Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.'

When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a 'good man' before they are all taken.

A woman, if you're Most Intelligent or Most Likely to Succeed, that's an embarrassing thing. Or something that's not considered attractive, and I think that's what we need to change.

The most important thing - and I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it a hundred times - if you marry a man, marry the right one.

When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands. When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated and ambitious. Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.

I believe we need affordable child care. I believe we need flexibility. I believe we need institutional reform and public policy reform.

We've got to get women to sit at the table.