If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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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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Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
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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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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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I know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
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Women 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.
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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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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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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 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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I want to tell any young girl out there who’s a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
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