I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
SHERYL SANDBERGWe 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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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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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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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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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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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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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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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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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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.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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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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We’re focused on doing one thing incredibly well. If you look at other companies, all of these companies are doing a lot of different things but we’re still, as we grow, doing exactly one thing.
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Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders-including female leaders themselves.
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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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Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two were dramatically opposed – practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?
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Done is better than perfect.
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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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But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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But I really believe that when you give people authentic identity, which is what Facebook does, and you can be your real self and connect with real people online, things will change.
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Build your skills, not your resume.
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Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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