We need to stop telling [women], “Get a mentor and you will excel.” Instead, we need to tell them, “Excel and you will get a mentor.
SHERYL SANDBERGEveryone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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Bring your whole self to work. I don’t believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.
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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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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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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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I’m not telling women to be like men. I’m telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.
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Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
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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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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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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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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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I don’t pretend there aren’t biological differences, but I don’t believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it’s socialization, that we’re socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
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I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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