We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
SHERYL SANDBERGNobody can succeed on their own.
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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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Done is better than perfect.
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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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I know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
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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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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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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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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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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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Communication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else’s point of view (his truth). Rarely is there one absolute truth, so people who believe that they speak the truth are very silencing of others.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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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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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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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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Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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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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No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.
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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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