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 SANDBERGSo please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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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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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that make the bad boys sexy do not make them good husbands.
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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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It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
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Women need to shift form thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that- and I’ll learn by doing it.
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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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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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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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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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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 have a five year-old son and a three year-old daughter. I want my son to have a choice to contribute fully in the workforce or at home. And I want my daughter to have the choice to not just succeed, but to be liked for her accomplishments.
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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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