My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.
ADORA SVITAKCEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement.
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A lot of negative words adults call the young.
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Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step.
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Maybe we don’t need to wait for our grandchildren’s questions to remind us we should have paid more attention to current events.
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We’re ignorant of our past.
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The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.
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But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.
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It has romance. Pretty dresses. Dancing. Limos. High school. Coming of age.
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Op-eds and studies can highlight our decreased enthusiasm for Facebook ’til the cows come home.
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A real world that is increasingly technology-driven.
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Since the age of four, I’ve been exploring what I can do with the written word.
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Rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.
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Our words can have power that we don’t think we have in everyday life.
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection.
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So in that respect I could be called one, although I don’t think I’ll go off the rails.
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Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn’t blow their own horn.
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