Emma Grede

That the system may not be fair, but you did not let that determine the size of your future.

One million percent.

Because that is the truth that we all live in, right?

We know that the system is not made for us.

And if you ask me, I think about women as the greatest untapped power resource in the world.

That's how I think about women.

And when I wrote this book, I wanted to write something that was almost like, you know, like a...

A thing for ambitious women to be able to hold in their hands and realize that power.

I thought to myself that I could, based on my experience, that if you want money and you want power and you want a great career, my experience tells me that you can't hide any of that behind politeness.

You can't hide that behind soft ambition.

And I think that as women, we are kind of culturally programmed to avoid... To act like you don't want that.

Yeah, and to avoid the behaviors that lead to creating wealth, that lead to power.

And here's the thing, Oprah, this book is dismantling the rules that we've all been sold around these things.

I honestly believe that, you know, we need, desperately need more women in positions of power right now.

And so I look at this and I say, do you know what?

If you are an ambitious woman, it is gonna require some discomfort.

If you want money, it's going to require some level of audacity.

If you want a big, big career, you're gonna need visibility and proximity.

If, and it's not for everybody, but if you want a family, it's gonna require some timing and it's probably not what we've been told.

And if you want power,