“Money is a tool and it’s very emotional and sometimes we have a lot of guilt and shame and all of these feelings around it; so women feel like they need to have their own sense of self around money before they can really understand how to use it.”
“The need to address some of the common frustrations that we experience in the workplace and the need to help administrative professionals find their voice and work to achieve the career that they desire and deserve is a part of the origin story of how this book came about.”
“A man can walk into a meeting and start speaking and he’s believed; whereas a woman has to take extra time to assert that she’s got the credibility and expertise to know what she’s talking about.”
"Career setbacks are all about highlighting how you grow and change from different experiences that you face and that no one is creating the narrative for us. We create our own narrative, and that's really powerful."
“Then one day you realize oh this could be a reality this is something I never thought I could do; it’s not as daunting or as far out there as you think.”
"It's just wild to look back at all of the things that I've learned throughout my career as an EA and then some of the changes and differences that I've noticed coming into the tech space."
"Mental illness can affect anybody; we need to look at it with compassion and care the way we would any other illness; the people who are suffering deserve to be listened to, to be understood, to be treated with compassionate care."
“It’s nice that the Chief of Staff role is this super popular sexy title right now, and it’s cool that it’s getting more recognition and more companies are understanding the importance of it; but that doesn’t mean that it’s for everybody and that highly skilled EA’s are still really important to or…
“Everybody became a Living Room Leader in the early days of lockdown; depending on your home setup, you were leading from the living room, from the bathroom, from the closet…everyone was forced into this remote work leadership situation."
“I created my blog because I think what we should do is provide the necessary tools for women so they can learn things themselves and make the right decisions for their life”
“Executive Assistants are some of the most solutions oriented people on the planet, if you find yourself in a position where you’re not 100% excited about where you are and you’re trying to make it work…diversify!”
