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Funnily enough, the "take control" idea is a very similar idea to one Sheryl Sandberg talks about: "when you blame someone else for keeping you back, you are a
by pbiggar 15y ago
Funnily enough, the "take control" idea is a very similar idea to one Sheryl Sandberg talks about:
"when you blame someone else for keeping you back, you are accepting your powerlessness"
Of course, she's not acting like an ass when she says it.
- drivebyacct2 15y agoThere's a difference between saying "I don't want to ask for more", and simply not even thinking to do it or being raised in a society where it doesn't even occur to her that she might be able to do so. That's kinda the important theme behind socially trained behaviors like this.
- lusr 15y agoThis is precisely the problem for a lot of people. I know plenty of guys who don't think to do this, and I used to be one of them (presumably because of subconscious beliefs that people 'should' be fair). In the past 16 months I've increased my income by 2.5x AND now receive overtime pay after quitting my original job having been told I was receiving "market-related" rates.