Mistakes I Made at Work Quotes

“The lesson is: resistance is just resistance. If you make a conscious decision not to pursue your idea, that’s one thing. But unless somebody says, “No, don’t do that,” it’s not a no. And if you allow yourself to be dissuaded without actually hearing that no, then you may end up feeling like a victim and feeling resentful at work.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“This was the experience that taught me that wherever you go, whatever job you take, you always want to be working on boosting your career skills, not in the hopes that you’ll get a reward from your current company or boss—because they might not be there one day. Instead, you almost need to see yourself as a freelancer, building skills and capabilities to take with you to the next job and the next job and the next job. That’s your toolkit, and you should be adding to it all the time, because you can’t rely on a company to take care of you and nurture you and bring”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Я не кажу, що наука — це завжди весело, та коли ви доходите до етапу, на якому всі дані прямо перед вами, і починаєте бачити патерни, а природа починає до вас говорити — от це насолода.
Ширлі Малком”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Як це можливо — шукати роботу чи складати резюме, коли у вас практично немає ні вихідних, ні заощаджень, на які можна покластись, та й самі ви почуваєтеся розбитими, виснаженими й заляканими власною тінню?
Шерон Померанц”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Отримайте настільки всеохопну освіту, наскільки можливо. У вас більше ніколи не буде шансу вчитися так, як у коледжі й університеті, тож не зациклюйтеся сильно на одному предметі. Ви можете виявити в себе захоплення, про яке навіть не здогадувались. А глибокі знання у сфері мистецтва, літератури, науки... в майбутньому стануть вам у пригоді.
Рут Райхль”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“When you have a “growth mindset,” you understand that mistakes and setbacks are an inevitable part of learning.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Ruth Ozeki’s latest book, A Tale for the Time Being, takes place—in part—in Japan.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“If you’re not blessed enough to be able to banish the voice of self-doubt and self-criticism from your head, then develop compensatory strategies—like getting out of the house, exercising, and connecting with friends.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“But I think problems arise in particular for someone like me: because school had always come easily, the first twenty-two years of my life had been a string of successes, and I didn’t really know how to handle setbacks.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Many, I think, never figure out how to handle the emptiness that comes when the rush of achievement fades away, or the loneliness—the sense of invisibility—when no one is there to hand out yet another ‘A.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Don’t expect too much of yourself when you’re young. It’s better to be a late bloomer than an early one; so many young successes flame out and spend the rest of their lives lamenting what they used to have.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Mufleh is the CEO of the Fugees Family, which is a nonprofit devoted to child survivors of war.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“I found a description of my dream job at a firm called the Great Place to Work Institute, which consulted to companies trying to create better workplaces for their employees.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won’t Learn in Business School and Pushback: How Smart Women Ask—and Stand Up—for What They Want. As the same time, Rezvani created Women’s Roadmap, which engages in women’s leadership development and helps companies to create inclusive workplaces.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“this quote from Howard Thurman, a theologian who greatly influenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Don’t just ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Researchers Alice Eagly and Linda Carli debunked the idea of a “glass ceiling,” a barrier that exists only at the top. Instead, their extensive analyses show that gender bias in the United States is alive and well at entry-level and senior-level jobs, for blue-collar workers and executives. Women are more likely to get flack for mistakes, especially in typically “male” roles—this phenomenon is called “the glass cliff”—and studies show that women of color are even more at risk for being perceived as incompetent.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“People are comfortable with others who are open about their flaws, who don’t try to pretend to be more than they are. It’s easier to go through life being honest and owning up to your less-than qualities than faking it.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“If procrastination is a symptom of perfectionism, it’s also a protective strategy—you stop yourself before you can make a mistake. It’s not an effective strategy, but it’s a strategy nonetheless.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“My father was a wonderful man but he was a terrible perfectionist and, like many perfectionists, he procrastinated. At the end of his life, he was tormented by remorse about all the things he hadn’t gotten around to doing.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“When you are one of the only people from a particular cultural background—in a classroom, a workplace, or an entire field—any bias that you face is complicated by being female.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“It’s better to be a late bloomer than an early one; so many young successes flame out and spend the rest of their lives lamenting what they used to have.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“If you do find yourself asking for money over the phone or in person, allow for silence right after you ask. It’s a very powerful tool.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Guilt relates to an act you did, and you can remedy that act to resolve the guilt. But shame is internal; it’s the realization that you’re not who you thought you were. Guilt makes you want to fix things, but shame makes you want to run and hide.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Sometimes being comfortable in a place isn’t a good enough reason to stay there. It’s okay to take risks.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“There is no school, no therapy session, no amount of money that will earn you the wisdom and strength conferred by an epic-fail mistake.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“Failing is sometimes the only way forward. You can read thousands of books about public speaking, but until you do it, you are not going to grow. Learning through experience is key.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

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― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“I would encourage every young woman to find at least one beautifully mucky place in which you’re not the expert—and then to wade in.”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong

“What really made me leave, though, was not a lack of promotions or tenure—they ultimately tried to give me both. It was the lack of accountability in the research we were doing. I was supposed to be satisfied with just writing papers on how robots could help kids with disabilities achieve basic, everyday tasks, and I thought, “My God, there’s a market there. There’s a need for this technology. How can I do research on these kids and look the parents in the eye when they ask, ‘So how can I get a robot like the one we’ve been testing to make my kid’s physical therapy fun?’ How can I tell them, ‘There isn’t one’?”
― Jessica Bacal, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong