“I help out at Tall Trees, which my aunt set up on the Central Coast. Its where intellectually impaired young people can paint. Their artworks sent to hospitals all over Australia to brighten up their rooms.” PeopleHelpingYoungRoomsTreePaintAustraliaHospitalsTallCoastAuntArtworkTall Trees Author:Jessica McNamee
“Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake.” YearsMadeTwoHandsBigsMistakeSuccessfulExerciseTwo YearsHindsightBig Mistake Author:Vince Gill
“I think women have a hard time not apologizing their way into negotiations. We tend to back in to these conversations in a self-deprecating and ultimately self-defeating way.” ThinkingWaySelfHardConversationHard TimesApologizingNegotiationSelf DeprecatingSelf DeprecationSelf Deprecating Humor Author:Mika Brzezinski
“My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.” MadeMistakeSituationMorningFiveAskingSalarySame Mistakes Author:Mika Brzezinski
“I suffered from a mild case of postpartum depression after my second child and the physical challenge of maintaining an overnight shift at CBS, a marriage, and two in diapers made the symptoms worse and everyone in the house paid the price.” ChildrenMadeTwoHouseChallengesCasesPaidSymptomsMaintainingDiapersPostpartumPostpartum Depression Author:Mika Brzezinski
“We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people don't like us. Women tend to worry about popularity; it doesn't matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay.” PeopleIfsNeedsMatterShowsPayBrainWorryLike YouOkayChecksPopularity Author:Mika Brzezinski
“Being unemployed has so many real and palpable ramifications but there are also psychological side effects which you can only understand if youve truly lived through it.” IfsRealSidesEffectsPsychologicalUnemployedSide EffectsRamifications Author:Mika Brzezinski
“The needs of babies and toddlers were constant and drained the life out my sense of self and my familys relationship with each other.” NeedsSelfBabyConstantSense Of SelfToddlerDrained Author:Mika Brzezinski
“My grandmother made sure that I went to church every Sunday. And shed come over and pick us boys up, and we would go to the Nazarene church. And back then, that was about as close to heaven as I ever got, because just the time to be able to spend with her, and she was very, very religious.” MadeAbleHeavenChurchReligiousBoysPicksGrandmotherSundayShedMy GrandmotherNazarene Author:John Mellencamp