So yesterday I got an interesting mail
from one of my female reader and which influenced me to write this kind of
article for the first time ever.
Here is what she wanted to know.
I have some doubts in my mind
and I will be extremely grateful if you solve it for me.
Is
being a girl a disadvantage for me? I know it is, specially in the business my
father deals with. i want to be actively involved in business. i know the
hospital thing is happening but I am really keen in working in the raw
material industry. Do you think that my gender will be a big issue for me? I
know it is a small issue, specially when females generally do not enter this
field. Do you think it will be wise for me to try it out or should I play safe
and go for the medical business?
the
problem is that I cannot wait for a long time to think about it because this is
a really fast moving industry and if I take my time I may lag behind and that
will be a huge blow for the business. My safety and my well-being is my parents
chief concern. Will I be making a mistake by entering this industry alone,
because I know my father won't be there to protect me all the time. Please do
let me know your views regarding this matter.
Thanking you
Regards
Ms.
K Sarkar
Well Ms. K Sarkar and all the women
who are reading this post,
It's hard to become a successful female
business leader if you don't have a core set of principles to guide you.
The
most successful women set standards for themselves, for their employees, for
their products and for their brands. Unfortunately, bold and decisive female
entrepreneurs are often greeted with more disdain than respect.
Stick to your
guns and you don't get congratulated for being professional, you get criticized
for being a bitch.
–
Diana Ross
So what do you
do if that's the penalty for sticking up for what you believe in? You do it
anyway. To see why, it's time to consult with the self-proclaimed “baddest
bitch” of them all. Nicki Minaj.
In a backstage
interview for her upcoming documentary “My Time Now,”
Minaj explained why she doesn't hold back when her standards aren't met.
“I put
quality in what I do. I spend time and I spend energy and I spend effort and I
spend everything I have, every fiber of my being, to give people quality. So if
I turn up to a photo shoot and you got a $50 clothes budget and some sliced
pickles on a mother—-in' board, you know what? No. I am gonna leave. Is that
wrong? For wanting more for myself, wanting people to treat me with respect?
But you know what? Next time, they know better. But had I accepted the pickle
juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now."
Although we can't all be platinum
chart-toppers, what Minaj says is true for all entrepreneurs.
When you put your
heart and soul into what you do and the people around you don't live up to your
standards, then calling them out on it does not make you a bitch.
It makes you
serious. It's what you do when you want people to know that if they waste your
time, you won't just smile and take it.
When it comes
to inspiring women in business fields,
my post may seem to be both long and strange. It's no wonder. Throughout their
lives, women are taught to behave in ways that are completely contrary to their
goals.
Women expected
to water down their statements when they mean to assert themselves, to accept
the respect they get instead of demanding the respect they deserve, and to do
everything they can to avoid being called a bitch.
After all, the term
“bitch” is really just a rhetorical tool for turning confidence, dignity and
power into things that are unseemly.
It's a personal attack that's used to make
any woman who seeks or displays these characteristics into something ugly,
fearful, even bestial.
In short, it's used to keep the women in their place and out of
the 'boys' club.
After all, the
term “bitch” is really just a rhetorical tool for turning confidence, dignity
and power into things that are unseemly.
It's a personal attack that's used to
make any woman who seeks or displays these characteristics into something ugly,
fearful, even bestial.
In short, it's used to keep us in our place and out of
the old boys' club.
But if you can successfully flip the
script and stop letting the bitch label hold you back.
Maybe it's time you should stop caring about
the negative perspective of accepting the term ‘bitch’ and start
getting influenced by keeping that in mind that, bitches get,what they they really deserve.
So if my post
has inspired you enough, consider this as a GOLDEN RULE,
If you also think that you stand out of the box, you stand out of the crowd.
Don't be nice. Be a bitch. Start standing up for yourselves,
and who knows? You might just change where you stand.
THANK YOU FOR
READING MY POST.
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share if you think, that it could help somebody.
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appreciate that very much.
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you.
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to follow my blog and use it as a guideline.
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not to disappoint you guys.
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