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.
SHERYL SANDBERGIn the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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When it comes time to settle down, find someone who wants an equal partner. Someone who thinks women should be smart, opinionated, and ambitious.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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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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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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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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No industry or country can reach its full potential until women reach their full potential. This is especially true of science and technology, where women with a surplus of talent still face a deficit of opportunity.
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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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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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Feeling confident – or pretending that you feel confident – is necessary to reach for opportunities. It’s a cliché, but opportunities are rarely offered; they’re seized.
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Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection.
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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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It’s more pressure on women to – if they marry or partner with someone, to partner with the right person. Because you cannot have a full career and a full life at home with your children if you are also doing all of the housework and child care.
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Careers are a jungle gym, not a ladder.
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And anyway, who wears a tiara on a jungle gym?
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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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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 go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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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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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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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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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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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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