Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wants women to stop holding themselves back and to
"lean in" to their careers, but another poster girl for success in the media world, Ariana Huffington (of
The Huffington Post fame), has written, with respect to her own experience, that women also need to learn when to lean back:
If success continues to be defined as driving yourself into the ground
and burning out, it will be disastrous for our families, our companies,
and our world.
Huffington is the featured columnist in the "Hard Choices" section of a recent issue of
Bloomberg Businessweek. Read her short but heart-felt and illuminating piece
here.
- Photo-illustration courtesy: Bloomberg Businessweek
- ALSO READ: In today's Mint, "Women must find the strength to soar". Will Sheryl Sandberg's "lean-in" philosophy find takers here in India? Three women entrepreneurs — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Rashmi Bansal, and Meena Ganesh — talk to Bhakti Bapat Mathew about what it will take to ensure genuine equal opportunity at work in our country.
- ADDITIONAL READING: Legendary investment guru Warren Buffett explains why he is gung-ho about women in the workforce. He also expresses concern about too many women continuing to impose limitations on themselves, talking
themselves out of achieving their potential. Read his wise and witty piece here.
