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?
SHERYL SANDBERGWhen you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.
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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.
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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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The 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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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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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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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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If you ask men why they did a good job, they’ll say, ‘I’m awesome. Obviously. Why are you even asking?’ If you ask women why they did a good job, what they’ll say is someone helped them, they got lucky, they worked really hard.
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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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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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