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Yeah. Women at work is back Monday, September 17th.

We'll be covering so much in season 2.

You'll hear from experts on women and work. You know it's funny people like to say that

men are from Mars and women are from Venus but I find that when it comes to decision

making it's much more like men are from Mars and women

are from a less respected part of Mars. So I think step one is we just need to make

sure that we're not framing it as claiming credit is equal to bragging or self-promotion or being that

colleague we can't stand but instead just really remembering to take ownership

of our work and being willing to show courage and our convictions.

If you're not getting the kind of feedback that you think you should be getting and that you

are seeking and that you are being bold enough and confident enough to ask for, then the next question becomes how long are you going to put up with that?

You'll hear stories from women whose careers took unexpected turns

when they became mothers.

And I was kind of choosing a career that I thought could be a little bit more flexible

so that when we did have children I might be able to freelance or do something else.

But it ended up being that the career I chose was the career that

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