I don’t pretend there aren’t biological differences, but I don’t believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it’s socialization, that we’re socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
SHERYL SANDBERGBeing confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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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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I know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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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 make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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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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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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So there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance.
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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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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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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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