So there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance.
SHERYL SANDBERGWomen 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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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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I tell people in their careers, ‘Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.’
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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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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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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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A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
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Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.
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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 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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