Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
SHERYL SANDBERGFraming 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?
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
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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.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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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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Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
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Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.
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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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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’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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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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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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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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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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When 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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