Give us a world where half our homes are run by men and half our institutions are run by women. I’m pretty sure that would be a better world.
SHERYL SANDBERGIf you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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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.
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Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.
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No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.
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Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
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Done is better than perfect.
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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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When 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.
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Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.
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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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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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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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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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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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