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Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.

Sheryl Sandberg

I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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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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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.
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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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Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.
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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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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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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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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 is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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Our culture needs to find a robust image of female success that is first, not male, and second, not a white woman on the phone, holding a crying baby.
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When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework.
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I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.
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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.

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