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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.

Sheryl Sandberg

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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Aiming for perfection causes frustration at best and paralysis at worst.
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Communication starts with the understanding that there is my point of view (my truth) and someone else’s point of view (his truth). Rarely is there one absolute truth, so people who believe that they speak the truth are very silencing of others.
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Believe Communication Silence Start Truth Understand View
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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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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I have never worked for a woman, and I have never worked with a lot of women.
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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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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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Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions.
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Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.
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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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So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren’t afraid? And then go do it.
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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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It’s time to cheer on girls and women who want to sit at the table.
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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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When you want to change things, you won’t please everyone.
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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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