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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.

Sheryl Sandberg

Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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Authentic Leadership Perfection Powerful Women
It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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Happiness Inspiartional Luxury Passion Path Success
Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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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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Change Ignorance Motivational Strong Voice Women
But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
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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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Believe Desire Fears Fortune Promise Try Yourself
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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We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.
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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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Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
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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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Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.
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Believe Success Yourself
Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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Believe Inspirational Risk Yourself
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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Achievement Childhood Expectation Leadership Live Men Ourselves Reason Women
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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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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