Where You Are Is Not Who You Are: A Memoir
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Ursula Burns
- ISBN：1665097671
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Reviews
Sharon Griffitts
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This book started a bit slowly for me but improving as I continued to read。 Ursula began life in poverty in the projects in NYC。 Her mother’s belief in her child and insistence they work hard propelled Ursula and her brother to seek and find success。 As a bit of a pioneer myself， having graduated from medical school on 1975 when there were only a handful of women I identified with her position as a black female in a school of engineering。 Role models were hard to come by。Interestingly we share a This book started a bit slowly for me but improving as I continued to read。 Ursula began life in poverty in the projects in NYC。 Her mother’s belief in her child and insistence they work hard propelled Ursula and her brother to seek and find success。 As a bit of a pioneer myself， having graduated from medical school on 1975 when there were only a handful of women I identified with her position as a black female in a school of engineering。 Role models were hard to come by。Interestingly we share another similarity in that we both married much older men in our profession。 Ms Burns does not shy away from revealing her faults which I admire。 Also she constantly refers to her mother’s hard work and sacrifices in caring for her children。 She includes many admonishments received from her mom。 My favorite: Don’t let the world happen to you。 You happen to the world。 。。。more
Jill Reads
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Ursula is a badass and the world's first Black female CEO。 Her memoir about her 3+ decades at Xerox was an up and down ride， with mostly ups。 She doesn't pull any punches with how challenging it is to be a female on the rise in corporate America。 And an African American one at that！ Ursula earned her coveted seat at Boardroom tables across the world--and even in the Situation Room and on Air Force One。 She is to be applauded for her tenacity， grit and her ability to work harder than anyone else Ursula is a badass and the world's first Black female CEO。 Her memoir about her 3+ decades at Xerox was an up and down ride， with mostly ups。 She doesn't pull any punches with how challenging it is to be a female on the rise in corporate America。 And an African American one at that！ Ursula earned her coveted seat at Boardroom tables across the world--and even in the Situation Room and on Air Force One。 She is to be applauded for her tenacity， grit and her ability to work harder than anyone else in the room。 Because when you're a Black female， you have to。 Everyones eyes are on you。 I admire her greatly for speaking the truth about her failures and how she learned from them。 At times， she was harsh and abrasive and was called out for it。 Even by the CEO whose position she would eventually succeed。 But Ursula is an engineer by trade， and she gets things done。 She isn't the nurturing type and didn't change who she was （at the heart of herself） to become one of the most powerful women in business。 I'm grateful for the chance to read an advanced copy of this book， via NetGalley， and listen to the audio version on the Cloud Library app。 。。。more
Lolita
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To work hard and become a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company along with being an African American Woman in a world full of change and challenges is hard but attainable and well deserved， especially when we see men mostly in these roles。 In this book the Author explains how to find balance between work and family and with that comes Opportunities， Dedication， and Purpose。 She believes everyone has a story， you just have to slow down and put pen to paper and allow your mind to share， because your story To work hard and become a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company along with being an African American Woman in a world full of change and challenges is hard but attainable and well deserved， especially when we see men mostly in these roles。 In this book the Author explains how to find balance between work and family and with that comes Opportunities， Dedication， and Purpose。 She believes everyone has a story， you just have to slow down and put pen to paper and allow your mind to share， because your story will allow other women of color and all races see if she can do it， so can you！Diva Reviewer - Vicki 。。。more
Abi
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