Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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.
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Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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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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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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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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Women systematically underestimate their own abilities.
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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 companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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I’m not telling women to be like men. I’m telling us to evaluate what men and women do in the workforce and at home without the gender bias.
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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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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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