Feeling confident – or pretending that you feel confident – is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized.
SHERYL SANDBERGWhen woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
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When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.
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The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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I want to tell any young girl out there who’s a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
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We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.
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You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
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