Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
SHERYL SANDBERGI 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.
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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I know from my own experience that the path to change is best traveled when we travel together.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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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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I want to tell any young girl out there who’s a geek, I was a really serious geek in high school. It works out. Study harder.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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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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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
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A truly equal world would be one where women ran half our countries and companies and men ran half our homes.
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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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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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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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