I Had Heard That When People Lost

I Spent Most Of My Career, Including My Time At Mckinsey, Never Acknowledging That I Was A Woman. And, You Know, Fast Forward - I'm 43 Now - Fitting In Is Not Helping Us.

People Assume Wall Street Is A Certain Culture And Tech Is A Certain Culture. But If You Look At The (gender) Numbers At The Top Of (those) Industries, They Don't Vary Very Much. I Think In Finance, Women Hold 19 Percent Of The Top Jobs, And Women Are 21 Percent Of The Leaders In Nonprofits.

I Don't Pretend There Aren't Biological Differences, But I Don't Believe The Desire For Leadership Is Hardwired Biology, Not The Desire To Win Or Excel. I Believe That It's Socialization, That We're Socializing Our Daughters To Nurture And Our Boys To Lead.

Coming From Google, You Don't Exactly Spend A Lot Of Time At Microsoft.

Don't Make Decisions Too Far In Advance, Particularly Ones You're Not Even Conscious You're Making.