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Author Dufu, Tiffany, author.

Title Drop the ball : achieving more by doing less / Tiffany Dufu ; foreword by Gloria Steinem.

Publication Info. New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  650.1 DUFU    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  650.1 DUF    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  650.1082 DUFU    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  650.1082 DUF    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  650.1082 DUFU    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  650.1082 DUFU    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  650.1082 DUFU    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  650.1 DU    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 286 pages ; 22 cm
Summary An inspiring memoir by a leading figure in the women's leadership movement counsels women on how to cultivate the essential skills of reevaluating expectations, setting realistic goals and meaningfully engaging with others in order to thrive in personal and professional arenas.
Contents Part one: Doing it all. A woman's place ; Prince Charming ; Working mom ; Home control disease ; Life-go-round -- Part two: Something's gotta give. The turning point ; What matters most ; The law of comparative advantage ; On the precipice of change -- Part three: Drop the ball. Go ahead, drop the ball ; Clarify who does what ; Believe in team ; Recruit a village -- Part four: All-in partners. Done is another person's perfect ; Affirm with gratitude ; Don't buy the stereotype ; Happiness motivates everyone ; Why we need men -- Part five: Looking ahead. The four go-tos ; Final frontier ; Freedom.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-275) and index.
Subject Dufu, Tiffany.
Dufu, Tiffany -- Philosophy.
Women professional employees -- United States -- Biography.
African American women -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Leadership in women -- United States.
Women in the professions -- United States.
Work-life balance -- United States.
Sex role -- United States.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family.
Women in the professions.
Mothers -- United States -- Biography.
African American women -- United States -- Biography.
Sex role.
Self-actualization (Psychology.)
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Added Author Steinem, Gloria, author of foreword.
ISBN 9781250071736 (hardcover)
1250071739 (hardcover)
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