What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.
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More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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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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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
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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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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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I’m a feminist because I believe in women, it’s a heavy word, feminism, but it’s not one I think we should run from. I’m proud to be a feminist.
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When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework.
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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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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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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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If you ask men why they did a good job, they’ll say, ‘I’m awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?’ If you ask women why they did a good job, what they’ll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.
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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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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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