Inspiration

A curated collection of my favorites

Insightful interviews
Tori Burch | Tori Burch and Pattie Sellers Discuss Business, Power and Entrepreneurship
Indra Nooyi’s | Top 10 Rules For Success, Indra Nooyi, CEO, Pepsi, Co.
Ruth Porat | CFO at Alphabet and Google
Ginni Rometty | Chairman, President & CEO of IBM, Makers Interview
Bozoma Saint John | Make Your Brand The Best In the World with Lewis Howes
Julie Sweet | Accenture CEO’s Advice To Women, Forbes Magazine
Ruth Zukerman | Co-Founder of SoulCycle and Flywheel Sports, Stanford Interview

Instructive articles
Ellen Ochoa | How To Get More Women Into STEM
Kendra Scott | She ‘Faked it Til She Made It.’ Now She Runs a Billion-Dollar Jewelry Business

Inspirational speeches
Kristen Bell | 2019 USC School of Dramatic Arts Commencement
Priyanka Chopra | Full Power of Women Speech, October 2017
Nora Ephron | Wellesley College Commencement 1996
Steve Jobs | 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Powerful Response to Rep. Ted Yoho’s Remarks, July 2020
Simon Sinek | Start with WHY
Oprah Winfrey | Harvard Commencement 2013
Oprah Winfrey | USC Annenberg Commencement 2018
Reece Witherspoon | 2015 Woman of the Year, Ambition is not a dirty word!

Impactful wisdom and keen insights
JoAnn Lauterbach| How to be Assertive and Stop over Apologizing and using Weak Language
William McRaven, US Navy Admiral | If You Want to Change the World, Start Off by Making Your Bed
Simon Sinek | How to Leverage Being An Introvert
Meg Whitman | Advice To My 26-Year-Old Self
Alicia Keys | Reads from a ‘A Radical Awakening’ 

Interesting podcasts
Archetypes | Meghan Markle | The Misconception of Ambition with Serena Williams
Dare to Lead | Brené Brown | Brené with Abby Wambach on the New Rules of Leadership
DNA of a Maker | Lilliana Vazquez | Interview with Gretchen Carlson
How to Fail | Elizabeth Day | S8 Gloria Steinem
The Drop Out | Elizabeth Holmes on Trial
The Michelle Obama Podcast | Working Women: Valerie Jarrett and the Importance of Mentorship
Tilted, A Lean In Podcast | Leadership Lessons with Shellye Archambeau & Sheryl Sandberg
We Can Do Hard Things | Glennon Doyle | How to Say No with Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez

Informative lessons from history

12 Of The Most Famous Women In History | Marie Claire
14 world-changing innovations by women that were originally credited to men | Insider
25 Famous Badass Women in History | The Manual
30 Women Pioneers Who Changed the World | Readers Digest
The Biggest Female Icon Every Year Since You Were Born | The Best Life
The Women Athletes Who Changed Sports History | ESPN

INSPIRATIONAL READING LIST: POWERHOUSE WOMEN

Bossypants | Tina Fey
Educated | Tara Westover
My Own Words | Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The Henna Artist | Alka Joshi
Untamed | Glennon Doyle
Wolfpack | Abby Wambach