So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
SHERYL SANDBERGCommunication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else’s point of view (his truth). Rarely is there one absolute truth, so people who believe that they speak the truth are very silencing of others.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
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Women need to shift form thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that- and I’ll learn by doing it.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.
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I’m a feminist because I believe in women, it’s a heavy word, feminism, but it’s not one I think we should run from. I’m proud to be a feminist.
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I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t.
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