So there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance.
SHERYL SANDBERGBut 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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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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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You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
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When people are really suffering, and we know they’re suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.
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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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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t.
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We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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We’re focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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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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Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
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