Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few.
SHERYL SANDBERGTrying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy.
More Sheryl Sandberg Quotes
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If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.
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When you’re more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.
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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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Done is better than perfect.
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Build your skills, not your resume.
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If more women are in leadership roles, we’ll stop assuming they shouldn’t be.
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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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When companies offer support and assistance for personal and family hardships, their employees become more loyal and more productive.
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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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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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Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.
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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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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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Next time you’re about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, ‘My daughter has executive leadership skills.’
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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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