So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
SHERYL SANDBERGIf you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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Real empathy is sometimes not insisting that it will be okay but acknowledging that it is not.
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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 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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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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If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat! Just get on.
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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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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.
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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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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most eligible women marry young to get a ‘good man’ before they are all taken.
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