Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
SHERYL SANDBERGUntil women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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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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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
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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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But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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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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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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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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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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There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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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 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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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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