Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.

Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.

When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.

Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who display these same traits often pay a social penalty. Female accomplishments come at a cost.

When my mother took her turn to sit in a gown at her graduation, she thought she only had two career options: nursing and teaching. She raised me and my sister to believe that we could do anything, and we believed her.

It is illegal to discriminate on the basis of pregnancy or gender. It is not illegal to talk about it.

Social gains are never handed out. They must be seized.