Road Trip Reflections
One Key Takeaway from her job at Nike: Even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat
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The Best Decision I Ever Made
Now found myself contemplating something many people in good jobs do – I’m miserable, but I have a job people would kill for. Could I really quit?
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How to advocate for yourself
From this, I realize that I have to advocate for myself, because no one else is going to do it for me.
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Unemployed, Unmarried, and Living at Home, Now What?
I was unemployed, not married, and living at home with my parents when I decided to start my own business.
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Integrating personal passions into your work
Although I started working as a financial advisor to help people, as I transitioned roles I started to feel a large disconnect between my professional life and personal passions. I decided to go back and get my MBA and refocus on how to make money while having a positive social and environmental impact.
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Let your strengths and values be the guide
I had worked so long towards one single goal of becoming an attorney that I had no idea what else I was good out, who I was, what I was even interested in, and how to pursue a career outside of law.
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An intersectional approach to wage equality
Centuries of systemic oppression for sex and race do not dissolve in a matter of years, but the work that women are doing today creates progress and levels the playing field for the generations to come.
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Using privilege for good
At the time, I wasn’t angry–I was relieved. I hated the job and the boys’ club, and a few months of unemployment was just what I needed. However, as I look back, I see the patterns that led to such a clearly gendered decision, and almost 10 years later, I finally got mad.
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The value of connection
This desire for connection is the pulse of social work. It is what you get instead of a decent salary. It is what gets you to work every day instead of a high rise building with free coffee and a gym membership. It is the currency you are paid in.
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