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 SANDBERGThe No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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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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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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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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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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Women need to shift form thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that- and I’ll learn by doing it.
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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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When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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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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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.
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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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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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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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