The things that hold women back, hold them back from sitting at the boardroom table and they hold women back from speaking at the PTA meeting.

And in situations where a man and a woman each receive negative feedback, the woman's self-confidence and self-esteem drop to a much greater degree. The internalization of failure and the insecurity it breeds hurt future performance, so this pattern has serious long-term consequences.

It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It's also a very clear path to happiness.

I'm not writing about things other women do. I'm writing for other women to have more self-confidence because I need it myself! And if more women were in power, I would feel more comfortable.

The best decision I ever made was to marry Dave.

Coming from Google, you don't exactly spend a lot of time at Microsoft.

Excel and you will get a mentor.