Despite all the injustices at their jobs, the women in the film clearly take tremendous pride from their association with NASA. Look for the greater meaning in your work. For women, this kind of support can be especially important - because, too often, the world tells women what we can’t do.”Ĥ. We need people who encourage us, believe in us, support us, and remind us that we are not alone. The takeaway: As Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg wrote in this essay, “Everyone needs this kind of connection. The women depend upon each other for advice, laughter, support and a safe haven from the daily stresses of their lives and workplace. One of the more uplifting themes in Hidden Figures is the power of sisterhood.
As Spencer explained to People and Entertainment Weekly editorial director Jess Cagle in an interview about the film, “No matter what is going on, you have power.”ģ. But no matter what frustrations you do face, you’ll be happier when you focus on your work, your attitude and your professionalism. The takeaway: Fortunately, few of us will ever face such extreme conditions at work. Rather than allow the negativity to defeat them, however, the women do what they can to lift themselves up: they work hard, bond together and find significant ways to contribute that others can’t ignore. In particularly disturbing moments in the film, Johnson is forced to use a colored-only bathroom a half-mile away from her desk and then gets reprimanded for “taking breaks.” The working conditions at NASA for African American women at the time were discriminatory, degrading and demoralizing. Focus on what you can control, not what you can’t.
In other words, make yourself so valuable, they can’t afford to lose you.Ģ. That means doing a great job and contributing to projects that are critical to your employer’s success. The takeaway: Whether you want a raise, a promotion or a flexible work schedule, the single best thing you can do is find a way to make yourself indispensable. This is a formidable challenge, but by being the first to master the new technology, Vaughan not only saves her job, she gets bumped up to supervisor of the new computing department. For example, after discovering NASA has installed a new "IBM machine" that can work far faster than humans, Vaughan decides to teach herself the FORTRAN programming language needed to operate it.
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