If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
SHERYL SANDBERGMost people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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We need to stop telling [women], “Get a mentor and you will excel.” Instead, we need to tell them, “Excel and you will get a mentor.
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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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I have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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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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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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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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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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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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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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Communication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else’s point of view (his truth). Rarely is there one absolute truth, so people who believe that they speak the truth are very silencing of others.
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