My grandmother always used to say,
“Work hard, Rebecca; give the very best of yourself, and you’ll get rewarded.”
When I got into corporate much earlier on in my life, I religiously followed her advice. But the truth is that she was wrong. As a Black woman, working hard never got me anywhere. I was passed over for jobs, I was…
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