WORTHY\'s relatable Stories will make you snort, sob, cheer and rethink what\'s possible.
Worthy\'s Stories of Overcoming expectations, failure, and FUD (fear, uncertainty and despair) will inspire you to own your worth and claim a seat at the table..
And so are you.
I am worthy as I am.
I didn\'t lose it with failure or get more with success.
Worth didn\'t come in a Tiffany\'s box, a graduate degree, a bank statement, or a title.
I didn\'t become it.
No one gave it to or took it From me.
I didn\'t have to earn it or prove it.
I\'ve learned on the journey I am worthy as I am.
Dismissed and underestimated by many, often myself, I sought relief through addiction, found support From the least expected, and hope when it mattered most.
I\'ve been called a bulldog, a bitch, brilliant and inspiring all on the same day.
Along the way to the Corner office, I\'ve been hit on, spit on, shot at, yelled at, a zero and a hero.
Penniless and married at 21 years old, I had an MBA at 24, first saw the ocean at 25, commuted to South America each week at 31, had two sons by 35, was a millionaire at 37, and was one of a select few Microsoft executives at 40.
I left for college before my folks knew I was gone, selling dad\'s used carpeting and mom\'s prayers to pay my way.
The law did me no favors, but a gnarly nun did, securing a $320 scholarship to a future I didn\'t know existed.
Born the fourth kid in a one-bedroom house, my path was forged long before me: get married, make babies and stay on the good side of the church and the law, in that order.
These Stories are what I got to give.
Too scrappy to fail, too stubborn to give up and too scared to let others down, Worthy is a vulnerable journey of grit, wit and learning self-worth is not defined by what others say, expect or have, but by what you make, claim and give of what you got.
Jane Boulware shares her failures and successes From dirt-poor Iowa kid to corner-Office Microsoft executive.
WORTHY\'s relatable Stories will make you snort, sob, cheer and rethink what\'s possible
