We're the only developed country in the world that doesn't have paid maternity leave. Paternity leave is just as important. Paid family medical leave so that you can take care of a parent, a child, a grandparent, whatever you need to do. I think we're shortsighted when we don't invest in our employees as companies, and as an economy, because we invest in them and they invest back in us.

You need to feel that you're making a difference.

Women need to shift form thinking "I'm not ready to do that" to thinking "I want to do that- and I'll learn by doing it.

Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

Without fear, women can pursue professional success and personal fulfillment-and freely choose one, or the other, or both.

Don't make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you're not even conscious you're making.

Don't let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you're capable of unless you try.