We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in.
SHERYL SANDBERGWomen need to shift form thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that- and I’ll learn by doing it.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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The most important career decision you’ll make is who your life partner is.
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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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I’m a feminist because I believe in women, it’s a heavy word, feminism, but it’s not one I think we should run from. I’m proud to be a feminist.
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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.
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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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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.
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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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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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When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.
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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 know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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