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It’s Time to Leave Our Comfort Zones

By Jasmin D. Smith

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In a recent article, Pamela Barnes, the President and CEO of EngenderHealth, a women’s health nonprofit, encouraged women, especially young women, to take a leap of faith in the workplace. She claims that in order for women to reach their true potential and achieve professional success, they have to be willing to put themselves out there and take a risk. She talks about the importance of creating programs that promote equality between men and women, and include men in discussions in order to achieve this goal. There are many stories of women in society today who climbed their way to the top of professional success. These are a couple:

Changing the face of medicine, Dr. Rebecca Crumpler was the first African American woman to earn an M.D. degree. Her book entitled, Book of Medical Discourses is one of the very first medical publications by an African American. Faced with prejudice, she strived to achieve her educational potential which turned into a successful career.

Leading by example, Dr. Nancy Dickey was the first female president of the American Medical Association (AMA). From building an active family medicine practice to serving on the chair of the board of trustees, Nancy is known for her commitment to community service and medical leadership. Her career has been spent accepting challenges as well as taking leaps of faith in new directions but if asked how she does it, she would say, “My greatest reward is the people I’ve met and worked with. People are central to everything I do.”

These women are inspirational foundations onto which all women can walk. As I always say, “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible” Ladies, it’s our turn!