Where are you Ms. President?

In the year 2012, we still have yet to have a woman president in the US. We have not even a Serious Female Presidential Candidate in the Primaries, It's embarrassing really.

Here are a list of countries that have had or have female Heads of State - England, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland, Iceland, Germany, Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Haiti, Panama, Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil, Indonesia, Guyana, Liberia, Sri Lanka, India, China, The Philippines, Latvia, Serbia, Lithuania, and Kosovo. 

So if a supposed "Third World" Country can be forward thinking enough to recognize the value that women also have in leadership positions; so should the supposed most advanced country in the world.

We live in the "Land of Opportunity." I truly believe the opportunity is there for a Woman as well. Leaders are not born they are developed. Just like JFK was developed to become a president so should a Woman be Developed into a Leader.

Women Voting can make it Happen!

Don't Stop Believing

Don't Stop Believing (Journey Cover) by thecoolers

The O Revolution

Oprah Winfrey has been one of the most influential women in the last 3 decades.


Born in 1954 in Mississippi.
She began her broadcasting career in Radio while still in high school. At the age of 19, she became a television anchor for local stations in Nashville then Baltimore. In the 1980s she broke through to Daytime Talk Show Hosting.


In 1985, she had her debut acting role as Sofia in The Color Purple.


In 1988, she started HarpO studios which have produced movies like The Great Debaters. In 2000, She began the philanthropic Oprah's Angel Network the the O Magazine. She retired from daytime talk show in March of 2011 after she started her own television network - OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.


She is the richest "self made" woman and is said to be "the most powerful women in the world."

Empowering vs. Enabling

It is an important distinction - one that I feel many women do not make.

Doing something for someone else is often quicker and easier in the short run than teaching them how to do something for themselves. 


I think women in general are "pleasers." They don't want to cause waves or ruffle feathers. So in order to avoid conflict, they do too much for others when they should be doing it for themselves. 

You may give them guidance when needed and help them at times but the measure of a STRONG woman is not how much she takes on but rather how much strength she passes on to others by teaching them and giving them the support they need to be the best they can be.

So whether it is teaching, coaching, supervising, or parenting - it is always better to empower someone to learn how to be good at something rather than doing if for them and enabling them to stay ignorant, weak, or lazy.