We 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.
SHERYL SANDBERGSo there’s no such thing as work-life balance. There’s work, and there’s life, and there’s no balance.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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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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I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, ‘Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.’ I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it’s not that simple.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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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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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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Someone who values fairness and expects or, even better, wants to do his share in the home. These men exist and, trust me, over time, nothing is sexier.
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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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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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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way – not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.
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What I tell everyone, and I really do for myself is, I have a long-run dream, which is I want to work on stuff that I think matters.
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Done is better than perfect.
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