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Female ambition: Why does wanting more make us feel guilty? | Nadia Patel
Why does female ambition still come with so much explaining? You want the promotion, the bigger business or the opportunity to be seen, but admitting it can bring up a whole other set of questions. Will people think you’re selfish? Does it make you less committed to your family? What happens if you become more successful than your partner?
Identity coach Nadia Patel joins me to talk about the ambitions we downplay and the ways we wait to be noticed rather than asking for what we want. She introduces what she calls “identity lag”: being more capable and experienced than the version of yourself…
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