When I get down off my striving-and-planning horse (which seems to be my default position) for long enough to look back at where life has put me, I see that we are all exactly where we’re meant to be, at every moment in time. When we are given what we think we need or want at the wrong time, we can’t see it in its fullest form.

There is no question that financial freedom matters but if I focus on it excessively, it puts the wrong spin on everything else. Now, I say to myself “Are your needs being met today? Will your needs be met tomorrow?” . If the answer is Yes, then relax and let financial (and other forms) of success come at you in their own way.

What Gail writes in her book still has tremendous value in finding confidence and power as a woman, whatever the present context. Who knows? It may lead to being recognized by someone in a different way than you would have been previously and open doors that might have stayed invisible to you.

At worst, it caused some reflection and the realization that things for you are right just as they are – a great thing to know!