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.
SHERYL SANDBERGBuild your skills, not your resume.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
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What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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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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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two were dramatically opposed – practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?
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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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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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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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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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Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.
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