Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
SHERYL SANDBERGSomeone 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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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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You know, there has never been a 24-hour period in five years when I have not responded to e-mail at Facebook. I am not saying it’s easy. I work long hours.
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If you ask men why they did a good job, they’ll say, ‘I’m awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?’ If you ask women why they did a good job, what they’ll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.
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Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.
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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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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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Bring 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.
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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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When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework.
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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.
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Your 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.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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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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A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
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Build your skills, not your resume.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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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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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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I’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.
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Done is better than perfect.
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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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