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.
SHERYL SANDBERGThe best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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I know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
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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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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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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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Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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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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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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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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Bring your whole self to work. I don’t believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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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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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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