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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.

Sheryl Sandberg

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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Accomplishment Choice Home Myself Son Success
Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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Believe Confident Necessary Potential Worth
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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Achievement Childhood Expectation Leadership Live Men Ourselves Reason Women
But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.
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Authentic Believe Change Connection Myself People
I know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
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Experience Path Togetherness Travel
Build your skills, not your resume.
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Choice Skill Yourself
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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Change Learning Myself Need Perspective Thinking
Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.
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Empathy Reality Wisdom
Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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Best Frustration Perfection Worst
Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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Believe Success Yourself
Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.
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Believe Desire Fears Fortune Promise Try Yourself
Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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Advice Control Decision Oneself
If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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Change Leadership Role Woman
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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Career Force Myself Need Stay Thinking Woman Work
We’re focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.
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Company Different Focus Growth Oneself
When people are really suffering, and we know they’re suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.
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Difficult Empathy People Suffering Thinking

Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.

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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.

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