Reshma Saujani

Imagine if you lived without the fear of not being good enough. If you didn't care how your life looked on Instagram, or worry about what total strangers thought of you. Imagine if you could let go of the guilt, and stop beating yourself up for tiny mistakes. What if, in every decision you faced, you took the bolder path? Too many of us feel crushed under the weight of our own expectations. We run ourselves ragged trying to please everyone, all the time. We lose sleep ruminating about whether we may have offended someone, pass up opportunities that take us out of our comfort zones, and avoid rejection at all costs. There's a reason we act this way, Reshma says. As girls, we were taught to play it safe. Well-meaning parents and teachers praised us for being quiet and polite, urged us to be careful so we didn't get hurt, and steered us to activities at which we could shine. The problem is that perfect girls grow up to be women who are afraid to fail. It's time to stop letting our fears drown out our dreams and narrow our world, along with our chance at happiness. By choosing bravery over perfection, we can find the power to claim our voice, to leave behind what makes us unhappy, and go for the things we genuinely, passionately want. Perfection may set us on a path that feels safe, but bravery leads us to the one we're authentically meant to follow. In Brave, Not Perfect, Reshma shares powerful insights and practices to help us override our perfect girl training and make bravery a lifelong habit. By being brave, not perfect, we can all become the authors of our biggest, boldest, and most joyful life.

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe founder of Girls Who Code and bestselling author of Brave, Not Perfect confronts the “big lie” of corporate feminism and presents a bold plan to address the burnout and inequity harming America’s working women today.We told women that to break glass ceilings and succeed in their careers, all they needed to do is dream big, raise their hands, and lean in. But data tells a different story. Historic numbers of women left their jobs in 2021, resulting in their lowest workforce participation since 1988. Women’s unemployment rose to nearly fifteen percent, and globally women lost over $800 billion in wages. Fifty-one percent of women say that their mental health has declined, while anxiety and depression rates have skyrocketed.In this urgent and rousing call to arms, Reshma Saujani dismantles the myth of “having it all” and lifts the burden we place on individual women to be primary caregivers, and to work around a system built for and by men. The time has come, she argues, for innovative corporate leadership, government intervention, and sweeping culture shift; it’s time to Pay Up.Through powerful data and personal narrative, Saujani shows that the cost of inaction—for families, for our nation’s economy, and for women themselves—is too great to ignore. She lays out four key steps for creating lasting empower working women, educate corporate leaders, revise our narratives about what it means to be successful, and advocate for policy reform.Both a direct call to action for business leaders and a pragmatic set of tools for women themselves, Pay Up offers a bold vision for change as America defines the future of work.

Crack the code to your future dreams Since 2012, the organization Girls Who Code has been leading the charge to get girls interested in technology and coding. Now its founder, Reshma Saujani, wants to inspire you to be a girl who codes!Bursting with dynamic artwork, down-to-earth explanations of coding principles, and real-life stories of girls and women working at places like Pixar and NASA, this graphically animated book shows what a huge role computer science plays in our lives and how much fun it can be. No matter your interest—sports, the arts, baking, student government, social justice—coding can help you do what you love and make your dreams come true.Whether you’re a girl who’s never coded before, a girl who codes, or a parent raising one, this entertaining book, printed in bold two-color and featuring art on every page, will have you itching to create your own apps, games, and robots to make the world a better place.

There’s never been a better time to be woman. We live in an era when girls are told they can do anything. So why aren’t we seeing more women rising to the top ranks of corporations and the government? Why don’t our girls have more women in leadership roles to look up to? Women Who Don’t Wait in Line is an urgent wake-up call from politico and activist Reshma Saujani. The former New York City Deputy Public Advocate and founder of the national nonprofit Girls Who Code argues that aversion to risk and failure is the final hurdle holding women back in the workplace. Saujani advocates a new model of female leadership based on sponsorship—where women encourage each other to compete, take risks, embrace failure, and lift each other up personally and professionally. Woven throughout the book are lessons and stories from accomplished women like Susan Lyne, Randi Zuckerberg, Mika Brzezinski, and Anne-Marie Slaughter, who have faced roadblocks and overcome them by forging new paths, being unapologetically ambitious, and never taking no for an answer. Readers are also offered a glimpse into Saujani’s personal story, including her immigrant upbringing and the insights she gleaned from running a spirited campaign for U.S. Congress in 2010. Above all else, Women Who Don’t Wait in Line is an inspiring call from a woman who is still deep in the trenches. Saujani aims to ignite her fellow women—and enlist them in remaking America.

Recoding History: Audacious Women Who Shaped Our Digital World is an immersive look into the lives of some of computer history's most ingenious and audacious women. Pulling from the Computer History Museum’s archives and hosted by Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code, listeners will learn and laugh along with these great minds as they recount their stories in their own words. In addition, Reshma and contributing experts help bring the women’s remarkable accomplishments to life and discuss their significance in the longer arc of technological history. In an era driven by technology and computing, Recoding History: Audacious Women Who Shaped Our Digital World spotlights lesser-known figures whose work continues to impact our daily lives—and reminds listeners that in order to build a brighter future, inclusion and innovation must go hand-in-hand.Recoding History: Audacious Women Who Shaped Our Digital World is an Audible Original presented in partnership with the Computer History Museum and produced by Treefort Media.©2024 Computer History Museum (P)2024 Audible Originals, LLC

COMETA MAIS ERROS, VIVA SEM MEDO E COM OUSADIA. Reshma Saujani é fundadora da ONG Girls Who Code, dedicada a aumentar o número de mulheres que trabalham na área da tecnologia. Sua palestra TED, que inspirou este livro, já foi assistida por 4 milhões de pessoas. “Reshma é uma amiga destemida sempre ao seu lado, encorajando-a em tudo o que faz. Se você tem medo do fracasso e precisa de apoio, este livro é para você.” — Marie Claire “Escrevi este livro porque a busca da perfeição me limitou durante muitos anos. Aos 33, finalmente aprendi a ser corajosa na vida profissional, o que também me ensinou a ser corajosa na vida pessoal. Desde então, venho exercitando o músculo da coragem todos os dias. Quando deixamos para trás a sofrida necessidade de perfeição, encontramos liberdade, alegria e todas as coisas boas que queremos na vida. Está na hora de parar de desistir antes mesmo de tentar. Porque, quando desistimos de tudo o que representa desafio, ficamos presas em um estado de inércia e insatisfação que destrói nossa alma. Persistimos em relacionamentos que nos fazem sofrer, em um meio social que nos puxa para baixo ou em uma carreira que nos deixa infelizes. Ter medo de tentar algo novo, de cometer erros e talvez até de parecer um pouco tolas leva a um monte de talento brilhante desperdiçado, ambições reprimidas e arrependimento. E se disséssemos simplesmente ‘Dane-se! Vou dizer o que passar pela minha cabeça, mesmo que ninguém goste... ou me candidatar àquela tarefa que parece irrealizável... ou mudar minha vida como sempre sonhei em segredo, sem me preocupar com o resultado’? Como seria nossa vida?” Acabamento Brochura Altura 23.00 cm Ano da edição 2019 <

The new Lean In, from the multi-award-winning Founder and CEO of national non-profit Girls Who Code and New York Times bestselling author Reshma Saujani.‘We are raising our boys to be brave, but our girls to be perfect. And this is holding us back.’Imagine if you lived without the fear of failure, without the fear of not measuring up. If you no longer felt the need to stifle your thoughts and swallow what you really want to say in order to please and appease others. If you could stop berating yourself mercilessly for human mistakes, let go of the guilt and the strangling pressure to be perfect, and just breathe. What if, in every decision you faced, you made the brave choice or took the bolder path. Would you be happier? Would you impact the world in the ways you dream you can?I believe the answer to both is yes.

Based on New York Times best-selling author Reshma Saujani’s international bestseller of the same name, the Brave, Not Perfect 2021 Calendar empowers women and girls to live their biggest, boldest, most joyful lives.As the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, Saujani became acutely aware that while little boys were encouraged to take chances, little girls had been encouraged to play it safe, and that mindset continued into adulthood. No more!Each daily page of this calendar offers spirited––and occasionally irreverent––advice, insights, and suggested practices for how to rewire mindsets for bravery instead of perfection.Features

Maya Chung es la protagonista de este nuevo volumen de la colección. Al principio, Maya nos sitúa en su entorno vive con su madre, viuda de su padre cuando Maya era apenas una niña pequeña, y con el novio de la madre desde hace muchos años. La protagonista confiesa al lector su gran una vez fue detenida por robar un pintauñas en una tienda. Reconoce que fue un acto del que se ha arrepentido desde el primer minuto y que lo hizo porque se dejó influenciar por una vecina, una tal Nicole. Esta niña había ido a pasar las vacaciones de verano a casa de su tía y, al ser vecinos, se hizo amiga de Maya. Afortunadamente la niña volvió a su ciudad y la protagonista la perdió de vista. Pero nuestra protagonista lleva su secreto dentro y no se atreve a confesárselo a nadie.

Reshma Saujani kandidierte 2010 für einen Platz im US-Kongress. Trotz großer Ängste wagte sie den Schritt und scheiterte. Ihre Kandidatur endete in einer grandiosen Niederlage – und mit einer kathartischen Egal wie peinlich und unangenehm ihr Scheitern war, sie versank nicht im Erdboden, das Leben ging weiter. Ihr wurde klar, wie sehr sie diese Angst ihr Leben lang eingeschränkt hatte und wie typisch ihre Vermeidungstaktik für Frauen war. Von Kindheit an werden Mädchen dazu angehalten, keine Fehler zu machen, nicht zu scheitern, während Jungen meist zum Risiko, zum Ausprobieren motiviert werden und dadurch das Scheitern lernen. So werden aus Mädchen perfektionistische Frauen und aus Jungs risikofreudige Männer.Viele Frauen bleiben deshalb ihr Leben lang unter ihren Möglichkeiten. Das möchte Reshma Saujani mit ihrem inspirierenden Hörbuch ändern. Sie zeigt praxisnahe Wege aus dem Perfektionismus auf sowie Strategien, mit denen man seine Angst vor dem Scheitern überwinden kann.In deiner Audible-Bibliothek findest du für dieses Hörerlebnis eine PDF-Datei mit zusätzlichem Material.>> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung genießt du exklusiv nur bei Audible.