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 SANDBERGIf you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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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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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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Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
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Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
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When people are really suffering, and we know they’re suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.
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But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.
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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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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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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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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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