It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of caring more about what other people think than anything else—but Reshma Saujani, the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code and a New York Times best-selling author, doesn’t have time for that anymore.
Saujani’s latest book, Brave, Not Perfect: How to Fail More, Care Less and Live Bolder, lays out exactly how women are taught to play it far too safe—and how we can un-learn the behaviors that are holding us back from living our best, boldest lives. Here are six of our biggest takeaways from Brave, Not Perfect.