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.
SHERYL SANDBERGSpeak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t.
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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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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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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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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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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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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.
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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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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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Done is better than perfect.
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