The Naked Truth
A Working Woman's Manifesto on Business and What Really Matters
Chapter One
Start Smart
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is
our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
-Nelson Mandela
What do you want to be when you grow up? It is a question we ask
children of all ages, not because we are prepared to take the
answer seriously but because we believe the response is a gateway
to the child's inner fantasies and obsessions. As we get older, all
that changes is that we expect the answer to get serious. Saying you
want to be a saint at age five is cute but at age twenty-five it starts
to sound neurotic and-worst sin of all-impractical.
The question persists across generations because it works: it
does show us what we value, dream about, care for. And we aspire
to work at professions that express these. Finding the right work
means knowing who you are-but ... read full excerpt from The Naked Truth: A Working Woman's Manifesto on Business and What Really Matters ebook
