Sarah Cooper Quotes


When sharing your ideas, overconfidence is a killer. You don't want your male coworkers to think you're getting all uppity. Instead, downplay your ideas as just 'thinking out loud,' 'throwing something out there,' or sharing something 'dumb,' 'random,' or 'crazy.'


Citations

Cooper, Sarah. How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings: Non-threatening Leadership Strategies for Women. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2018, p. 15.

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Sarah Cooper
Sarah Cooper
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  • Nationality: Jamaican
  • Profession: Author, Comedian

Sarah Anne Cooper (born 1977) is an American author and comedian based in New York City. She worked in design for Yahoo! and in user experience for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides while also performing stand-up comedy. Cooper left Google to focus full-time on writing and comedy. Her first two books, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings and Draw What Success Looks Like were published in 2016. Her third book, How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men's Feelings, was published in 2018.