When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework.
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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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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I don’t pretend there aren’t biological differences, but I don’t believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it’s socialization, that we’re socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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Women have made tons of progress. But we still have a small percentage of the top jobs in any industry, in any nation in the world. I think that’s partly because from a very young age, we encourage our boys to lead and we call our girls bossy.
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Build your skills, not your resume.
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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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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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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Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
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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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It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
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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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Done is better than perfect.
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Give us a world where half our homes are run by men and half our institutions are run by women. I’m pretty sure that would be a better world.
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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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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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There is no perfect fit when you’re looking for the next big thing to do. You have to take opportunities and make an opportunity fit for you, rather than the other way around. The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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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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The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
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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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