It's was Tuesday morning. I have been so frustrated with my job lately - I have had so many "Don't they see" moments. I work very hard, I rarely say 'no'. Why do I feel like they (management, my bosses) don't like me?
One of my bosses advised me to read the book "Know Your Value" by Mika Brzezinksi.
At first, I was a little taken back with why is he giving me a self-help book. I know MY value, I wanna know why they don't? Then I started to read it.
A quote that stuck with me through out me reading it was:
"Women have been brought up on emotion. Feeling loved by your bosses, doesn't mean you are
being valued."
Yup, there it is--black and white. Was I really concerned about being liked rather than being valued?
It's such a good book--since Tuesday, I stopped apologizing for things--yeah, totally stopped saying sorry for work things.
I mean, obviously I will apologize if the situation warrants it, but why should I be timid - I need to go for it.
She even advised to take the same survey this week's questionnaire did to determine if you have a subconscious bias. She pointed at the fact that in Norway, 40% of a company's board members bust be female. One of the main reasons is that it has an impact on how much men do get paid. We all know that women get $0.83 for every $1.00 (mothers make less than that!) a man makes (due to a 2016 survey).
Then I took this questionnaire---guess what? I have a bias--men are leaders, women are supporters. I really thought I would it would be the other way around, however, Rome WAS NOT built in a day.
I am definitely working on improving to ensure I do not have a bias.
With that, I'm also working on my confidence too!
Here are the results to my survey!
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