Watch Your Thoughts
July 5, 2014 Leave a comment
Leave The Crown In The Garage
July 4, 2014 1 Comment
“This is about 14 years ago. I was working in the office. And I got a call about 9:30 in the night from the existing chairman and CEO at that time.
He said, ‘Indra, we’re going to announce you as president and put you on the board of directors … ‘I was overwhelmed, because look at my background and where I came from -to be president of an iconic American company and to be on the board of directors, I thought something special had happened to me.
So rather than stay and work until midnight which I normally would’ve done because I had so much work to do, I decided to go home and share the good news with my family .
I got home about 10, got into the garage, and my mother was waiting at the top of the stairs. And I said, “Mom, I’ve got great news for you.
She said, “let the news wait.Can you go out and get some milk?”
I looked in the garage and it looked like my husband was home.
I said, “what time did he get home?”
She said “8 o’clock.”
I said, “Why didn’t you ask him to buy the milk?”
“He’s tired.”
“Okay . We have a couple of help at home, why didn’t you ask them to get the milk?” Read more of this post
I Don’t Think Women Can Have It All
July 4, 2014 1 Comment
“I don’t think women can have it all. I just don’t think so. We pretend we have it all. We pretend we can have it all. My husband and I have been married for 34 years. And we have two daughters. And every day you have to make a decision about whether you are going to be a wife or a mother, in fact many times during the day you have to make those decisions. And you have to co-opt a lot of people to help you. But if you ask our daughters, I’m not sure they will say that I’ve been a good mom. I’m not sure. And I try all kinds of coping mechanisms.
I’ll tell you a story that happened when my daughter went to Catholic school. Every Wednesday morning they had class coffee with the mothers. Class coffee for a working woman -how is it going to work? How am I going to take off 9 o’clock on Wednesday mornings? So I missed most class coffees. My daughter would come home and she would list off all the mothers that were there and say , “You were not there, mom.“I developed coping mechanisms. I called the school and I said, “give me a list of mothers that are not there.“So when she came home in the evening she said, “You were not there, you were not there.“And I said, “ah ha, Mrs. Redd wasn’t there, Mrs. So and So wasn’t there. So I’m not the only bad mother.” Read more of this post
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