We hear it all the time: she is winning, and everybody wants to know how. Too often the answer people land on is that someone must have helped her, when the real question is what you are doing with your own goals.
Here is the hard truth. Some of us let other women be more ambitious than we are. How often have you turned your nose up at a woman because of what people say about her? You wondered how she got where she is, and you were so busy talking about her that she was busy doing the very things you have been talking about doing.
I have seen it time and time again. A smart, respectable young lady says she wants to start a clothing line, own a business, raise money and buy a nice car. She sits on the idea and keeps sitting on it, while somebody else simply goes out and does it.
There is something to learn from that. The women who get ahead tend to live by one rule: do not talk about it, be about it. They seize opportunities, they fearlessly and unapologetically go after what they want, and they build a team and delegate. They compete with themselves first, and they keep showing up every day. Some of us have never had to fight for anything, and it shows in the dreams that go unachieved.
Do not get me wrong. This is not to say every success story looks the same or that anyone has it easy. What I am saying is that you can borrow qualities from people you do not know well, and even from people whose choices you would not make, to better yourself. You can learn something from anyone.
Think about it, and then go get yours.
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