I was reminded of this post, which has sat in a word doc on my desktop for two months, while reading “Can I Pick your Brain,” by Kevin Dugan. Thanks, Kevin, for inspiring me to finally get it posted.

I’m not sure where to start with this topic since I feel like it might offend many people who know me who have asked the very thing.  For close personal friends I can make an exception but there has to be a line drawn somewhere.

Several years ago I had upgraded myself to first class on a flight from LA to NYC, where I was living at the time. As the plane was boarding I was flipping through the current issue of Wired. Highlighted in the magazine was a book called “Ambitchous” (has since been changed.)  It was, ultimately, about how the female psyche can hold one back in business.  How we can under-value and under-appreciate what we contribute, and our desire to not push to hard or ask for too much because then you’re the Bitch.  The author interviewed hundreds of women and is a career psychologist of sorts as well as having a strong background in business.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and it was my travel partner handing me a note. I opened it and it said: “Turn to page 76. That’s my book.”
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