It’s more pressure on women to – if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care.
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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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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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It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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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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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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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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Your life’s course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.
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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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If you ask men why they did a good job, they’ll say, ‘I’m awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?’ If you ask women why they did a good job, what they’ll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.
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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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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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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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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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