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.
SHERYL SANDBERGTalking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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But 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.
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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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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.
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Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
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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 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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Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.
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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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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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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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It’s more pressure on women to – if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care.
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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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