It’s hard to visualize someone as a leader, if she is always waiting to be told what to do.
SHERYL SANDBERGBut 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.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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The No. 1 impediment to women succeeding in the workforce is now in the home.
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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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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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Build your skills, not your resume.
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Don’t make decisions too far in advance, particularly ones you’re not even conscious you’re making.
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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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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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Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two were dramatically opposed – practically ensures work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?
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When people are really suffering, and we know they’re suffering, that question can be a very difficult one. Inadvertently, I think without anyone meaning it, it communicates a lack of empathy.
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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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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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The time is long overdue to encourage more women to dream the possible dream.
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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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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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The best way to make room for both life and career is to make choices deliberately-to set limits and stick to them.
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