Dress for Success the Same Everyday

I had to chuckle when a link to  this article popped up on my LinkedIn "wall" today. We touched on the very same point during last week's Springboard workshop during our "Image" discussions.

5 Reasons Why Successful People Wear the Same Clothing Every Day

by Jeremy Flores in everydaypowerblog.com

The answer, in essence: "successful people make a concerted effort to reduce the number of decisions that they make in a given day."

Wishcraft for Goal Setters

At the last Springboard workshop, I shared a little of what I had learned on a Barbara Sher workshop. I attended a 2-day session recently in Frankfurt, for "Scanners". Barbara coined the term to describe people who are interested and passionate about many different things, usually simultaneously. She directed us to reconsider societal expectations that we (scanners) should find our one purpose in life and stick at it. We have many talents and are beholden to bring them into the light and share them. It's a sin if we don't!

The specific reason I wanted to tell the Springboard group about Barbara and what she writes about in Wishcraft and Refuse to Choose, was an exercise for plotting an action plan for implementing a goal: Backward Planning. Start with what you can do tomorrow. She describes the "flow chart" process in part 3 of Wishcraft: chapter 6 goes through the process step-by-step. Go to her website and you can download the whole book, for free!

wishcraft.com

Meet 12 Badass Scientists

“This picture carries extra power for me because we all look like our real selves,” says Marhaver. “I have this photo hanging behind my desk, so that when people come to my office, I have a posse of 12 PhDs backing me up.”                                                     Kristin Marhaver, coral biologist

Twelve women scientists of the TED Fellows program gather for a portrait at the TED Fellows Retreat this past August. Photo: Bret Hartman/TED

 Clink here to read the whole article and get to learn a little about each of these 12 women.

For Women With Drive

SheQuotes is one of my favourite inspirational, or simply cheer-me-up, websites. Curated by the fabulous Susan Macaulay of Amazing Women Rock, it's a wonderful place to see quotes by women with words worth reading.

This is particularly topical for the current Springboard group, I felt.

"I will never turn down my ambition" - follow the link for more quotes on COURAGE, SUCCESS & CHANGE as well as links to 100+ women who did something about something and A bunch of links to action-related articles - remember that Springboard is all about taking action and living the life you have decided is the one for you, based on your core values and beliefs.

We Are Not Equal - male engineering student to female engineering students

From an article in The Telegraph, By Jonathan Wells 09 Oct 2015

Male engineering student perfectly explains why women aren't equal to men 

A letter penned by mechanical engineering student Jared Mauldin has gone viral thanks to its impassioned description of the differences between men and women in the field

 Here's an image of the letter

Guest Speaker Material

Now this lady would make an ideal guest speaker for our last Springboard workshop of the current programme in Saarbrücken!

Stop Talking about Babies and Dresses - Focus on the Interesting Stuff!

Further to our conversations about appropriate Guest Speakers for the Computer Science PhD graduate Springboard women, this article seems to reflect some of what your were saying in terms of priorites.

Sexism in Tech Conferences - USA today article by Margaret Gould Stewart

One of the videos mentioned in the article

What does the Susan Wojcicki have to say about the future of YouTube? 

Pertinent question in comments below the video: "Holy cow! Did he really need to spend the first four minutes of the interview on children and parenting. When would this ever happen to a man of her stature?"

Women in the media suffer similar dumming-down

And another of my favourite videos where two actors are interviewed in an unusual way....

Run Faster Like A Girl

Another impactful image from website A Mighty Girl. Put a smile on my face!

"Winners Never Quit" - a book for girls

Mia Hamm, American soccer champion and best-selling author of Go for the Goal, tells a true-life-inspired story of learning that winning and losing aren't as important as being part of a team.
More than anyone, soccer superstar Mia Hamm knows the value of teamwork and perseverance. She shares this lesson, paired with energetic illustrations by Carol Thompson, in this motivational story perfect for soccer kids and their soccer moms!
"Parents or coaches wanting a story about the joy of playing soccer without emphasizing winning or losing will find an appropriate read-aloud here." -- School Library Journal
For more stories of girls and women in sports, visit A Mighty Girl's Sports & Games section.

Confronting Conflict Assertively

This is the video Guest Speaker we would have listened to yesterday if we hadn't lost power!

Anyway, watch and enjoy.

Turning the Tables

What if things at work were the other way around..?? Click on the link and watch the video - guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

McKinsey Women

Stand up to Ignorance

This image came from the website, A Mighty Girl

It was here I came across a book which I have subsequently ordered. I'll bring it along next month to show!

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World

Words Reflect How We Think

Following on from discussions from workshop 2 about changing how we talk to ourselves - changing our limiting beliefs - I was thrilled to find this photo of another educator doing a similar exercise!

Women Scientists do TED Talks

Choose from 11 TED talks and watch these trailblazering women inspiring a new generation of girls to follow their lead and change the ratio in STEM (science, math, engineering and tech).

Brilliant Women Scientists