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.
SHERYL SANDBERGUntil women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.
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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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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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When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
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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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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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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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When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
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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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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
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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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