Forbes: by Denise Restuari —
What are successful women in their thirties thinking, doing and saying? For my Forbes eBook,Their Roaring Thirties, I interviewed over 100 women who are navigating through a decade that is sandwiched between millennial superstars and women at the top –women who are too old to be in the ‘Wow! Look at what this 23-year-old is doing” category, but too young to be a power woman. From what’s keeping them up at night to what the word “career” means to having the “death talk” with their parents, here are 16 quotes that give you an inside look into what’s happening in the lives of these women who beat the youth trap:
Some women are giving it their all—they are leaning in as Sheryl Sandberg suggests we should be—but they don’t have anyone on the other side to catch them or help them . –Jayne Juvan, corporate partner at Roetzel & Andress
We’re not going to be 100% partner, 100% mom, 100% CEO and have time for a manicure and massage with our girlfriends. It’s just not how it works. –Rachel Shechtman, founder of STORY
I think about kids all the time, whether I want them or whether I just don’t want to miss out on the experience of having kids. I guess you could say I have FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). –Leanne Pittsford, a founder ofLesbians Who Tech
I have an intense belief that I can do anything (sometimes more than I should), always believing I can do “more than I know,” so I take chances.–Kat Cole, President of Cinnabon
I could easily delay and outsource children—but I think in the end, I’d look back and wonder why I had put the things that matter most at the mercy of those that matter less. So I purposefully turned down some professional opportunities. –Heather Staker, Senior Research Fellow, Education at Clayton Christensen Institute
Last summer I hit a wall. I was miserable, unable to focus and anxious about my next steps. My executive coach told me that I was having a midlife crisis 15 years early. –Amy Webb, CEO and Founder of Webbmedia Group and Spark Camp
Women aren’t always nice to each other … This is not a hazing … Nothing will ever change if we women don’t share opportunities with each other. –Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code
I can’t pass off my responsibility as a global citizen to somebody else just because I want an ‘easier’ life. And, is an ‘easier’ life what I want? –Shannon Galpin, Founder Mountain2Mountain
Too often we talk about work and life as separate and that’s why the word career never meant much – for me, it’s all the same road. –Ara Katz, cofounder and CMO atSpringNYC
I was waiting for a miracle to happen to get me out of my job, but I had the power all along. –Nadia Jones, CEO of Niche Parent Blogger Network
Being in your 30s is a barren wasteland ofambition without recognition.–Rachel Cohen Gerrol, cofounder of NEXUS Global Youth Summit
My parents are alive, but I had the “death conversation” with them, getting everything in order, preparing for their deaths. I never thought I’d be doing that in my 30s.–Christina Greer, Assistant Professor, Fordham University
I could never answer the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I wondered, “Why am I shackled by this bizarre myth that I can only be one thing?”–Leslie Graff, Fine Artist; Psychosocial and Developmental Specialist; Online Course Creator – Lesliegraff.com, Vascular Birthmarks Foundation; Brigham Young University
I work just as hard as men… success comes from not just working harder than the next man or woman, but by also having integrity, gaining respect and credibility from colleagues, and by helping others succeed.” –Kendra Gardiner, Operations Manager, Thogus
Origional Post here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/deniserestauri/2014/12/03/top-16-quotes-from-successful-women-who-beat-the-youth-trap/
Denise Restauri is the author of Their Roaring Thirties: Brutally Honest Career Talk From Women Who Beat The Youth Trap now available for iBooks, Amazon, and Vook.