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One of the secrets to being a successful woman is knowing when to keep pursuing your goals, and when to give up. These tips for successful life planning are inspired by quotations from Serena Williams – and they involve knowing when it’s time to give up on unhealthy goals and when it’s time to set new intentions… “Luck [...] The life lesson: a woman can lose her personal identity in a romantic relationship – and not realize it until it’s too late! The successful woman: George Eliot, a prolific writer who lived in the 1880’s. Her real name was Mary Anne Evans (she uses a male pen name so her work would be taken [...] These six life lessons from Maria Shriver revolve around her book, Just Who Will You Be? – which she described on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Here are the highlights of Shriver’s book, plus advice on letting go of the roles you play (getting unstuck and finding your self-identity!). Maria Shriver’s mom, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founded the Special Olympics, [...] The life lesson: sometimes you have to give up on your goals – for your own good. The successful woman: Anna Quindlen, a Pulitzer-prize winning author. “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing,” says Quindlen, “is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of being yourself.” Sometimes you have to give up for your own [...] The life lesson: what it means to be a successful woman can be narrowed down…but not defined? The successful woman: Eleanor Roosevelt. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent,” said Roosevelt – and that right there is a key definition of a successful woman! In this case, there’s no “one size fits all.” Here [...] The life lesson: to be fully yourself – authentic and real – you have to let go of other people’s expectations. The successful woman: Maria Shriver, journalist and author of Just Who Will You Be? “As long as I was trying to anticipate what people wanted from me, as long as I was trying to fulfill other people’s expectations, [...] The life lesson: keeping your self-identity means owning your unique point of view! The successful woman: Sarah Ban Breathnach. “One of the most important milestones we’ll hit along the way is the moment when we finally own our own unique point of view and realize how priceless it is,” writes Ban Breathnach in Simple Abundance: A Daybook of [...] Maria Shriver writes and speaks about living your own life and writing your own story. When I hear Michelle Obama share her goals for Barack’s term in the White House – such as creating an “Obama China pattern” – I wonder what Maria Shriver’s advice for her would be! After all, Shriver is a successful woman, [...] |
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