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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.

Sheryl Sandberg

Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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Advice Control Decision Oneself
Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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Care Motivation People Work
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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Need Ourselves Phone Success White Woman
Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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Career Work
I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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Opinion People Thinking Yourself
So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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Afraid Brave Myself Yourself
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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Believe Mother Myself Simplicity Success Women Young
Until women are as ambitious as men, they’re not gong to achieve as much as men.
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Achievement Ambition Men Success
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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Ability Important Leadership Learning Opportunity Perfect Quality Yourself
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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Determination Easy Hard Life Try Yourself
I feel really grateful to the people who encouraged me and helped me develop. Nobody can succeed on their own.
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Development Encouragement Gratitude Help People Success
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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Accomplishment Choice Home Myself Son Success
Build your skills, not your resume.
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Choice Skill Yourself
Everyone knows that marriage is the biggest personal decision you make, but it’s the biggest career decision you can make.
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Career Decision Marriage Yourself
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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Breathe Leadership Perspective Skill Time Yourself
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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Existence Expectation Home Time Trust Value Women Work

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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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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