If a door begins to shut - stick your foot in the threshold. Know now that change starts small. Before making one giant step for women - we must examine the small steps women can take to reinvent themselves. If you feed yourself with positive emotional groceries, celebrate your accomplishments, and try to surround yourself with other people who support you - you'll have the sustenance that will keep you mentally tough. Competing for today's higher graded positions is not easy.
Competition is fierce.
If you think you should get a job simple because you are a woman - this week is not for you. I played better. The National Association of Female Executives, an organization that I belong to, recently advertised an upcoming conference on career strategy. Photo albums we carry in our minds affect us when setting up our personal agendas. We should realistically ask ourselves if it could be time to replace an old paradigm or behavior with a brand new position.