Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
SHERYL SANDBERGBut the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.
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Speak up. Believe in yourself. Take risks.
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Women need to shift form thinking “I’m not ready to do that” to thinking “I want to do that- and I’ll learn by doing it.
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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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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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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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I go around the room and ask people, ‘What do you think?’
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I don’t pretend there aren’t biological differences, but I don’t believe the desire for leadership is hardwired biology, not the desire to win or excel. I believe that it’s socialization, that we’re socializing our daughters to nurture and our boys to lead.
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In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.
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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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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 need to stop telling [women], “Get a mentor and you will excel.” Instead, we need to tell them, “Excel and you will get a mentor.
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Every job will demand some sacrifice. The key is to avoid unnecessary sacrifice.
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The cost of stability is often diminished opportunities for growth.
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Nobody can succeed on their own.
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