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How to Handle a Self-Assessment Like a Man

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Huffington Post - Once upon a time when I was a summer associate at a major investment bank, a Managing Director convened all the women in the class into a room and told us this fable: "If someone asked an auditorium full of people, 'Who here knows something about breastfeeding?,' all the men would raise their hands high into the air and say 'me! Me! I do!' "And all the women would half-raise their hands tentatively, saying "I don't know. I only have two kids. I'm not an expert or anything.'" While fictional, I find this story to be one of the most useful illustrations I've ever heard of the difference in perception that exists between men and women. While many call this a confidence gap, I prefer to think that that it's more like a standards gap. Women just have higher standards for what they expect from themselves. Men give themselves more room for failure, and tend to be more forgiving toward themselves. In the workplace, there are few places where this difference in perception rears its ugly head

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