds confidence when you have people around us to help us move forward."
"It is never too late. You are not past your prime, you have not lost the best years of your life. You have the power of self discovery at whatever moment is right for you."
"One thing I think we forget as business owners is that we have choices. When we go in a direction, we struggle, but we keep on that path because it's what we think we should do. In many cases, you need to release the should's and figure out what works for you."
“The invisible workload is something that you do that's not your actual job that you get paid to do, and not the visible chores at home, like emptying the dishwasher. It's all of the thinking, planning and anticipation, of all the things that you have to do.”
"I work with high achievers who are realizing that there is something more that is needed in their life that will fulfill them in some way more than just the act of hustling and achievement."
"I bring my engineering brain to this question of how do I actually know how to do what's right for me in my career, how do I make choices that I know I'm gonna be happy with, and how do I do that in the most practical, structured and frame worked way."
"We can certainly develop a new level of respect for one another and gain the ability to see others as worthy humans who want the same thing that we all do: to be heard, loved, respected and valued."
"If you have a burning passion to do something, you have to do it. You have to do it because that's likely why you are on the planet and you cannot let other people hold you back."
"The best way for us to create impact is by changing the leadership... if we have more representation in these leadership decision making roles, we could hopefully create cultures that are much more supportive of parents."
"A performance improvement plan is setting goals and steering an employee toward the right direction so they can feel empowered to being a better employee"
“Everybody should have the highest quality of life, not just the older parent, but their children as well. Sometimes we give ourselves to excess, so our parents have a wonderful life but we don’t because we’re stressed and running.”
As women, we have this strong confidence from a job perspective; and yet when it comes to ourselves, if we don’t feel we’re valuable or worthy, then it’s hard to step into our own power.”
“The cost of doing nothing is getting very expensive for companies because companies with higher gender diversity report better business results in any study that you read.” ~ Lori Marcus
“I wanted freedom more, I wanted to move through the world taking up space more, I wanted to not be limited more, I wanted to know what it was like to live my life on fire, to feel what it was like, to fully live, for the very first time in my life.”
