Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.
SHERYL SANDBERGA truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
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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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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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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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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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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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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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Women 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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Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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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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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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I tell people in their careers, ‘Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.’
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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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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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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