{"id":2318,"date":"2007-06-25T01:20:55","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T01:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/06\/women-authors-pam-smith.html"},"modified":"2007-06-25T01:20:55","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T01:20:55","slug":"women-authors-pam-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/06\/women-authors-pam-smith.html","title":{"rendered":"Women Authors: Pam Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rummaged around the books on my desk recently and discovered I had a week of posts sitting here about books written by women. I want to begin today with Pamela J. Smith, <\/em>Nine Ways Women Sabotage Their Careers<\/a><\/em>.
\nI’m not a business person, but when I read this book I thought of parallels in the academic community. And the book is laced up and tied ever gently with story after story from the business world by a woman who has learned a ton and knows how to package this in a way that makes her major points clear. So, I’ll give them … but first my question:
\nHow do women sabotage their careers (because they are women)? And, what advice would you give to young women entering into a career?
\nAnd I’ll admit this: whenever we males enter into this conversation we run the risk of saying something sexist. I’ve done my best to avoid this… but this is a book about the distinction of women in the work world.
\n#1: Viewing her uniqueness as a woman as weakness.
\n#2: Neglecting to treat male colleagues as customers.
\n#3: Failing to find a good mentor.
\n#4: Underestimating (because you are a woman) your influence on others.
\n#5: Vandalizing your image by doing stupid things.
\n#6: Whining instead of shining.
\n#7: Living an unbalanced life.
\n#8: Running from risk.
\n#9: Staying too long.
\nEach of these — and I mean each of them — is defined well, is illustrated with sharp and well-written stories, and provides some biblical passages to consider for each topic.
\nI’ll say this: I thought this was a good book but, until I got into it, I didn’t realize how good it was. Every young woman entering into the work world would benefit from this book — so I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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