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When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.

Sheryl Sandberg

When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands.
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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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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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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
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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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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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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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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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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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When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.

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When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.

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