Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
SHERYL SANDBERGWomen attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
SHERYL SANDBERGLeaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
SHERYL SANDBERGIf more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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.
SHERYL SANDBERGI’m not telling women to be like men. I’m telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.
SHERYL SANDBERGWhat 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.
SHERYL SANDBERGSo please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
SHERYL SANDBERGMotivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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.
SHERYL SANDBERGBring your whole self to work. I don’t believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.
SHERYL SANDBERGOur culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.
SHERYL SANDBERGYour life’s course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.
SHERYL SANDBERGA truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
SHERYL SANDBERGBelieve in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
SHERYL SANDBERGNext time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
SHERYL SANDBERGWhen I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.
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