Rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
ADORA SVITAKOur inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something.
More Adora Svitak Quotes
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Prom has all the elements of a popular story.
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My own is of someone who is talented and tries to help other children.
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There’s no committee that says, ‘This is the type of person who can change the world – and you can’t.
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The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors’ pushup bras?
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But also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.
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The traits the word ‘childish’ addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age.
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But where’s the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?
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I was thrilled to be able to read at three.
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The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it.
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Our words can have power that we don’t think we have in everyday life.
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My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
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There are lots of different interpretations of the word ‘prodigy.’
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All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain – and pretty much nothing else.
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If I had my way, I’d end all wars and poverty.
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I realise I’m still a child, though I do feel older.
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The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.
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Our inexperience might be what gives us the ability to teach our elders something.
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And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.
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Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children.
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Where no girl is denied access to education, for instance.
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To show that you truly care, you listen.
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It seems we’re not only uninformed about our present.
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I wouldn’t call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers.
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Whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today’s girls.
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We always reference kids but very rarely ask their opinion.
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CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement.
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