The elusive nature of confidence has intrigued us ever since we started work on our 2009 book, Womenomics, which looked at the many positive changes unfolding for women. But these explanations for a continued failure to break the glass ceiling are missing something more basic: women’s acute lack of confidence. Other commentators point to cultural and institutional barriers to female success. Maternal instincts do contribute to a complicated emotional tug between home and work lives, a tug that, at least for now, isn’t as fierce for most men.
Some observers say children change our priorities, and there is some truth in this claim. If I had to pick, I'd rather be a witch than shut out." - anewleaf "I had quite a few stare-downs with folks who thought I was being unseemly and it did cost me, but ultimately, the trade was worth it. Typically speaking, men have a propensity to be overconfident, leaving them irrelevant and exposed to failure more often than they should." - Steven Smith "The great irony is that women have more of the natural traits of real confidence than men. "The best advice as I can give you as someone who started out with no confidence and has been in the workforce for 8 years now, is fake it 'til you make it." - Kiki "When most women, however accomplished and intelligent they may really be, attempt to demonstrate confidence by (consciously or unconsciously) trying to imitate male confidence, it all too often comes across wrong, like a singer hitting a wrong note." - Rozzer Excerpts from comments posted to this story:
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