Posted March 12th, 2015 @ 8:24am
The answer: Men.
Who’s telling me this? Everyone.
If men aren’t better, then why is success based off of how a man would do it?
We give people money because they act (and look) like men.
We know “pattern recognition” exists because people have admitted to it. Venture capitalist John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers says he invests when founders share characteristics to established folks, like Jeff Bezos and Marc Andreessen. Basically, they’re “white, male nerds who’ve dropped out of Harvard or Stanford.” Y Combinator’s Paul Graham says he can be tricked into investing in anyone who looks like Mark Zuckerburg.
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Posted March 3rd, 2015 @ 8:30am
in #passion career kevinoleary sharktank money
You’ve heard. I’ve heard it. We’ve all heard the cute, sound advice: Do what you love and the money will come. The first time you heard this, you were probably young, overtly optimistic, and blinded by love (your passion), so this advice sounded easy enough.
Then, you entered the world and quickly realized, sure, life’s too short to do what you hate, but doing what you love … that work needs to make money, too. What if the money takes years to come? It would be foolish to think that money doesn’t matter and that passion can feed you, keep you warm, pay your rent, and keep you energetic for the years of struggle and self-doubt.
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Posted February 18th, 2015 @ 12:56pm
in #smile genderissues #career
Everywhere women go, men tell us to “smile.” Here’s a piece of advice: Stop.
First, you’ve done nothing to make me smile (telling me to do so certainly won’t help) and second, I don’t want to smile — even if every study in the world tells me I’ll be a lot happier if I was just, well, happier.
Research tells us smiling improves our mood and also finds our brains so out of it, it can’t distinguish a fake smile from a real one, so we get the same benefits regardless. Research also tells us if we smile around others, they’ll likely think we’re likeable, courteous, and competent, meaning you’re on your way to getting a promotion. Apparently, it’s also nearly impossible to frown at someone if they’re smiling at you so give everyone a fake smile and you’ll likely get a bunch of fake ones back.
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Vivian Giang