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.
SHERYL SANDBERGIt’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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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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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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We’re focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.
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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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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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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 feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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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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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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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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No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.
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But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
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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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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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