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confidence as a writer

Do Women Writers Have a “Confidence Gap?”

July 1, 2014 by diannejacob 44 Comments

Confident-Businessman

Are you as confident as this guy? According to most surveys, probably not.

Well duh. Of course we do. Since it’s mostly women who read my blog, I feel we can talk amongst ourselves. So just between us, when I read this article about our lack of confidence, I felt a blush of familiarity.

“The Confidence Gap” posits that there’s another reason why women are not breaking the glass ceiling, besides the tug of motherhood and entrenched sexism. It’s our confidence level.

That’s so us.

As a speaker, teacher and coach, I see this “confidence gap” with women clients, female students, and at conference sessions full of [Read more…] about Do Women Writers Have a “Confidence Gap?”

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: confidence as a writer, Food blogging, food writing, The Confidence Gap

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