tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425684762760214659.post7586880250464535593..comments2012-02-21T16:52:18.315-08:00Comments on girlwithambitions: Fighting cliché "Girl should be this and that..."girlwithambitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17658743733613116820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425684762760214659.post-45921593293721961762012-02-21T16:52:18.315-08:002012-02-21T16:52:18.315-08:00Dear Savvy Working Gal, I feel like I might have c...Dear Savvy Working Gal, I feel like I might have crossed some line when I included in the next post some of my thoughts which I had after reading your comment. I apologize. I have deleted that part because it is more appropriate for those thoughts to be here. And what I mean is that for women to succeed is not easy. And I admire strength of women who achieved it. But as I see it, success of a woman is a complicated thing. People with different views see it differently and often underrate. We cannot change that completely, though some small changes always can be made. I think the situation will/would change itself when there will/would be more examples of successful women. And I hope it will :) ... with each story off success, some change :) <br /><br />Thank you again for sharing your story and for the great job you are doing on your blog! Thank you for the change you are doing :)girlwithambitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17658743733613116820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425684762760214659.post-86779530648923620272012-01-30T07:50:25.477-08:002012-01-30T07:50:25.477-08:00Dear Savvy Working Gal, thank you so much for shar...Dear Savvy Working Gal, thank you so much for sharing your story! It's really inspiring for me and it's impressive too! I hope to manage to be as persistent as you are in order to be able to say some day to myself: I did it! <br /><br />Thanks to your comment I got inspired to write a post on the topic :)<br /><br />The book about “stuff” is in my must-read list now :) Thanks for great suggestion! Annie Leonard is really doing a good job of creating awareness about environmental issues, you probably already saw her blog/project and cartoon http://www.storyofstuff.org/movies-all/story-of-stuff/girlwithambitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17658743733613116820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425684762760214659.post-42646744158047716912012-01-28T13:03:30.466-08:002012-01-28T13:03:30.466-08:00Ah no support for ambition! I’ve experienced this ...Ah no support for ambition! I’ve experienced this as well. I spent my early adulthood going to school and working full-time. At 35 I finally finished school, passed the CPA exam and received a huge promotion at work. At this time I also got married and bought a new car. Shortly after, I attended a family function where one of my aunts commented how proud she was of me; for finally getting married and wasn’t it nice of my new husband to buy me a car. Hey, I used my own money for the down payment on that car and my car’s loan was in my name. It just so happened I needed a new car shortly after I got married, getting married had nothing to do with it. I didn’t say anything. It wouldn’t have done any good anyway. Then last year I had lunch with a former colleague I have known for about 15 years. She complimented me on how confident I know am compared to when she first met me 15 years ago. She attributed my new confidence to my marriage. Not to the 15 years of additional managerial experience I now have. What is an ambitious girt to do? It is hard to fight against a culture that values beauty and marriage over intelligence and career goals. I am adding Levy’s book to my reading list. <br /><br />Also, I am currently reading Annie Leonard’s book “The Story of Stuff.” You might enjoy it; it’s about environmental sustainability.Savvyworkinggalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159197609419858161noreply@blogger.com