Drop the Ball
Achieving More by Doing Less
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Tiffany Dufu's Drop the Ball is a bold and inspiring memoir and manifesto from a renowned voice in the women's leadership movement that shows women how to cultivate the single skill they really need in order to thrive: the ability to let go.
Once the poster girl for doing it all, after she had her first child, Tiffany Dufu struggled to accomplish everything she thought she needed to in order to succeed. Like so many driven and talented women who have been brought up to believe that to have it all, they must do it all, Dufu began to feel that achieving her career and personal goals was an impossibility. Eventually, she discovered the solution: letting go. In Drop the Ball, Dufu recounts how she learned to reevaluate expectations, shrink her to-do list, and meaningfully engage the assistance of others—freeing the space she needed to flourish at work and to develop deeper, more meaningful relationships at home.
Even though women are half the workforce, they still represent only eighteen per cent of the highest level leaders. The reasons are obvious: just as women reach middle management they are also starting families. Mounting responsibilities at work and home leave them with no bandwidth to do what will most lead to their success. Offering new perspective on why the women’s leadership movement has stalled, and packed with actionable advice, Tiffany Dufu’s Drop the Ball urges women to embrace imperfection, to expect less of themselves and more from others—only then can they focus on what they truly care about, devote the necessary energy to achieving their real goals, and create the type of rich, rewarding life we all desire.
Customer Reviews
Excellent!
This book is the real deal! It’s especially made for the working women who has children and a career. It’s realistic In it’s advice that you can’t have a perfect balance of a career and family life without dropping the ball. Dropping the ball doesn’t mean that you are not taking care of your responsibilities at home nor at work. It just means that you let go of your unrealistic expectations of motherhood, have a all in partnership with your husband or village, prioritize your well being to be able to ascend into your career aspirations. For women, there is no thing as perfect success. One has got to give. I realized as well with this book as women fight for equality in the workplace, there is no equality into the caregiving and caretaking into the home. If we want to see more women leaders into the workplace, we got to give them support at home for the family. Women can do it all but not all at once. I realized the men have the privilege to advance their careers because they have support at home. I also realized the inequality of women without children in the workforce as they get the bulk of the work because it’s assume they have more time to concentrate on their career. This book was well written and showed me my own blind spots into my family with stereotypes gendered expectations. We need more women in leadership positions in order to write policies that affect the workplace and caregiving benefits. Women shouldn’t have to step down from advancing their career or be penalized for having families. Great book in the era of working moms!