Feeling confident – or pretending that you feel confident – is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized.
SHERYL SANDBERGBeing confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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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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Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
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When 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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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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I’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.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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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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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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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
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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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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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