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.
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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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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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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Build your skills, not your resume.
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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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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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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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When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
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Done is better than perfect.
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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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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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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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I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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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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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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We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.
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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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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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But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.
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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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Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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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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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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