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.
SHERYL SANDBERGReal 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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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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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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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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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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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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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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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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Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.
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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
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I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.
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