It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
SHERYL SANDBERGI’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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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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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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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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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Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
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But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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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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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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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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