A businesswoman has a conversation with her five-year-old daughter. “What if I told you that as Mommy does better at work, fewer people like me. But when Daddy does better at work, more people like him. What would you say?” She expected her child to say, “Well that’s really unfair, Mom.” But what she said instead was, “Well then, Mommy, I would be less successful at work so more people will like me.”
New Research Shows Success Doesn’t Make Women Less Likable
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