Meri's Musings

Ever get the sense that there's still a glass ceiling? White House photos of the Situation Room during the SEAL Team assault on the Bin Laden compound It looks to me as if  there are an awful lot of "boys" in power central. But right now, even the women  have to think and act like men to gain access to power. . . and I'm not sure that we exercise it differently than men do, especially when we're so new to top level governmental decision-making  and our only models for how to do it  have been powerful men.. Baby steps. . . . p.s. The other woman in the situation room photo  is 34-year old Tufts University graduate and Harvard Kennedy School of Government alum Audrey Tomason, Director of CounterTerrorism. And if you want to read about what it was like to be one of the first wave of women going in respectable numbers to law school, click HERE to read one of my old posts.

One of the challenges that most women face is learning how to gracefully wield their power and let their light shine. Some of us were lucky enough to find great role models and learn from their examples. Others of us acquired power but never learned to use it wisely. The rest of us still struggle with expressing personal power. What lessons have you learned that might shine a light for other women? Share with us, please.