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.
SHERYL SANDBERGThe 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 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 feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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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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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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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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When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
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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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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two were dramatically opposed – practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?
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But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
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Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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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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