"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep."1
- Dale Carnegie
(Author of the Best-Seller How to Win Friends and Influence People 2)
Have you ever been the person who worries, unable to sleep in the middle of the night? Is it possible that this worry comes from feeling too comfortable or complacent at your current job? Are you trying to find some way to move up the career ladder?
Fortunately, you are not alone. According to a July 2011 report from the Center for Work-Life Policy, 63 percent of Asian men and 44 percent of Asian women report feeling stalled in their careers. Seeing little chance of fulfilling their ambitions, many highly qualified Asians scale back or have one foot out the door. 3
Additionally, the report points out that Asians are more likely than Caucasians to aspire to hold a top job: 64 percent of Asians versus 52 percent for Caucasians. Lastly, the overwhelming representation of Asians at top-tier schools are provided as follows: they account for 15 to 25 percent of Ivy League enrollment, 24 percent at Stanford and a stunning 46 percent at UC Berkeley. 4
What does this all truly mean? It means that as Asian Americans, WE possess the aspirations and academic prowess to be strong, talented leaders in this world. It also means that, though capable, we are, unfortunately, unwilling or unable to take charge or move ahead in achieving our goals. At our 2012 NAAAP National Convention in the “City that Never Sleeps”, we encourage our participants that we DO have the qualifications, the drive, the intellect, and most importantly, the assertiveness, to be leaders. Let us stop worrying and stand up to the challenges that face us in this world to be the leaders that we can be.
1 thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/sleep/
2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie#Books
3 worklifepolicy.org/index.php/section/press_releases#357
"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep."1
- Dale Carnegie
(Author of the Best-Seller How to Win Friends and Influence People 2)
Have you ever been the person who worries, unable to sleep in the middle of the night? Is it possible that this worry comes from feeling too comfortable or complacent at your current job? Are you trying to find some way to move up the career ladder?
Fortunately, you are not alone. According to a July 2011 report from the Center for Work-Life Policy, 63 percent of Asian men and 44 percent of Asian women report feeling stalled in their careers. Seeing little chance of fulfilling their ambitions, many highly qualified Asians scale back or have one foot out the door. 3
Additionally, the report points out that Asians are more likely than Caucasians to aspire to hold a top job: 64 percent of Asians versus 52 percent for Caucasians. Lastly, the overwhelming representation of Asians at top-tier schools are provided as follows: they account for 15 to 25 percent of Ivy League enrollment, 24 percent at Stanford and a stunning 46 percent at UC Berkeley. 4
What does this all truly mean? It means that as Asian Americans, WE possess the aspirations and academic prowess to be strong, talented leaders in this world. It also means that, though capable, we are, unfortunately, unwilling or unable to take charge or move ahead in achieving our goals. At our 2012 NAAAP National Convention in the “City that Never Sleeps”, we encourage our participants that we DO have the qualifications, the drive, the intellect, and most importantly, the assertiveness, to be leaders. Let us stop worrying and stand up to the challenges that face us in this world to be the leaders that we can be.
1 thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/sleep/
2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie#Books
3 worklifepolicy.org/index.php/section/press_releases#357