Ambition Is Not a Dirty Word: A Woman's Guide to Earning Her Worth and Achieving Her Dreams
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Ambition Is Not a Dirty Word: A Woman's Guide to Earning Her Worth and Achieving Her Dreams
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You can, and you will.
“I’m here to tell you that all of your priorities—personal and ambitious career goals alike—can fit together harmoniously. I’ll show you how, like thousands of women I’ve worked with over the years, you can make more money, earn the credit and recognition you deserve, have more power, and be as ambitious as you want to be. I’ll show you how you can be ambitious without compromising your ethics and integrity. I’ll show you that you can feel worthy and entitled to all of this without fear that you risk sacrificing your desire to have a full, happy personal life and without being afraid that you’ll be less of a woman. It’s worked for me. It’s worked for countless ambitious women I’ve advised. It will work for you.”
—From Ambition is Not a Dirty Word: A Woman's Guide to Earning Her Worth and Achieving Her Dreams
We women aren’t advancing in our careers the way we should. We’re not making the money we deserve or getting the fulfillment we desire. And this time it’s not men who are holding us back. This time we’re doing it to ourselves, because ambition—for us—is still a dirty word.
Debra Condren has coached thousands of women at every level—from those just starting out to the most powerful female executives in the United States—and each one possesses the same fear: if she goes after her dream, she’ll be seen as selfish, bitchy, a bad wife, or bad mother. But it’s exactly this fear of ambition that has forced women to leave the best part of themselves—their dreams, their great talents—by the roadside, rendering them less able to be the whole people they should be in every area of their lives.
Condren has a new message and mission: to remind women that ambition is a virtue, not a vice. Ambition is the best of who we are.
The real way to have a great life is to see ambition as a part of your value system to which you must give equal attention, along with the other priorities you hold dear, including your spouse, your children, and your friends. In Ambition is Not a Dirty Word, Dr. Condren offers fresh, powerful tools for reclaiming your dreams. Her eight Ambitious Rules provide concrete, innovative solutions to the everyday struggles we as women face, like taking credit, deflecting detractors, and handling confrontation, so that you can become more powerful and fulfilled at work and more satisfied at home. You can redefine your ambition in the face of social sanctions and unapologetically go after your dreams without sacrificing the rest of your life.
You owe it to yourself and the world to make the contribution you were born to make. Debra Condren will show you how to do it.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780767929080 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Crown Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 02/12/2008 |
| Sold by: | Random House |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 320 |
| File size: | 920 KB |
About the Author
Debra Condren, Ph.D., is a business psychologist, entrepreneur, executive coach and career advisor, and the founder and executive director of the Women’s Business Alliance, an organization that has served as a motivational think tank for 3,000 women over fifteen years. Dr. Condren received a U.S. Small Business Administration’s Women in Business Advocate of the Year Award in 2000. Her client roster includes a diverse list of Fortune 500 companies, and a wide array executives, professionals, and students between the ages of sixteen and sixty. Debra’s advice has been featured in major media outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, ABC’s “Nightline,” and NPR’s Morning Edition. She lives in New York City and San Francisco with her husband, son, and stepson. To receive Debra’s complimentary CD, “Unleash Your Ambition: You CAN Be Unapologetically Ambitious WITHOUT Sacrificing A Rich, Fulfilling Personal Life” plus her weekly ezine, “Break It Down, Debra! Updates On Ambition & Life,” go to: www.AmbitionIsNotADirtyWord.com.
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could be audaciously ambitious and happy at the same time? You can, and you will.
“I’m here to tell you that all of your priorities—personal and ambitious career goals alike—can fit together harmoniously. I’ll show you how, like thousands of women I’ve worked with over the years, you can make more money, earn the credit and recognition you deserve, have more power, and be as ambitious as you want to be. I’ll show you how you can be ambitious without compromising your ethics and integrity. I’ll show you that you can feel worthy and entitled to all of this without fear that you risk sacrificing your desire to have a full, happy personal life and without being afraid that you’ll be less of a woman. It’s worked for me. It’s worked for countless ambitious women I’ve advised. It will work for you.”—From Ambition is Not a Dirty Word: A Woman's Guide to Earning Her Worth and Achieving Her Dreams
We women aren’t advancing in our careers the way we should. We’re not making the money we deserve or getting the fulfillment we desire. And this time it’s not men who are holding us back. This time we’re doing it to ourselves, because ambition—for us—is still a dirty word.
Debra Condren has coached thousands of women at every level—from those just starting out to the most powerful female executives in the United States—and each one possesses the same fear: if she goes after her dream, she’ll be seen as selfish, bitchy, a bad wife, or bad mother. But it’s exactly this fear of ambition that has forced women to leave the best part of themselves—their dreams, their great talents—by the roadside, rendering them less able to be the whole people they should be in every area of their lives.
Condren has a new message and mission: to remind women that ambition is a virtue, not a vice. Ambition is the best of who we are.
The real way to have a great life is to see ambition as a part of your value system to which you must give equal attention, along with the other priorities you hold dear, including your spouse, your children, and your friends. In Ambition is Not a Dirty Word, Dr. Condren offers fresh, powerful tools for reclaiming your dreams. Her eight Ambitious Rules provide concrete, innovative solutions to the everyday struggles we as women face, like taking credit, deflecting detractors, and handling confrontation, so that you can become more powerful and fulfilled at work and more satisfied at home. You can redefine your ambition in the face of social sanctions and unapologetically go after your dreams without sacrificing the rest of your life.
You owe it to yourself and the world to make the contribution you were born to make. Debra Condren will show you how to do it.
Table of Contents
Author's Note xvAmbition Is a Virtue 1
Wouldn't It Be Great? 3
What a Difference a Word Makes 22
Honorable Ambition? 32
Embracing Your Ambition Makes You the Best You Can Be 46
The Rules of Ambition 53
Stop Ambition Sabotage 55
Ambition Rule 1: Be a Contender 58
Ambition Rule 2: Get More Power from Powerful Advice 85
Ambition Rule 3: Don't Be Afraid of Confrontation 103
Ambition Rule 4: Make 'Em Pay 117
Ambition Rule 5: Be More Irresponsible to Others-And More Responsible to Yourself 141
Ambition Rule 6: Be a Power Broker 164
Ambition Rule 7: Disable Detractors 177
Ambition Rule 8: Stop the Fraud Police-You Deserve to Be Here 193
You Have Only One Precious Life-Dare to Be Great 213
Lifelong Ambition Maintenance 215
Ambition Integration: Imbalance, Not Balance, Makes for a Great, Ambitious Life 232
Dare to Be Great 255
Acknowledgments 265
Notes 271
List of Contributors 275