If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
SHERYL SANDBERG
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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
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I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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I’m not telling women to be like men. I’m telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.
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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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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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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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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.
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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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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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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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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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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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