i entertain myself.: Join the Girl Scouts, Become a CEO.

hilarysiegel:

Courtesy of Daily Worth:

They dominate their market. They’ve nailed brand loyalty. Their sales force is disciplined and aggressive.

They’re the Girl Scouts, and after 100 years, they’re finally getting recognized for their financial prowess—with 13 new badges rewarding money smarts.

Badges are a big deal, as any scout will tell you—a testament to hard-won skills. And giving nearly

Can we just stop this bullshit ““It helps girls to learn about money in an all-girl environment. They feel safer.” That’s partly because there’s no social pressure to look dumb in front of the boys. “

Bullshit. Girls do not feel “dumb” in front of boys talking about business and money. Utter bullshit.

I swear “women” are trying to instill in young females that they need to “feel dumb” talking business “in front of boys” so that they can then pull these girls into a “safe” NON-MALE environment. They imply that the poor little girls will never express their “business ideas” if there are any boys around. All-girls schools do this all the time.

First of all, DUMB, and second of all, FALSE.

I say put just ONE girl in an otherwise ALL-male environment and TRAIN her to present ideas with no fear, no alternative agenda, no guile.

THEN you will have made a GIRL.

Girls aren’t afraid of shit.

So, here’s a fun fact about me — I was a Girl Scout for 12 years. (I bet you didn’t even think that was possible. It’s totally possible.) I went to camp and sold cookies and traveled to Europe and attended leadership conferences.

Here were two things I got out of the experience:

1) I learned the value of collaborating with other girls, in an environment free of bullshit gender issues, which is actually fun.

2) I now work in a largely all-male environment, am occasionally the only girl in meetings. And I do all the things Justine says here (well, I try, anyway).

Some of that comes from having some great male role models. But a lot of it, I learned from seeing other women be smart and self-confident and strong. A lot of it, I learned from women.