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.
SHERYL SANDBERGWhen 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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Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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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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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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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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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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When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
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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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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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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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Communication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else’s point of view (his truth). Rarely is there one absolute truth, so people who believe that they speak the truth are very silencing of others.
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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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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.
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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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Done is better than perfect.
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I tell people in their careers, ‘Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.’
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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.
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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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