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Here are a few excerpts from a book I recently read, "Wolfpack: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game," by Abby Wambach.

The wolves—who were feared by many to be a threat to the system—became the system’s salvation. 

Now, look around our world today: See what’s happening here? 

Women—who are feared by many to be a threat to our system—will become our society’s salvation. 

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. 

WE. 

ARE. 

THE. 

WOLVES. 

Throughout my life, my Wolfpack was my soccer team. 

Now, my Wolfpack is All Women Everywhere.

I was so grateful for a paycheck, so grateful to represent my country, so grateful to be the token woman at the table, so grateful to receive any respect at all that I was afraid to use my voice to demand more for myself—and equality for all of us. What keeps the pay gap in existence is not just the entitlement and complicity of men. It’s the gratitude of women.

Women must stop accepting failure as our destruction and start using failure as our fuel. Failure is not something to be ashamed of—nor is it proof of unworthiness. Failure is something to be powered by.