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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.

Sheryl Sandberg

Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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Achievement Ambition Men Success
Give us a world where half our homes are run by men and half our institutions are run by women. I’m pretty sure that would be a better world.
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Better Change Home Men Ourselves Run Transformation World
Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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Believe Inspirational Risk Yourself
I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.
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Believe Mother Myself Simplicity Success Women Young
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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Care Children Couple Fundamental People Responsibility Women
I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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Opinion People Thinking Yourself
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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Career Company Feeling Growth Myself Place Quick Team
Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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Change Female Leadership. Comfortable Need
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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Difficult Empathy People Suffering Thinking
It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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Space Time Women
If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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Enough Inspirational Progress
Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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Care Motivation People Work
Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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Best Frustration Perfection Worst
I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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Development Encouragement Gratitude Help People Success
Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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Believe Success Yourself
Done is better than perfect.
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Complete Improvement Perfection

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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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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