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Brave, Not Perfect : Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder by Reshma Saujani is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.

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The messages are implicit and explicit, buried and inescapable - from childhood through adulthood, girls and women are pushed to seek perfection. In their grades, activities, career choices, appearance and demeanour, women strive to have it all, and to do it all perfectly, while smiling, preferably in heels. Everything from this past election cycle to Beyonce's feminist anthem speaks to this problem: women are expected to be flawless. Reshma Saujani, the daughter of immigrant parents, was no different. She worked her way to top grades, stellar schools and blue chip firms only to realize that the path to perfect was making her miserable. So, she did something brave and risky. She quit her fancy job and became the first Indian-American woman to run for Congress. Fortunately, she failed epically. It was that failure that set Reshma on a journey filled with setbacks, but ultimately, immense rewards. In 2012, she founded the non-profit Girls Who Code, with the goal of teaching 1 million girls to code by 2020 and closing the gender gap in technology. While working closely with young girls and meeting inspiring women through her widening network, she came to understand that there is a fun

Who reads Brave, Not Perfect : Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder?

Author

Reshma Saujani

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780008249533

Category

self-help

Subjects

Gender Studies, Psychology, Social_sciences

Rating

4.5 / 5 (771 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14