Jasmine Lawrence
Jasmine Lawrence, the teenaged CEO of EDEN BodyWorks, was featured this week on NBC’s Today Show. (This is the same enlightened network that so creatively edited Richard Engel’s recent interview with President George W. Bush that the question Bush was shown to answer was not actually the question that elicited that particular response. But that’s OK. The show’s only 4 hours long and that doesn’t leave much time for accuracy.)
Ms. Lawrence is clearly a remarkable woman, 16 years old, a junior in high school, who excels academically, and runs a highly successful corporation. After highlighting all of her superlatives, her accomplishments, her success, and her wealth, the reporter, Bob Dotson, asked her “So how do you explain all this to your boyfriends?”
What a bozo! I had really hoped that as a society we had evolved beyond that. A lot of us have, but apparently not Mr. Dotson and his producers at The Today Show. No wonder some women say they aren’t taken seriously in business. How long is it going to take before these tired, useless notions finally get washed out of the media, and the workplace?
Richard Hadden is a leadership speaker, author, and consultant who helps organizations improve their business results by creating a great place to work. He and his co-author and business partner Bill Catlette, are the authors of the new book Contented Cows MOOve Faster, as well as the acclaimed business classic Contented Cows Give Better Milk. Learn more about them and their work at ContentedCows.com.
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June 7th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I tried her product and it really helped my hair. Her product is one of the best products I tried in a while that helped. I would like to try some other products she might have.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
thank you for this dignifying entry.
October 21st, 2008 at 12:36 am
I am starting a business with my sister, not the same one as Jasmines’s but she is still a great inspiration, proving that you can suceed even at a very young age!