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.
SHERYL SANDBERGGive 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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
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I want to tell any young girl out there who’s a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
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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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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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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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Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
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But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.
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Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two were dramatically opposed – practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?
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Women need to shift form thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that- and I’ll learn by doing it.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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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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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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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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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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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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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 about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
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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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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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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.
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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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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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