Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals (Girl, Wash Your Face)

You were made to have the dreams you’re afraid of having. You were made to do the things you don’t think you’re qualified for. You were made to be a leader. You were made to contribute. You were made to make changes for good, both in your local community and the world at large. You were made to be more than you are today and—this is the important p

The spaces you inhabit can be the platform that you build a new life on, or they can be the anchor that keeps pulling you back under the waves.

What’s the one thing you could do right now, today, that would make everything else unnecessary?1

Let them watch! Let them see what grit looks like! Let them see the mistakes! Let them watch the missteps! Let them see you dust yourself off again and again and again and keep going.

Work-life balance is a myth. More than that, it’s a hurtful myth, because I don’t think anyone actually achieves it and yet we feel positive that other women somehow have.

go of the excuses that kept me stuck. 2. Adopting great habits and behaviors that set me up for success. 3. Acquiring the skills necessary to make exponential growth possible.

Because, friend, if you can’t get over your fear of not doing it as well as they do, you’ll never have the opportunity to be a trailblazer for someone else.

What am I willing to give up in order to get it?

No outside factor is going to make you more productive, and if you need a certain atmosphere to be at your best, you’re not truly in control of yourself.