"Boys are taught to be brave, while girls are taught to be perfect." And as a result, women often tamp down their ambitions and still find themselves under enormous amount of pressure to perform.
In Brave, Not Perfect, a new book inspired by her popular TED Talk, Reshma Saujani shows us how to break free from the trap of perfection and rewire ourselves for bravery. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with girls and women from across the country — and her own personal journey to accept her imperfections — Saujani shares an array of powerful insights and practices to make bravery a lifelong habit.
Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a computer programmer looks like and does. She is the author of three books, including the New York Times bestselling Brave, Not Perfect. Reshma’s TED talk, “Teach girls, bravery not perfection,” has more than four million views and has sparked a worldwide conversation about how we’re raising our girls.
Julie Samuels is Executive Director of Tech:NYC, an engaged network of tech leaders working to foster a dynamic, diverse, and creative New York. Before that she was Executive Director at Engine, a nation-wide nonprofit focused on technology entrepreneurship and advocacy, where she remains a member of the Board. She is a frequent commentator on technology and policy issues for national media—particularly in the intellectual property space—and has filed briefs with the Supreme Court and testified before Congressional Committees.
