I sat on my own book for a year. Then my name went up in Times Square, forty feet tall, and I finally understood why. It wasn't about urgent or important. It was one question I'd been using for years, just never turned on myself.

Hiding your sharpest instincts at work just to look "professional" is exhausting. For many women, this double persona is a survival strategy built to navigate a system that wasn’t designed for them. But fronting is costing you your power, impact, and money. You don’t need another generic mid-year review, you need to stop splitting your assets.