The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
SHERYL SANDBERGThe 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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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
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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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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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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
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Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
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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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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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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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Build your skills, not your resume.
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So there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance.
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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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